Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
Korean Sport & Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region South Korea
CodeKOR
Created1920, as Joseon Sports Council
Recognized1947
Headquarters424, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
PresidentLee Kee-heung
Secretary GeneralChoongryul Jeon
Websitesports.or.kr
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Korean: 대한체육회; Hanja: 大韓體育會, Abbr.: KOC) is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea) for the Olympic Games movement and inbound sports issue. It is a non-profit organization that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send them to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

History

The Joseon Sports Council was established on 13 July 1920, and it made Korean national competitions of each sport including All Joseon Football Tournament.[1] The competitions were combined as the All Joseon Sport Games (currently Korean National Sports Festival) in 1934, and the combined competition was held every autumn.[1] However, the Joseon Sports Council was forcibly dissolved by Japan on 4 July 1938, and Korean sporting activities were restricted until the end of the Japanese occupation.[1]

The council was revived after Korean independence in 1945, and joined the IOC on 20 June 1947.[1] It also established the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) to prepare for the Olympic Games in that year.[1] The council was renamed the Korea Amateur Sports Association (KASA) in 1954,[1] and the Korea Sports Council (KSC) in 1994.[2] The KASA succeeded in hosting the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and South Korea finished fourth in that edition, which was its best ever result in Olympics. The KOC was merged into the KSC on 24 June 2009, but the organization used KOC as its name.[1] It once again merged with the Korea Council of Sport for All in March 2016,[1] and named the current "Korean Sport & Olympic Committee" in November 2016, but the emblem of the committee is remaining the same as previous.

On 2 November 2018, officials from both North and South Korea announced that their countries would participate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan, as a unified team.[3][4] The officials from both Koreas also announced that the letters they would send to the IOC regarding their bids for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics would also consist of co-host bids so that the Olympic activities would take place in both nations if their bids were accepted as well.[3][4][5]

Presidents and IOC members

Lee Kee-heung in his function as an IOC member at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
  • KOC presidents
    President Career
    Ye Un-hyeng 1947
    Jung Hwan-bum 1948
    Sin Ik-hee 1948–1949
    Sin Hung-woo 1949–1951
    Jo Ok-Byeng 1951–1952
    Lee Ki-boong 1952–1960
    Kim Dong-ha 1961–1962
    Lee Ju-Il 1962
    Lee Hyo 1962–1964
    Lee Sang-beck 1964–1966
    Chang Ki-young 1966–1968
    Min Kwan-sik 1968–1970
    Kim Yong-woo 1971
    Kim Taek-soo 1974–1976
    Park Chong-kyu 1979–1980
    Jo Sang-ho 1980–1982
    Jung Ju-young 1982–1984
    No Tae-woo 1984–1985
    Kim Jong-ha 1985–1989
    Kim Jong-yeol 1989–1993
    Kim Un-yong 1993–2002
    Lee Yun-taek 2002–2005
    Kim Jung-gil 2005–2008
    Lee Yun-taek 2008–2009
    Park Yong-sung 2009–2013
    Kim Jung-haeng 2013–2016
    Lee Kee-heung 2016–present
  • Korean IOC members
    Member Career
    Lee Ki-poong 1955–1960
    Lee Sang-baek 1964–1960
    Chang Ki-young 1967–1977
    Kim Taek-soo 1977–1983
    Park Chong-kyu 1984–1985
    Kim Un-yong 1986–2005
    Lee Kun-hee 1996–2017
    Park Yong-sung 2002–2007
    Moon Dae-sung 2008–2016
    Ryu Seung-min 2016–present
    Lee Kee-heung 2019–present

    • Korean Sports Hall of Fame

    Olympic sports

    Year Inductee Gender Sport Note
    2011 Sohn Kee-chungMan Athletics (marathon) First Korean player to win an Olympic gold medal.[6]
    Kim Seong-jipMan Weightlifting First Korean national player to win an Olympic medal.[7]
    2014 Suh Yun-bokMan Athletics (marathon) First Asian player to win the Boston Marathon.[8]
    Chang Chang-sunMan Wrestling First Korean player to win the World Wrestling Championships.[9]
    2015 Yang Jung-moMan Wrestling First Korean national player to win an Olympic gold medal.[10]
    Park Shin-jaWoman Basketball Most Valuable Player of the 1967 FIBA World Championship for Women.[11]
    2016 Yuna KimWoman Figure skating Gold medalist in the 2010 Winter Olympics.[12]
    2017 Cha Bum-kunMan Football Successful Bundesliga player who won two UEFA Cup titles.[13]
    2018 Kim Jin-hoWoman Archery Winner in two World Archery Championships.[14]
    2020 Jo O-ryeonMan Swimming Two-time champion in both 400 m and 1500 m freestyle of the Asian Games.[15]
    2022 Lee Bong-juMan Athletics (marathon) Winner in the 2001 Boston Marathon.[16]

    Other sports

    Year Inductee Gender Sport Note
    2018 Kim IlMan Professional wrestling WWA World Heavyweight Champion.[17]
    2019Um Hong-gilMan Mountaineering Climber who reached 16 highest points including all 14 eight-thousanders.[18]
    2021 Kim Hong-bin Man Mountaineering First disabled person to reach all 14 eight-thousanders.[19]

    Administration

    Year Inductee Gender Note
    2014 Min Kwan-sikMan Former KOC president who modernized Korean sports by constructing the Korea National Training Center.[20]
    2015 Kim Un-yongMan Former IOC member who contributed to hosting the 1988 Summer Olympics and 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea.[21]

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 대한체육회(大韓體育會) (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
    2. ↑ <체육단신>대한체육회 KSC로 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 25 March 1994. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
    3. 1 2 "North and South Korea plan to compete together at Tokyo 2020".
    4. 1 2 "North, South Korea combining for 2020 Olympics". 2 November 2018.
    5. ↑ "Olympics: North, South Korea to send letter to IOC on joint 2032 bid". Reuters. 2 November 2018.
    6. ↑ 故손기정 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    7. ↑ 故김성집 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    8. ↑ 故서윤복 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    9. ↑ 장창선 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    10. ↑ 양정모 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    11. ↑ 박신자 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    12. ↑ 김연아 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    13. ↑ 차범근 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    14. ↑ 김진호 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    15. ↑ 故조오련 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    16. ↑ 이봉주 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    17. ↑ 故김일 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    18. ↑ 엄홍길 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    19. ↑ 故김홍빈 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    20. ↑ 故민관식 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
    21. ↑ 故김운용 (in Korean). KOC. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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