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The National Olympic Committee for the Czech Republic is the Czech Olympic Committee, which was founded in 1899 and recognized in its current form by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993. In November 2022, the Czech Olympic Committee requested that the name Czechia should be used in the IOC database. [1]
The Czech Republic, officially named Czechia by the IOC, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Czech athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for three occasions: Athens 1896, St. Louis 1904 and Los Angeles 1984 as part of the Soviet boycott.
The Czech 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 34 Olympic Summer and 8 Winter Sport Federations in Czech Republic.
For the Czech Republic, these were the most successful Olympic Games in terms of medals. Czech athletes broke the previous record from the Olympics in 1996 and 2012 by one silver medal. Josef Dostál became most decorated Summer olympic's athlete in Czech republic's history with 4 medals (1 silver, 3 bronze).
The Czech Republic participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending 92 participants, the largest Czech team ever to appear at the Winter Olympics. The Czechs competed in the majority of events, except curling , skeleton and women's ice hockey . [ 3 ]
Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics; IOC code: CZE: NOC: Czech Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympic.cz (in Czech and English) in Beijing; Competitors: 134 in 19 sports: Flag bearers : Štěpánka Hilgertová (opening) Věra Cechlová (closing) Medals Ranked 24th: Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 7: Summer Olympics appearances
Olympics uniforms for the Czech Republic, designed by JAN SOCIÉTÉ Credit - Courtesy JAN SOCIÉTÉ. T he 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are set to kick off on Friday, but the internet has already ...
The London Booster, a moving sculpture outside Czech House. Czech Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia.