Qatar Olympic Committee marks significant milestones on 45th anniversary

Doha, Qatar: Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), which was founded on March 14, 1979. Since its establishment, Q...

Doha, Qatar: Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), which was founded on March 14, 1979. 

Since its establishment, QOC has played a prominent role in spreading sports awareness in Qatar, nurturing, and developing the Olympic movement following the foundations upon which the Olympic Charter is based, in addition to supporting and developing sports excellence, which contributed to the great boom witnessed by the Qatari sports process during the past 45 years.

The efforts of the QOC resulted in unprecedented sporting achievements at various levels, the most prominent of which was obtaining 8 Olympic medals including two gold medals, two silver medals, and four bronze medals.

Mohamed Suleiman achieved the first Qatari Olympic medal by winning a bronze in the 1,500-meter race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

The second medal goes to Asaad Saeed Saif, who won a weightlifting bronze in the 105 kg weightlifting category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.