Surinaam's Olympic Committee

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Surinaam's Olympic Committee
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Founded 1959
Place of foundation Paramaribo
president Ramon Tjon-A-Fat
SOC office in Paramaribo

The Surinaams Olympic Comité (SOC) is the umbrella organization of the sports associations in Suriname . The SOC was founded in 1959 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that same year . It also became a member of the Pan American Sports Organization in 1959 . Ramon Tjon-A-Fat has been the chairman of the SOC since 2017. It is based in Paramaribo on Rattan Oemrawsinghstraat, at the corner of Letitia Vriesdelaan.

history

In 1960, Siegfried Esajas was the first Surinamese athlete to travel to the Olympic Games in Rome for the SOC .

Anthony Nesty received the only Olympic medals for the SOC to date . Other well-known athletes who took part in the Olympic Games for the SOC were Letitia Vriesde and Roy Bottse .

Suriname's athletes were more successful at the Pan American Games, with a total of eleven medals won so far (February 2014).

Bureau

From February 20, 2014 to September 2017, the Presidium of the SOC, headed by Guno van der Jagt, consisted of the following people:

  • Henry Mac Donald
  • Hesdy Pigot
  • Frits Purperhart
  • Astra Singh and
  • Carolina Vera Vera

On September 18, 2017, a new board was elected with the chairman Ramon Tjon-A-Fat and the following members:

  • Kirtie Algoe
  • Desiré Eendrag
  • Manodj Hindori - Treasurer
  • Desiré Hooghart
  • Dennis Mac Donald - General Secretary
  • Carlos dos Ramos
  • Antonius Stienstra and
  • Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw

Sports associations

17 sports associations are affiliated with the SOC (as of January 2019).

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ De Ware Tijd of February 21, 2014 ( Memento of February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 25, 2015, in Dutch
  2. ↑ De Ware Tijd, September 18, 2017 , accessed September 20, 2017, in Dutch
  3. ↑ De Ware Tijd, September 18, 2018 , accessed January 12, 2019, in Dutch
  4. ↑ StarNieuws, September 21, 2017 , accessed September 22, 2017, in Dutch
  5. ↑ De Ware Tijd, December 18, 2017 , accessed July 12, 2018, in Dutch