The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (Български олимпийски комитет, abbreviated as БОК, BOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Bulgaria and a part of the International Olympic Committee. It was formed on 30 March 1923 (with Bulgaria participating in the Olympic Games since the first modern Olympiad in 1896), disbanded for a short period between September 1944 and 1952, since when it has continuously represented the country in the Olympic movement. Image File history File links BOC-logo. ... A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit, or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ... National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. ... The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 202 National Olympic Committees. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Heads of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee

• Eftim Kitanchev (1923-1925)
• Dimitar Stanchov (1925-1929)
• Velizar Lozanov (1929-1941)
• Rashko Atanasov (1941-1944)
• Vladimir Stoychev (1959-1982)
• Ivan Slavkov (1982-2005)
• Stefka Kostadinova (2005-)

Ivan Slavkov is a Bulgarian sports boss linked to the Communist-era nomenklatura. ... Stefka Kostadinova (born March 25, 1965) is a Bulgarian former athlete specialising in the high jump and current President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. ...

External links

• Official website of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee

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