!!!Olympisches Comité, Österreichisches, ÖOC

Olympic Committee, Austrian (Oesterreichisches Olympisches Committee, 
OeOC) highest Austrian authority in all questions pertaining to the 
Olympic Games, established on June 19, 1935, dissolved after the 
Austrian "Anschluss" to Germany in 1938, re-established on December 
12, 1946. Predecessor organisations included the "Central Association 
for Joint Sporting Interests" (Zentralverband fuer gemeinsame 
Sportinteressen) from 1908 and after World War I the "Austrian 
Federation for Physical Exercise" (Oesterreichischer Hauptverband fuer 
Koerpersport). In 1982 the Austrian Olympic Academy, a working group 
with the aim of promoting the Olympic spirit in Austria, was founded 
as a working group of the OeOC. L.  Wallner has been president of the 
OeOC since 1990.


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