Myanmar Olympic Committee

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]

Myanmar Olympic Committee
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 GeneralTun Myint Oo
(Director General of Sports and Physical Education Department)

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. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအိုလံပစ်ကော်မတီ".
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