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National Olympic Committee Kenya. Recognition Year. 1955. Flag. KEN. Address. P.O. Box 46888. Gallant House, 6th Floor. Parklands Rd, 00100 Nairobi. Kenya. Phone. +254 722 327 433. Fax. +254 20 271 2343. Email. info@nock.or.ke. Website. https://teamkenya.or.ke/ President. Mr Paul K. TERGAT. Secretary General. Mr Francis MUTUKU. Recognition Year.
The National Olympic Committee – Kenya (IOC code: KEN) is the National Olympic Committee representing Kenya. It was created in 1955 and recognised by the IOC that same year. Kenya made its debut at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
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The Kenyan National Olympic Committee was founded on 14 February 1955 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC session in Paris, on 17 June of the same year. In 1956, it made its Olympic début and, since then, it has been absent only from the Olympics of 1976 and 1980, both of which it boycotted.
Increasingly, Kenya-born athletes are immigrating to compete in the Olympics for other countries, most notably Bahrain. In the 2016 Olympics, there were ~20 such athletes, including multiple medal winners. The National Olympic Committee for Kenya is the National Olympic Committee Kenya, founded in 1955.
MedalName (s)GamesSportBronzeBronzeSilverSilver- Gold, 35, Silver, 42, Bronze, 36, Total, 113
Mar 27, 2024 · During the event on 20 March, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya became the 56th signatory, and first from Africa, to join the Sports for Nature Framework. Other signatories, including Paris 2024 and World Rugby, also shared how they are advancing their sustainability efforts.
Kenya competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] .
