The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for the United States and coordinates the relationship between the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the World Anti-Doping Agency and various international sports federations. Under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, the Committee is chartered by the United States government as a monopoly. A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. ... The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which began operations on 1 October 2000, is a non-governmental agency responsible for implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code in the United States. ... The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is an independent foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ... This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non-governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators and fans, developing prospective players, and organizing world or continental... The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act is a United States law (section 220510 of the United States Code) that charters and grants monopoly status to the United States Olympic Committee, and specifies requirements for its member national governing bodies for individual sports. ... The government of the United States, established by the United States Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states, a few territories and some protectorates. ... A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. ...

Mission

As a NOC, the Committee supports American athletes in general and Olympic athletes in specific and selects and enters athletes for participation in the Games of the Olympiad, Olympic Winter Games, and Pan American Games. The Committee provides training centers, funds, and support staff to elite athletes. Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... A runner carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics for short but more correctly The Olympic Winter Games, are the cold-weather counterpart to the Summer Olympic Games. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ...

The USOC also acts as the United States representative for all Olympic matters, including for the evaluation cities that are prospective nominees to host an iteration of the Olympic Games; the Committee ultimately submits a bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on behalf of a selected city. Stamp The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894. ...

History

Upon the 1894 founding of the IOC, the two constituent American members, James E. Sullivan and William Milligan Sloane, formed a committee to organize the participation of American athletes in the Games of the I Olympiad contested two years thence in Athens, Greece. See also: 1893 in sports, other events of 1894, 1895 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto racing First contest organised in Paris. ... James Edward Sullivan (November 18, 1862 - September 16, 1914) was an American sports official. ... William Milligan Sloane (November 12, 1850–September 12, 1928) was an American educator and historian, born at Richmond, Ohio. ... The Games of the I Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. ... Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into the modern αι Αθήναι in Greek until recently, and η Αθήνα nowadays (IPA : singular see below: Origin of the name ) is both the largest and the capital city of Greece, located in the Attica periphery. ...

The Committee operated under various names until it acquired its present name in 1961, and it subsequently assumed responsibility for some training of American participants in the Paralympic Games, some of whom, as with Olympic athletes, coaches, and promoters it honors, in view of athletic achievement, sportsmanship, or effort to generate interest in a sport amongst prospective athletes and prospective spectators and fans, with induction into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.^[1] Congress provided a special charter for the Committee as well as due process rights for athletes in the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. See also: 1960 in sports, other events of 1961, 1962 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Marvin Panch won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the driving championship Formula One... Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an elite multi-sport event for athletes with a disability. ... It is sporting to shake the hand of ones opponent after the end of a game. ... The Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ... Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... The US Olympic Hall of Fame is a list of the top American Olympic athletes. ... The Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act establishes a United States Olympic Committee and provides for national governing bodies for each olympic sport. ...

Awards conferred

Since 1974, the USOC, upon the vote of its board of directors and members of the print and broadcast media from amongst athletes nominated by the sport governing bodies representing those sports that are contested at the Olympic level, has conferred athlete of the year honors to each of a male and female; in 1996, the Committee added an award for best team. ^[2] See also: 1973 in sports, other events of 1974, 1975 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty IROC Championship - inaugural year won by Mark Donohue Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing - Bobby Unser... In relation to a company, a director is an officer (that is, someone who works for the company) charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... Print media includes newspapers, magazines, and the like. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ... A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... See also: 1995 in sports, other events of 1996, 1997 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Rusty Wallace wins the Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 at Suzuka City November 24, the first NASCAR... Team of the Year may refer to: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award GPA Gaelic Team of the Year IRB International Sevens Team of the Year IRB International Team of the Year J. League Team of the Year Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year PWI...

Governance

The Committee is led by an eleven-member board of directors composed of corporate executives, representatives from certain national sports federations, and former Olympic athletes. Peter Ueberroth, the president of the committee that organized the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, contested in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, serves at present as the head of the USOC. In relation to a company, a director is an officer (that is, someone who works for the company) charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Corporate title. ... A sport governing body comes in several forms. ... Ueberroth (front right) watches President Ronald Reagan throw the first pitch prior to a game. ... The Games of the XXIII Olympiad were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, United States. ... See also: 1983 in sports, other events of 1984, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

See also

• United States at the Olympics

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External links

• Official United States Olympic Team website
• Official United States Olympic Fan Club website
• US Olympic Committee website

References

1. ^ U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame members list
2. ^ U.S. Olympic awards conferred list