Republic of China Olympic Committee

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Code	TPE
Created	April 3, 1922
Recognized	1922 (as China) Jan 1, 1960 (as ROC)
Continental Association	OCA
Headquarters	No 20 Chu Lun Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan (Republic of China)
President	Lin Hong-dow
Secretary General	Jacqueline Yi-Ting Shen
Website	www.tpenoc.net

The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC, IOC code: TPE; Chinese: 中華奧林匹克委員會; literally: "Chinese Olympic Committee") is the National Olympic Committee representing the Republic of China and Taiwan.

The China National Amateur Athletic Federation (中華業餘運動聯合會) was established on April 3, 1922. Later that year, the International Olympic Committee recognized the Amateur Athletic Federation as the Chinese Olympic Committee (中國奧林匹克委員會). In 1924, Wang Jheng-ting (王正廷), the president of the Committee, was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee during the 22nd IOC Session, which were held in Paris, France.

The China National Amateur Athletic Federation was reorganized on Aug 24, 1924 in Shanghai; the name of the Federation remained the same in English but in Chinese. The Federation attended the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, but did not attend the race; no athletes were sent to attend the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. During the 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, the Federation used the name of "China" and the only athlete, Liu Changchun, competed in sprinting.

In the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, 19 of the 26 members of the Federation left the mainland for Taiwan, the headquarters of the Federation moved from Nanking to Taipei City, and, with the approval of the IOC, the Federation was renamed the Chinese Olympic Committee, National Amateur Athletic Federation. The first Olympic medalist in the country's history was the Taiwanese athlete Yang Chuan-kwang during the 1960 Summer Olympics.