South Sudan National Olympic Committee Explained

South Sudan National Olympic Committee
Size:	150px
Country:	South Sudan
Code:	SSD
Created:	8 June 2015
Recognized:	2 August 2015
Association:	ANOCA
President:	Wilson Deng Kuoirot
Secretary General:	Tong Chor Malek Deran

The South Sudan National Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee representing South Sudan. It was founded in Juba on 8 June 2015,^[1] and became a full member of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement on 2 August 2015.^[2] The theme of the June meeting was "Let's build peace and unity through sport", reflecting the ongoing South Sudanese Civil War. The founding president is Lt-Gen. Wilson Deng Kuoirot.

Affiliated sports

Sports governing bodies affiliated to the South Sudan National Olympic Committee^[3]

Sport	Body	Federation	Refs
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See also

• South Sudan at the Olympics

External links

• South Sudan International Olympic Committee website

Notes and References

1. News: South Sudan holds Olympic Committee founding meeting. 10 June 2015. Radio Tamazuj. 1 September 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160103053910/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/south-sudan-holds-olympic-committee-founding-meeting. 3 January 2016.
2. http://www.olympic.org/news/south-sudan-noc-granted-full-recognition-at-128th-ioc-session/246907 South Sudan NOC granted full recognition at 128th IOC Session
3. News: South Sudan to compete in Rio after becoming 206th Olympic nation. Agence France-Presse. 2 August 2015. The Guardian. 1 September 2015. Now it is recognised by the athletics, basketball, football, handball, judo, table tennis and tae kwon do federations..
4. Web site: Member Federations . 1 September 2015 . IAAF .
5. Web site: South Sudan (SSD) . FIBA . 1 September 2015.
6. Web site: South Sudan . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125504/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ssd/. dead. September 24, 2015. FIFA . 1 September 2015.
7. Web site: South Sudan Handball Federation - Associated members. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045943/http://www.ihf.info/TheIHF/ContinentalFederations/ConfederationAfricainedeHandballCAHB/ListofFederations/SouthSudanHandballFederationAssociatedmembe/tabid/6731/Default.aspx . dead . 24 September 2015 . IHF . 1 September 2015.
8. Web site: ITTF Women's World Cup Heads to Europe for the First Time. Press Release. ITTF. 1 September 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503223201/http://www.ittf.com/press_releases/PR/PR1.asp?id=108. 3 May 2015.
9. Web site: Ass. per Continent. ITTF. 1 September 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150407043803/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_invoices/Assoc.asp?Cont=AFR&. 7 April 2015.
10. Web site: WTF. South Sudan. 1 September 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320070033/http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/africa/item/901-south-sudan-taekwondo-federation. 20 March 2015.