Myanmar Olympic Committee
Myanmar Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region Myanmar
CodeMYA
Created26 November 1946[1]
Recognized9 July 1947
Continental
Association		OCA
PresidentMin Thein Zan
(Minister for the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs)
Secretary GeneralMyo Hlaing
(Deputy Minister)

Myanmar Olympic Committee (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ, IOC code: MYA) is the National Olympic Committee representing Myanmar (also called Burma). It was founded in 1946 by Zaw Weik.[2]

headquarters

Duty

  • To perform the sports affairs according to the policies of Myanmar National Sports Committee.
  • To inform the aims of Olympic Games.
  • To prepare for the national teams which will compete in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and South East Asian Games.
  • To interconnect between the Myanmar Sports Associations and International Olympic Committee.
  • To open Sports Courses and sent students to the international courses by the help of IOC.
  • Contact with the Olympic Games, Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and Regional Sports Festivals Federations to host in Myanmar
  • To perform the duties given by the Myanmar National Sports Committee.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar Olympic Committee". Department of Sports and Physical Education (in Burmese).
  2. ↑ "MyanmarYANMAR Olympic Hopefuls Chasing Time". Myanmore. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ".
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