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Olympisches Comité, Österreichisches, ÖOCOlympic Committee, Austrian (Österreichisches Olympisches Committee, ÖOC) highest Austrian authority in all questions pertaining to the Olympic Games, established on June 19, 1935, dissolved after the Austrian "Anschluss" to Germany in 1938, re-established on December 12, 1946. Predecessor organisations included the "Central Association for Joint Sporting Interests" (Zentralverband für gemeinsame Sportinteressen) from 1908 and after World War I the "Austrian Federation for Physical Exercise" (Österreichischer Hauptverband für Körpersport). In 1982 the Austrian Olympic Academy, a working group with the aim of promoting the Olympic spirit in Austria, was founded as a working group of the ÖOC. L. Wallner has been president of the ÖOC since 1990.
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