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On 15 May 2013, International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to lift the ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as Indian representatives from the government and sports bodies reached an agreement with IOC officials. [30] India still did not have its three competitors play under the national flag at the Winter 2014 Olympics. On 9 February ...
Pages in category "Indian International Olympic Committee members" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The new headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is a list of members of the International Olympic Committee.According to the Olympic Charter, the members of the IOC "represent and promote the interests of the IOC and of the Olympic Movement in their countries and in the organisations of the Olympic Movement in which they serve".
The Indian Olympic Association was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1927. [1] However, by this time, the nation had already made its first Summer Olympics debut at the 1900 Olympics in Paris and had competed in Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924. [2]
The Indian Olympic Association was established in 1927 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in the same year. [1] It is the country's National Olympic Committee. [2] India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi. It disbanded on 26 November 1981 and was ...
For the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) he was vice-president from 2012 until 2014, then associate vice-president from 2013 until 2017, when he was then elected President. [7] [8] He became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 2019, and was a member of the IOC Olympic Channel Commission in 2020. [7] [8]
IOC member Tricia Smith and honorary IOC member Richard Pound are both Canadian citizens holding Canadian passports. Following the 2023 Canada–India diplomatic crisis, India announced that it would not grant visas to Canadian citizens after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian government involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was a Canadian citizen.
Indian Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the opposition Congress party on Friday, entering politics a year after protesting against the chief of the sport's governing body ...