Myanmar Olympic Committee

Myanmar Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Myanmar
Code	MYA
Created	26 November 1946[1]
Recognized	9 July 1947
Continental Association	OCA
President	Min Thein Zan (Minister for the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs)
Secretary General	Myo 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 send students to the international courses with the help of the 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".

External links

• Myanmar Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-02-28)