Finnish Olympic Committee

{{Short description|National Olympic Committee}} {{Infobox National Olympic Committee | title = Finnish Olympic Committee | logo = Finnish Olympic Committee 2017 logo.svg | size = 150px | country = Finland | code = FIN | created = 1907 | recognized = 1907 | association = EOC | headquarters = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] | president = [[Jan Vapaavuori]] | secretary general = [[Taina Susiluoto]] | website = [https://www.olympiakomitea.fi www.olympiakomitea.fi] }} [[File:Finnish Olympic Committee logo.svg|thumb|right|Old logo until 2017]]

The '''Finnish Olympic Committee''' ({{langx|fi|Suomen Olympiakomitea ry}}; {{langx|sv|Finlands Olympiska Kommitté rf}}; IOC Code: '''FIN''') is the national Olympic committee in [[Finland]] for the [[Olympic Games]] movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Finnish competitors to Olympic events organised by the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/finland|title=Finland - National Olympic Committee (NOC)|date=2019-02-06|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

The schools, colleges, universities and other establishments in the programme are organised into local clusters. For example: *The [[Sotkamo High School]] works in collaboration with several other schools, colleges and universities as part of the [[Vuokatti]]-[[Rukatunturi|Ruka]] Sports Academy.<ref>[https://vrua.fi/ Vuokatti-Ruka Sport Academy]</ref> *The [[Joensuu]] Sports Academy is a co-operation network of schools, colleges and universities.<ref>[https://www.joensuu.fi/urheiluakatemia Joensuu urheiluakatemia]</ref> *The Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy is based in Helsinki and includes the National Olympic Training Centre.<ref>[https://urhea.fi/en/metropolitan-sports-academy-urhea/ Urhea Metropolitan Sports Academy]</ref>

Others include the [[Kuortaneen urheilulukio|Kuortane High School and Sports Academy]] and the [[Pajulahti Sports Institute]].

== Presidents == {| class="wikitable" ! President !! Term |- |Reinhold Felix von Willebrand<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/899396 Olympedia - Reinhold, Baron von Willebrand]</ref> | 1907–1919 |- |[[Ernst Krogius]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62662 Olympedia - Ernst Krogius]</ref> | 1919–1929 |- |Kustaa Levälahti<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201085 Olympedia - Kustaa Levälahti]</ref> | 1929–1937 |- |Urho Kekkonen<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201086 Olympedia - Urho Kekkonen]</ref> | 1937–1946 |- |[[William Lehtinen|Wilhelm Lehtinen]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201087 Olympedia - Wilhelm Lehtinen]</ref> | 1946–1951 |- |Väinö Karikoski<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201088 Olympedia -Väinö Karikoski]</ref> | 1951–1956 |- |[[Yrjö Valkama]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/46671 Olympedia - Yrjö Valkama]</ref> | 1956–1961 |- |[[Jukka Rangell]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/899300 Olympedia - Jukka Rangell]</ref> | 1961–1963 |- |Akseli Kaskela<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201089 Olympedia - Akseli Kaskela]</ref> | 1963–1969 |- |Jukka Uunila<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201090 Olympedia -Jukka Uunila]</ref> | 1969–1984 |- |[[Carl-Olaf Homén]]<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201091 Olympedia -Carl-Olaf Homén]</ref> | 1984–1988 |- |Tapani Ilkka<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200841 Olympedia - Tapani Ilkka]</ref> | 1988–2004 |- |Roger Talermo<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1201092 Olympedia - Roger Talermo]</ref> | 2004–2012 |- |Risto Nieminen<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200968 Olympedia - Risto Nieminen]</ref> | 2012–2016 |- |Timo Ritakallio<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1202225 Olympedia - Timo Ritakallio]</ref> | 2016–present<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orienteering.org/timo-ritakallio-new-president-of-the-finnish-olympic-committee/|title=Timo Ritakallio new President of the Finnish Olympic Committee|date=30 November 2016|publisher=International Orienteering Federation|access-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326052130/http://orienteering.org/timo-ritakallio-new-president-of-the-finnish-olympic-committee/|archive-date=26 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |}

==See also== *[[Finland at the Olympics]] *[[Finnish Paralympic Committee]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.olympiakomitea.fi Official website]

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