Austrian Olympic Committee

Austria Olympic Committee
Austria Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Austria
Code	AUT
Created	1908
Recognized	1912
Continental Association	EOC
President	Dr. Karl Stoss
Secretary General	Dr. Peter Mennel
Website	http://www.olympia.at

The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) (German: Österreichisches Olympisches Comité) is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was formally recognized by the IOC in 1912. The ÖOC also represents the selection of Austrian cities in their bid for being the site for an Olympic Games.

ÖOC is headquartered in Oberwaltersdorf.

References

Official website (German)

European Olympic Committees (EOC)

Sports governing bodies in Austria (AUT)

Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics diving swimming synchronized swimming water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating figure speed short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine cross country Nordic combined freestyle jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympic sports

Other sports	Rugby union Rugby league

Austrian Olympic Committee Austrian Paralympic Committee Österreichische Bundes-Sportorganisation

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