Olympic Council of Malaysia, or commonly OCM or MOM, (Malay: Majlis Olimpik Malaysia, IOC code: MAS) is the National Olympic Committee representing Malaysia. It is also the body responsible for Malaysia's representation at the Commonwealth Games, as Commonwealth Games Malaysia.[1][2]
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The body was founded in 1953 as the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council (FMOC). The FMOC received its recognition as the National Olympic Committee of the Federation of Malaya in May 1954. On 16 September 1963, Singapore and the British crown colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia. On 5 May 1964, the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, the Sarawak Sports Olympic Committee and the Sabah Olympic Committee and the FMOC was merged to form the Olympic Council of Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore ceased to be part of Malaysia and re-established its own National Olympic Committee.[3]
olympic, council, malaysia, commonly, malay, majlis, olimpik, malaysia, code, national, olympic, committee, representing, malaysia, also, body, responsible, malaysia, representation, commonwealth, games, commonwealth, games, malaysia, majlis, olimpik, malaysia. Olympic Council of Malaysia or commonly OCM or MOM Malay Majlis Olimpik Malaysia IOC code MAS is the National Olympic Committee representing Malaysia It is also the body responsible for Malaysia s representation at the Commonwealth Games as Commonwealth Games Malaysia 1 2 Olympic Council of MalaysiaMajlis Olimpik MalaysiaCountry Region MalaysiaCodeMASCreated1953Recognized1954ContinentalAssociationOCAHeadquartersMezzanine Floor Wisma OCM Jalan Hang Jebat 50150 Kuala Lumpur MalaysiaPresidentMohamad Norza ZakariaSecretary GeneralNazifuddin NajibWebsitewww wbr olympic wbr org wbr my Contents 1 History 2 List of presidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe body was founded in 1953 as the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council FMOC The FMOC received its recognition as the National Olympic Committee of the Federation of Malaya in May 1954 On 16 September 1963 Singapore and the British crown colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaya to form Malaysia On 5 May 1964 the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council the Sarawak Sports Olympic Committee and the Sabah Olympic Committee and the FMOC was merged to form the Olympic Council of Malaysia On 9 August 1965 Singapore ceased to be part of Malaysia and re established its own National Olympic Committee 3 List of presidents editE M McDonald 4 Henry Lee Hau Shik Abdul Razak Hussein 1976 1998 Hamzah Abu Samah 1998 2018 Tunku Imran 2018 Present Mohamad Norza ZakariaSee also editMalaysia at the Olympics Malaysia at the Youth Olympics Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games Paralympic Council of MalaysiaReferences edit Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 18 November 2012 CONSTITUTION OF PDF olympics com my Retrieved 24 September 2023 History of the Olympic Council of Malaysia 1953 to 1998 Olympic Council of Malaysia Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 25 November 2012 History of the Olympic Council of Malaysia The Sports Museum Archived from the original on 5 January 2021 Retrieved 5 January 2021 External links editOfficial website nbsp Olympic Council of Malaysia at Olympic Council of Asia website nbsp This Olympics related organization article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about sports in Malaysia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olympic Council of Malaysia amp oldid 1215070580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
