Olympic Committee

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the supervising organization of the Olympic events throughout the world and the various National Olympic Committees (NOCs). Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, this is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas.

The aim of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to spread and promote Olympianism throughout the world. The members of the International Olympic Committee also represent the IOC and the Olympic Movement interests in their own countries. Under the presidency of Thomas Bach, the committee works to support youth in sports, prevent violence in sports and ensure there is fair play, encourage and support women to involve themselves more in sports, support the development of sports, and oppose commercial and political abuse of the Olympic sports. The International Olympic Committee is committed to upholding the spirit of Olympianism in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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How many members are there in the Olympic Committee?

There are one hundred and five members in the International Olympic Committee as of 2024. They are as follows:

Member Country Year Elected Participation in the Games
HSH Princess Nora of LiechtensteinLiechtenstein1984NA
HSH Sovereign Prince Albert IIMonaco19851988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002
Anita L. DeFrantzUnited States19861976 (Olympic medalist)
HRH The Princess RoyalGreat Britain19881976
Richard L. CarriónPuerto Rico1990NA
Denis OswaldSwitzerland19911968, 1972, 1976 (Olympic medalist)
Thomas BachGermany19911976 (Olympic medalist)
Robin E. MitchellFiji1994NA
Shamil TarpishchevRussia1994NA
Valeriy BorzovUkraine19941972, 1976 (Olympic medalist)
Syed Shahid AliPakistan1996NA
Gunilla LindbergSweden1996NA
Guy DrutFrance19961972, 1976 (Olympic Medalist)
HRH The Grand Duke of LuxembourgLuxembourg1998NA
Nawal El MoutawakelMorocco19981984 (Olympic Medalist)
Ser Miang NgSingapore1998NA
Yu ZaiqingChina2000NA
John Coates, ACAustralia2001NA
Juan Antonio SamaranchSpain2001NA
HH Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniQatar2002NA
Nicole HoevertszAruba20061984
Sergii BubkaUkraine20081988, 1992, 2000 (Olympic Medalist)
Prof Uğur ErdenerTurkey2008NA
Lydia NsekeraBurundi2009NA
HRH Prince Faisal Al HusseinJordan2010NA
Marisol CasadoSpain2010NA
Gerardo WertheinArgentina2011NA
Lingwei LiChina2012NA
Baron Pierre-Olivier Beckers-VieujantBelgium2012NA
Aïcha Garad AliDjibouti2012NA
Kirsty CoventryZimbabwe20132000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 (Olympic medalist)
Octavian MorariuRomania2013NA
Bernard RajzmanBrazil20131976, 1980, 1984 (Olympic medalist)
Mikaela Cojuangco JaworskiPhilippines2013NA
Paul K. TergatKenya20131996, 2000, 2004 (Olympic medalist)
Dagmawit Girmay BerhaneEthiopia2013NA
Nenad LalovićSerbia2015NA
Nita AmbaniIndia2016NA
Sari EssayahFinland20161992, 1996
Ivo FerrianiItaly20161988
Luis Alberto MorenoColombia2016NA
Auvita RapillaPapua New Guinea2016NA
Anant SinghSouth Africa2016NA
Tricia SmithCanada20161976, 1984, 1988 (Olympic medalist)
Karl StossAustria2016NA
Britta HeidemannGermany20162004, 2008, 2012 (Olympic medalist)
Seung Min Ryu South Korea20162000, 2004, 2008, 2012 (Olympic medalist)
Dániel GyurtaHungary20162004, 2008, 2012, 2016 (Olympic medalist)
Yelena IsinbayevaRussia20162000, 2004, 2008, 2012 (Olympic medalist)
Sarah WalkerNew Zealand20162008, 2012 (Olympic medalist)
Baklai TemengilPalau2017NA
Kristin Kloster AasenNorway2017NA
Mrs Khunying Patama LeeswadtrakulThailand2017NA
Luis Mejía OviedoDominican Republic2017NA
Neven IlicChile2017NA
Jean-Christophe RollandFrance20171992, 1996, 2000 (Olympic medalist)
Ingmar De VosBelgium2017NA
Jiří KejvalCzech Republic2018NA
Emma TerhoFinland20181998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 (Olympic medalist)
Zhang HongChina20182014, 2018 (Olympic medalist)
Samira AsghariAfghanistan2018NA
Daina GudzinevičiūtėLithuania20181996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Camilo Pérez López MoreiraParaguay2018NA
Felicite RwemarikaRwanda2018NA
William Frederick BlickUganda2018NA
HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen WangchuckBhutan2018NA
Andrew ParsonsBrazil2018NA
Morinari WatanabeJapan2018NA
Giovanni MalagòItaly2019NA
Odette Assembe EngoulouCameroon2019NA
Filomena FortesCape Verde2019NA
Matlohang Moiloa-RamoqopoLesotho2019NA
Tidjane ThiamCote d'Ivoire2019NA
Laura ChinchillaCosta Rica2019NA
Erick ThohirIndonesia2019NA
Spyros CapralosGreece20191980, 1984
Mustapha BerrafAlgeria2019NA
Kee Heung Lee South Korea2019NA
Yasuhiro YamashitaJapan20201984 (Olympic medalist)
David HaggertyUnited States2020NA
Gianni InfantinoSwitzerland2020NA
María de la Caridad Colón RueñesCuba20201980 (Olympic medalist)
Kolinda Grabar-KitarovićCroatia2020NA
HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al-SaudSaudi Arabia2020NA
Battushig BatboldMongolia2020NA
Lord Sebastian CoeGreat Britain20201980, 1984 (Olympic medalist)
Astrid Uhrenholdt JacobsenNorway20212010, 2014, 2018 (Olympic medalist)
Pau Gasol SáezSpain20212004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (Olympic medalist)
Yuki OtaJapan20212004, 2008, 2012, 2016 (Olympic medalist)
Federica PellegriniItaly20212004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (Olympic medalist)
Maja Martyna WłoszczowskaPoland20212004, 2008, 2016, 2020 (Olympic medalist)
Humphrey KayangeKenya20212016
Yiech Pur BielUNHCR-Recognised Refugee20222016
Danka BartekováSlovakia20222008, 2012, 2016, 2020 (Olympic medalist)
David LappartientFrance2022NA
Martin FourcadeFrance20222010, 2014, 2018 (Olympic medalist)
Frida HansdotterSweden20222010, 2014, 2018 (Olympic medalist)
Yael AradIsrael20231992, 1996 (Olympic medalist)
Balázs FürjesHungary2023NA
Cecilia Tait VillacortaPeru20231980, 1984, 1988 (Olympic medalist)
Michelle YeohMalaysia2023NA
Michael MronzGermany2023NA
Petra SörlingSweden2023NA
Jae Youl KimSouth Korea2023NA
Mehrez BoussayeneTunisia2023NA

