Albanian National Olympic Committee

The Albanian National Olympic Committee (Albanian: Komiteti Olimpik Kombëtar Shqiptar - KOKSH) is a non-profit organisation and the legal authority of Albania's participation in the Olympic Games. As a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it is responsible for the development and management of all olympic related activities in the country.

Albanian National Olympic Committee
Country/Region Albania
CodeALB
Created1958
Recognized1959
Continental
Association		EOC
HeadquartersTirana, Albania
PresidentFidel Ylli
Secretary GeneralGerti Shima
Websitenocalbania.org.al

Members of the committee are 46 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and ten members.

It is based in the country's capital, Tirana.

History

The National Olympic Committee of Albania (KOKSH) was founded in 1958 and a year later gained recognition by the International Olympic Committee.

From the year of its foundation until 1989 the committee was known by the name "The General Council Committee of Sportspersons of Albania" and included in its core all the sports federations in the country.

With the change of the political system in Albania, in 1990, the committee was restructured as an independent entity, separate from the newly formed Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Four years later, in 1994, by government decrees No.20 and No.401, it was sanctioned as a non-state non-profit organisation whose functions were based on the Olympic Charter.[1]

Executive committee

The committee of the KOKSH is represented by:[2]

Member federations

The Albanian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 24 Olympic Summer and two Winter Sport Federations and 20 Non-Olympic Sports Federations in Albania.[3][4]

Olympic Sports Federations

Non-Olympic Sports Federations
  • Albanian Air Sports Federation
  • Albanian Federation of Radio Amateurs
  • Automobile Club Albania
  • Albanian Bodybuilding Federation
  • Albanian Bowling Federation
  • Albanian Bridge Association
  • Albanian Chess Association
  • Albanian Dance Sport Federation
  • Albanian Federation Sport for All
  • Albanian Hunting and Fishing Federation
  • Albanian Kickboxing Federation
  • Albanian Mixed Martial Arts Federation
  • Albanian Motorcycle Federation
  • Albanian Paralympic Committee
  • Albanian Rafting Federation
  • Albanian School Sport Federation
  • Albanian Snooker Federation
  • Special Olympics Albania
  • Albanian Students Sports Association
  • Albanian Underwater Federation

See also

References
  1. Vështrim historik: 85-vjetori i krijimit të Federatës Sportive dhe evoluimi i saj në vite
  2. Executive committee
  3. Olympic sports
  4. Non-Olympic sports
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