Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic Committee is the non-profit organization
representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
athletes in the International Olympic Committee
. The committee organizes Bosnia's representatives at the Summer
and Winter
Olympic Games
.
The Olympic committee was formed on June 4, 1992. It grew out of the ZOI '84 organization, organizers of the 1984 Winter Olympics
in Sarajevo
. The committee maintains the Museum of the XIV Winter Olympiad. The first president of the committee was Stjepan Kljuić
, with Izudin Filipović being the first secretary general. It became full IOC and European Olympic Committee
member in 1993.
Shortly after founding, the committee drafted the first athletes to participate under the Bosnian flag in Olympic games for the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona
. no athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina have won medals in Olympic games.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
athletes in the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
. The committee organizes Bosnia's representatives at the Summer
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
and Winter
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
.
The Olympic committee was formed on June 4, 1992. It grew out of the ZOI '84 organization, organizers of the 1984 Winter Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. The committee maintains the Museum of the XIV Winter Olympiad. The first president of the committee was Stjepan Kljuić
Stjepan Kljuic
Stjepan Kljuić is a Bosnian Croat politician and academic who has been an active participant in Bosnian politics since Bosnian independence.-Career:...
, with Izudin Filipović being the first secretary general. It became full IOC and European Olympic Committee
European Olympic Committees
The European Olympic Committees is an organization based in Rome, Italy. Its European membership consists of 49 National Olympic Committees.- Member countries :...
member in 1993.
Shortly after founding, the committee drafted the first athletes to participate under the Bosnian flag in Olympic games for the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. no athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina have won medals in Olympic games.