Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (, SOŠV) is the

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representing

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in the

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. It is based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

History

The Czechoslovak Olympic Committee is one of the oldest NOCs in the world, having been founded in 1899 as Bohemian Committee for the Olympic Games (). It was transformed into the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee in 1919 and then both the

Czech Olympic Committee The Czech Olympic Committee () is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) representing the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country i ...

and the Slovak Olympic Committee (, SOV) was founded and reconstituted on 19 December 1992, and both NOCs were recognized on 20 January 1993. It is one of two successors of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (ČSOV) which dissolved on 27 March 1993. SOC was approved as the National Olympic Committee of

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in Monte Carlo on 24 September 1993. In December 2018 it changed its name to the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee.

List of presidents

Executive committee

*President: Anton Siekel *Vice Presidents: Peter Korčok, Zdenko Kríž,

Jozef Gönci Jozef Gönci (born 18 March 1974, in Košice) is a Slovakia, Slovak Shooting sports, sport shooter, specialising in the 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a ...

* Members: Monika Šišková, Jozef Jurášek, Matej Tóth, Daniel Líška, Robert Petriska, Marián Vanderka, Ľubor Halanda, Danka Barteková

Member federations

The Slovak National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 30 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter Sport Federations in Slovakia.Winter sports federations
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References

External links

Official website
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