The following table lists the thirty-nine honorary International Olympic Committee members -

Name Country Year Participation in the Games
Shagdarjav MagvanMongolia1977NA
Mustapha LarfaouiAlgeria1995NA
Manuela Di CentaItaly19991984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998 (Olympic medalist)
Kipchoge KeinoKenya20001964, 1968, 1972 (Olympic medalist)
Chiharu IgayaJapan19821952, 1956, 1960 (Olympic medalist)
Prof Arne LjungqvistSweden1994NA
Antun VrdoljakCroatia1995NA
Intendant Général Lassana PalenfoCôte d'Ivoire2000NA
Francisco J. ElizaldePhilippines1985NA
HM King Willem-Alexander of the NetherlandsNetherlands1998NA
Carlos Arthur NuzmanBrazil2000NA
Richard Kevan Gosper, AOAustralia19771956, 1960 (Olympic medalist)
Jean-Claude KillyFrance19951964, 1968 (Olympic medalist)
Raja Randhir SinghIndia20011968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984
HRH Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahad Bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSaudi Arabia2002NA
Melitón Sánchez RivasPanama1998NA
Dr Julio César MaglioneUruguay1996NA
Lambis V. NikolaouGreece1986NA
Vitaly SmirnovRussia1971NA
Olegario Vázquez RañaMexico19951964, 1968, 1972, 1976
Toni KhouryLebanon1995NA
Alexander PopovRussia20001992, 1996, 2000, 2004 (Olympic medalist)
Timothy Tsun Ting FokHong Kong, China2001NA
Issa HayatouCameroon2001NA
Gerhard HeibergNorway1994NA
HRH Prince Tunku ImranMalaysia2006NA
Mario PescanteItaly1994NA
Sam RamsamySouth Africa1995NA
Ung Chang North Korea1996NA
Franco CarraroItaly1982NA
Iván DibósPeru1982NA
Willi Kaltschmitt LujánGuatemala1988NA
Sir Austin L. Sealy, KTBarbados1994NA
Samih MoudallalSyria1998NA
Habu GumelNigeria2009NA
Beatrice AllenGambia2006NA
HM King Frederik X Denmark2009NA
Sir Craig Reedie, GBEGreat Britain1994NA
Richard W. Pound, CC OQ CD KCCanada19781960
Pál SchmittHungary19831968, 1972, 1976 (Olympic medalist)

How does the Olympic Committee Work?

The International Olympic Committee is the leader of the Olympic Movement. They overlook coordination and cooperation between the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the athletes, the international federations, the organizing committees, the broadcast partners, and the various UN (United Nations) agencies. They also supervise over the anti-doping rules and regulations, while keeping the Olympic values alive through their efforts.

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FAQs on Olympic Committee

A. There are 206 countries in the Olympics.


A. Thomas Bach is the President of IOC as of 2024.

A. The IOC relocated to  Lausanne, Switzerland because it had a stable and peaceful environment in 1915 during World War I. 

A. The International Olympic Committee make money through private funding.


A. Pierre de Coubertain is noted as the father of the modern Olympics. 


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