| Lithuanian National Olympic Committee | |
| Size: | 100px |
| Country: | Lithuania |
| Code: | LTU |
| Created: | 1924 |
| Recognized: | 1924 (officially restored: November 1991) |
| Association: | EOC |
| Headquarters: | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| President: | Daina Gudzinevičiūtė |
| Secretary General: | Valentinas Paketūras |
| Website: | www.ltok.lt |
The Lithuanian National Olympic Committee (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) is the National Olympic Committee representing Lithuania.
Lithuania's national Olympic committee was established and recognized in 1924. In the same year LTOK sent its first delegation to the 1924 Summer Olympics. During Soviet Union occupation time LTOK was disestablished. At 1988 movement for freedom times there was offered to restore national committee. On October 10, 1988 LSSR physical education and sport organization created a special group to reestablish National Olympic Committee of Lithuania. Group chairman become . At same year December 11 in Vilnius was held delegates session in which LTOK was restored, and Artūras Poviliūnas was elected its president. LTOK delegates on February 15, 1990, in Lausanne met IOC spokesman. Following the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania on March 11, the republic withdrew its athletes from all Soviet national competitions.[1] Lithuania attempted to first compete on its own at the 1990 Goodwill Games that would be contested from July to August, but the request was rejected and an attempt to make the athletes carry the republic's flag during welcoming ceremonies and wear patches on their Soviet uniforms bearing the Lithuanian insignia was not accepted by the LTOK.[2] Only four Lithuanian athletes accepted to play for the USSR at the Goodwill Games.[3]
In a 1991 IOC meeting at Berlin, the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania was officially recognized. Lithuania was along with Baltic neighbors Latvia and Estonia one of the first parts of the former USSR to participate as an independent country.
LTOK has 40 full time members, 3 approved observers and 12 Olympic-friendly unions:[8]
| Member | Sports | |
|---|---|---|
| Diving, Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Open Water Swimming | ||
| Archery | ||
| Athletics | ||
| Badminton | ||
| Basketball | ||
| Boxing | ||
| Canoeing (spring, slalom) | ||
| Cycling (track, BMX, road, MTB) | ||
| Equestrian | ||
| Fencing | ||
| Field hockey | ||
| Football | ||
| Golf | ||
| Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline, Aerobics, Acrobatics) | ||
| Handball | ||
| Judo | ||
| Modern pentathlon | ||
| Rugby union, Rugby 7's | ||
| Rowing | ||
| Sailing | ||
| Shooting | ||
| Table tennis | ||
| Taekwondo | ||
| Tennis | ||
| Triathlon | ||
| Volleyball, Beach Volleyball | ||
| Water Polo | ||
| Weightlifting | ||
| Wrestling | ||
| Biathlon | ||
| Curling | ||
| Figure Skating | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| Short Track Speed Skating | ||
| Alpine skiing, Cross-county skiing, Freestyle skiing, Snowboarding | ||
| Surfing, Standup paddleboarding | ||
| Karate | ||
| Baseball | ||
| Skateboarding | ||
| Sport Climbing |
| Member | Sports | |
|---|---|---|
| Chess | ||
| Dance sport | ||
| Orienteering |
| Member | |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian Paralympic Committee | |
| Union of Lithuanian Sport Federations | |
| Lithuanian Sports Medicine Federation | |
| Lithuanian Sport Masters Association Penki žiedai | |
| Lithuanian Students Sport Association | |
| Lithuanian Municipalities Sports Education Managers Association | |
| Lithuanian Municipalities Sports Establishments Managers Association | |
| Lithuanian Sports Journalists Federation |
Olympic sport federations not part of LTOK: Lithuanian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, Lithuanian Luge Federation, Lithuanian Softball Federation