OLYMPIC ENCYCLOPEDIA

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1 OLYMPIC ENCYCLOPEDIA Anno 2016 Riga

2 Olympic Encyclopedia Publishing Credits Official presentation of the book took place in Doha on November 16, 2016 during ANOC General Assembly. Publisher: Elizabetes str. 49 Riga, LV-1010, Latvia Project Management: Aldons Vrublevskis, Genadijs Maricevs Compilator and editor: Genadijs Maricevs Art Director: Rauls Liepins Design: Al secco Layout: Kaspars Podskocijs Dust boxes: Etnica Not for commercial use. No any part of this book could be reproduced in any form without written permission of the and Genadijs Maricevs. Genadijs Maricevs Aldons Vrublevskis The International Olympic Committee (Photo) The (Photo) 2016 Izdevniecības Nams Medols ISBN (1st Volume) ISBN (2nd Volume) It is my great privilege to present to the Olympic Family here in Doha this unique edition of Olympic Encyclopedia. Since it s creation in 1894 the International Olympic Committee is constantly developing and Olympic Movement turned into the most widespread, influential and progressive movement on the globe in the 21st century. During these 120 years Olympic Movement has saved up unique experience and information. All this deserves and has to be transferred by Olympic Encyclopaedia to the future generations. Olympic Encyclopaedia I am presenting now has been created in Latvia by the team led by Olympic Historian Mr. Genadijs Maricevs. He is collecting and researching facts and figures from all aspects of Olympic Movement for more than 50 years. IOC Olympic Studies Centre, more than 120 NOCs, archives of Olympic cities, Olympic historians and a vast number of other persons and institutions assisted to our efforts by providing necessary information. As a result you can see the first ever printed edition of Olympic Encyclopaedia on such level, published in English by the in The basis of creation of Olympic Encyclopaedia is the Olympic Charter - the main document of the Olympic Movement. Names of chapters of the Olympic Encyclopedia are the same as names of chapters of the Olympic Charter. The sources of information published therein are official documents only. You can find included in the Olympic Encyclopedia full data on the Olympic Movement and Olympic Games, IOC Presidents, Members and sessions, IFs, NOCs and their presidents, Olympic Order holders and other outstanding people within to the Movement as well as biographies, photos and the results of all more than Olympic athletes etc. Printed Olympic Encyclopaedia could easily be adapted by modern technologies for electronic access on the internet, making it available for everybody worldwide. I am confident that the existence of such a serious universal edition as Olympic Encyclopedia is also relevant for the prestige of IOC. Ladies and gentlemen! It is my great honour now to present first copies specially made for IOC and ANOC Presidents. Dear President Bach your personal copy of the Olympic Encyclopedia! Dear President Sheikh Ahmad your personal copy directly from Latvia! Aldons Vrublevskis President Doha,

3 OLYMPIC ENCYCLOPE DIA Presentation of the Olympic Encyclopedia in Doha on November 16, ANOC General Assembly. Content 1st volume: 2nd volume: 3rd volume: 4th volume: 5th volume: 6th volume: An Olympism, the Olympic Movement, the International Olympic Committee, the International sports federations, National Olympic Committees, the Olympic Games (more than 1,500 detailed articles), already published in ISBN ; Persons of the Olympic Movement (more than 4,500 biographies of members of the International Olympic Committee, possessors of the Olympic Order, presidents of the International sports federations, presidents of the National Olympic Committees, presidents of the organizing committees, other persons who rendered services to the Olympic Movement architects of Olympic venues, authors of the Olympic movies and songs, etc.), already published in ISBN ; The Olympic Games of (the recovered detailed results of the Olympic Games), April 2016; The Olympic Games of (the recovered detailed results of the Olympic Games), October 2016; The Olympic Games of (the recovered detailed results of the Olympic Games); The Olympic Games of (the recovered detailed results of the Olympic Games); 7 12 volumes: Participants of the Olympic Games (the detailed Olympic biographies of more than 120 thousand athletes participating in the Olympic Games ). I would like to congratulate you on your initiative for the Olympic Encyclopedia Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee Lovely and very useful book. Titanic work H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of the Association of National Olympic Committees

4 You can obtain 1st and 2nd volumes of the Olympic Encyclopedia Please, contact with by You can subscribe for all 12-volume edition of the Olympic Encyclopedia. Please, contact with by

5 With creation of the Olympic Encyclopedia the International Olympic Movement has risen in a row such the most prestigious edition as Britannica The Olympic encyclopedia isn t the commercial edition. Our task to refund the expenses which are carried out on its creation and the publication.