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The Philippine Olympic Committee Inc. [1] (POC) is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.. The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations (NSAs) in the Philippines.
Participation of Filipino athletes in the Olympics is sanctioned by its National Olympic Committee (NOC). Its NOC since 1975 is the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Prior to that date, the Philippines was represented by the POC's predecessor, the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation which was founded in 1911.
Cojuangco first ran for President of the Philippine Olympic Committee in November 2004 against then incumbent Celso Dayrit. According to Cojuangco, the position was offered by Dayrit himself following the 2002 Asian Games since Dayrit was planning to retire and wanted a person "as responsible" to succeed him. However, Dayrit did not push ...
Abraham "Bambol" Ng Tolentino (born February 23, 1964) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the mayor of Tagaytay and president of the Philippine Olympic Committee. He previously served as representative of Cavite 's 8th district from 2019 to 2022 and the 7th district from 2013 to 2019.
Ricky Vargas made an attempt to run for President of the Philippine Olympic Committee in 2016 challenging incumbent, Peping Cojuangco.His camp includes Abraham Tolentino of Cycling running for chairman, Albee Benitez (Badminton) for First Vice President, Lucas Managuelod (Muay Thai) for Second Vice President, Sonny Barrios (Basketball) for Treasurer, and Ting Ledesma (Table Tennis) for Auditor.
Edwin B. Gastanes (December 21, 1958 – December 24, 2024) was a Filipino lawyer and sports administrator who was general secretary of the Philippine Olympic Committee from 2019 to 2023. He was also the secretary general of the Philippine Football Federation from 2013 to 2023.
He currently functions as the Marketing Head of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). He is the first Filipino to win a gold medal in the men's individual triathlon event at the Southeast Asian Games securing the feat in the 2015 edition. [1] He also successfully defended his title at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. [2]
He was a founding member of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (now the Philippine Olympic Committee) in 1911 and served in its executive committee in 1918. [3] He served as its second chairman from 1935 to 1955. He was also the first Filipino member of the International Olympic Committee. [4]