Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee

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Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
TASNOC
Founded 2007 (2007)
Affiliation IOC
Regional affiliation Oceania National Olympic Committees
Headquarters Vaiaku, Funafuti
President Ampelosa Tehulu[1]
Secretary Teake Esene Manatu[2]
Official website
www.olympic.org/tuvalu
Tuvalu

The Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) is the Tuvaluan organisation recognised as a National Olympic Committee (NOC) by the IOC. In 2006 Tuvalu satisfied IOC criteria of having at least 5 national sports federations that are recognised by their relevant international sports federations, which included basketball, volleyball, weightlifting, boxing and table tennis.[3]

TASNOC is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code published by the World Anti-Doping Agency.[4]

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See also: Tuvaluan records in athletics, Tuvalu at the Pacific Games, Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games, and Tuvalu at the Olympics

History

TASNOC came into existence when the Tuvalu Amateur Sport Association or Tuvalu Association of Sports (TAS) was recognised as the Tuvalu National Olympic Committee on 16 July 2007.[5] Robert Laupula managed the Tuvalu Sports Association and the application for membership of the Olympic movement, which was co-ordinated by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.[3][6]

Geoffrey Ludbrook, who represented Tuvalu at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in the men's 50m Rifle Prone event, worked with the Oceania Shooting Federation so that the Tuvalu Shooting Association obtained full membership of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) in 2007.[7][8][9]

In 2013, Tuvalu was granted Associate status in the Oceania Continent Handball Federation by the International Handball Federation.

Management

In 2007 the Secretary General of the Tuvalu National Olympic Committee was Nakibae Kitiseni;[10] who was succeeded by Isala T. Isala.[11] The Secretary General in 2012 was Teake Esene Manatu.[2]

Ampelosa Tehulu, from the Tuvalu Basketball Sports Federation, was elected President of TASNOC on 5 March 2015.[1] Eselealofa Apinelu was the immediate past President.[12]

Participation in the Summer Olympics

Tuvalu participates in the Olympic Games in the Summer Olympics.[13] They have yet to compete at the winter games. Tuvalu entered the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China, with a weightlifter and two athletes in the men's and women's 100-metre sprints. A team with athletes in the same events represented Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London, United Kingdom.[14]

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See also: Tuvalu at the Olympics

Tuvalu Commonwealth Games Association

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The Official Logo of the Tuvalu Commonwealth Games Association

TASNOC is also responsible for organising Tuvalu’s participation in the Commonwealth Games and the Commonwealth Youth Games.[15] Tuvalu joined the Commonwealth Games Federation and first participated in the Commonwealth Games in 1998, when a weightlifter attended the games held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[15] Tuvalu has subsequently sent teams to compete in the Commonwealth Games in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

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See also: Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games

Affiliations

References

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