Hafizullah Wali Rahimi
4th President of the Afghanistan Olympic Committee
In office
5 April 2018 – September 2021
Preceded byMohammad Zahir Aghbar
Succeeded byNazar Mohammad Mutmaeen
Personal details
NationalityAfghan
Known forPresident of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee

Hafizullah Wali Rahimi served as President of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee from April 2018 to September 2021.[1] He is of Tajik ethnicity.[2] Rahimi is also a member of the Peace Through Sport Committee.[3][4]

Career

On 5 April 2018, at the NOC's third Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) in Kabul, Rahimi was elected to become the committee's President for four terms via election.[5] The elections were supervised by IOC representatives from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), including the continental body's Asian Games Head of Department, Haider Farman. Rahimi succeeded Mohammad Zahir Aghbar as President of the committee.[6][7][8]

The President is accompanied by CEO Dad Mohammad Paida Akhtari, secretary general Mohammad Yonus Popalzay, Vice Presidents Bawar Hotak and Mohammad Hashim Karimi, and Vice President for the women's division, Robina Jalali.[9]

In 2020, Rahimi signed an agreement with four national sports federations to secure Olympic Solidarity funding for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Afghanistan Nation Olympic Committee". Olympic.org.
  2. ↑ "Rahimi, Hafizullah Wali - Database". Afghan-bios.
  3. ↑ "OCA » Dr Hafizullah Wali Rahimi". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Peace Through Sport Committee". ocasia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  5. ↑ Butler, Nick (9 April 2018). "Rahimi elected as president of Afghanistan NOC". Inside the games.
  6. ↑ Shah, Amir (7 July 2018). "2018 EGA of Afghanistan NOC". Afghanistan Rugby.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Council of Asia - Afghanistan National Olympic Committee". Ocasia.org.
  8. ↑ "Olympic Council of Asia". Ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Leadership of A-NOC". Olympic.af - Afghanistan National Olympic Committee's official website. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29.
  10. ↑ "Afghanistan NOC signs athlete scholarship agreements with four federations". www.insidethegames.biz. 18 June 2020.
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