Olympic Committee of Kosovo

Olympic Committee of Kosovo

Olympic Committee of Kosovo logo
Country/Region	Kosovo
Code	KOS
Created	1992
Recognized	9 December 2014
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Pristina
President	Besim Hasani
Secretary General	Mehmet Bogujevci
Website	noc-kosovo.org/

The Olympic Committee of Kosovo (Albanian: Komiteti Olimpik i Kosovës, Serbian: Олимпијски комитет Косова / Olimpijski komitet Kosova) is the National Olympic Committee representing Kosovo. Officially established in 1992, the OCK became a full member of the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement on 9 December 2014. It is responsible for Kosovo's participation at the Olympic Games.

Kosovo participated at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan and participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Judoka Majlinda Kelmendi became the first Kosovar athlete to win a medal of any colour when she won gold in the women's 52kg weight division at the Games.

A Paralympic federation is planned.

The Olympic Committee of Kosovo (OCK) was officially established in 1992. The United Nations-led administration in Kosovo previously established a working group to engage with the IOC to allow athletes to participate in the Olympic Games. Due to its status, Kosovan athletes were not allowed to compete under the flag of Kosovo, until the recognition in 2014. Therefore, during the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kosovan judoka and world champion, Majlinda Kelmendi had to compete for Albania instead.Kosovan athletes of Serbian ethnicity participated as part of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia