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Finnish Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Finland
Code	FIN
Created	1907
Recognized	1907
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
President	Jan Vapaavuori
Secretary General	Taina Susiluoto
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi

The Finnish Olympic Committee (Finnish: Suomen Olympiakomitea ry; Swedish: Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf) is the national Olympic committee in Finland for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The schools, colleges, universities and other establishments in the programme are organised into local clusters. For example:

• The Sotkamo High School works in collaboration with several other schools, colleges and universities as part of the Vuokatti-Ruka Sports Academy.
• The Joensuu Sports Academy is a co-operation network of schools, colleges and universities.
• The Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy is based in Helsinki and includes the National Olympic Training Centre.

Others include the Kuortane High School and Sports Academy and the Pajulahti Sports Institute.

Presidents

See also

• Finland at the Olympics
• Finnish Paralympic Committee

References

1. ^ "Finland - National Olympic Committee (NOC)". International Olympic Committee. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
2. Vuokatti-Ruka Sport Academy
3. Joensuu urheiluakatemia
4. Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy
5. Olympedia - Reinhold, Baron von Willebrand
6. Olympedia - Ernst Krogius
7. Olympedia - Kustaa Levälahti
8. Olympedia - Urho Kekkonen
9. Olympedia - Wilhelm Lehtinen
10. Olympedia -Väinö Karikoski
11. Olympedia - Yrjö Valkama
12. Olympedia - Jukka Rangell
13. Olympedia - Akseli Kaskela
14. Olympedia -Jukka Uunila
15. Olympedia -Carl-Olaf Homén
16. Olympedia - Tapani Ilkka
17. Olympedia - Roger Talermo
18. Olympedia - Risto Nieminen
19. Olympedia - Timo Ritakallio
20. "Timo Ritakallio new President of the Finnish Olympic Committee". International Orienteering Federation. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

External links

• Official website

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