Egyptian Olympic Committee
# Egyptian Olympic Committee

The Egyptian Olympic Committee (Arabic: اللجنة الأولمبية المصرية, abbreviated as EOC) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Egypt and a part of the International Olympic Committee.

## History

The Egyptian Olympic Committee was founded during the Khedivate of Egypt on June 13, 1910 in Alexandria by Angelo Bolanaki, first Egyptian athlete who participated in international sport competitions outside country. Egypt's first ever Olympic participation came in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games with one athlete in fencing, Ahmed Hassanein. Egypt was the 14th country to join the IOC.

## List of presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the Egyptian Olympic Committee since its creation in 1910.

| President | Term |
| - | - |
| Prince Omar Toussoun | 1910–1934 |
| Prince Muhammad Abdel Moneim | 1934–1938 |
| Prince Ismail Dawood | 1938–1946 |
| Muhammed Taher Pasha | 1946–1954 |
| Abdel Rahman Amin | 1954–1960 |
| Hussein el-Shafei | 1960–1962 |
| Muhammad Talaat Khayri | 1962–1967 |
| Safei El Din Abou El Ezz | 1967–1971 |
| Mostafa Kamal Tolba | 1971–1972 |
| Abdel Moneim Wahby | 1972–1974 |
| Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed | 1974–1978 |
| Abdel Azim Ashry | 1978–1985 |
| Abdel Karim Darwish | 1985–1990 |
| Mounir Saleh Sabet | 1990–1993 |
| Gamal El Din Moukhtar | 1993–1996 |
| Mounir Saleh Sabet | 1996–2009 |
| Mahmoud Ahmad Ali | 2009–2013 |
| Khaled Zein Eldin | 2013–2015 |
| Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab | 2015–present |

## IOC Members

| Member | Term |
| - | - |
| Angelo Bolanaki | 1910–1932 |
| Muhammed Taher Pasha | 1934–1968 |
| Ahmed El Demerdash Touny | 1960–1997 |
| Rania Elwani | 2004–2012 |
| Mounir Sabet | 1998–2017 |

## Executive committee

* President: Hesham Mohamed Tawfeq Hatab
* Vice President: Alaa Mashref
* Secretary General: Aladin Gabr
* IOC Member: Mounir Sabet
* Members: Mohamed Abdel Aziz Ghonim, Sharif Al Arian

## Member federations

The Egyptian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 29 Olympic Summer Sport Federations in Egypt.

| National Federation | Summer or Winter | Headquarters |
| - | - | - |
| Egyptian Archery Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Athletic Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Badminton Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Basketball Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Boxing Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Canoe-Kayak Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Cycling Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Equestrian Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Fencing Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Football Association | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Golf Federation | Summer | New Maadi, Cairo |
| Egyptian Gymnastics Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Handball Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Hockey Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Judo, Aïkido and Sumo Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egypt Karate Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Rowing Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Sailing and Water - Ski Federation | Summer | El Manial, Cairo |
| Egyptian Shooting Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Swimming Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Table Tennis Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Taekwondo Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Tennis Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Triathlon Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Volleyball Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |
| Egyptian Weightlifting Federation | Summer | Cairo |
| Egyptian Wrestling Federation | Summer | Nasr City, Cairo |

## Controversy

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Egyptian judoka Islam El Shahaby refused to shake the hand of Israeli judoka Or Sasson, who had defeated El Shahaby. In August 2016, the Disciplinary Committee of the International Olympic Committee issued a "severe reprimand" to El Shehaby for behavior violating "the rules of fair play and against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic Values", and requested that the Egyptian Olympic Committee in the future make certain that all Egyptian athletes are properly educated as to the Olympic Values before they participate in the Olympic Games.

