Abbreviation | OOA |
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Formation | 1946[1] |
Type | Sports Association |
Headquarters | Cuttack, Odisha |
Membership | Indian Olympic Association Olympic Council of Asia |
President | Jaga Mohan Patnaik |
Secretary General | Avijit Paul |
Website | www |
The Odisha Olympic Association (OOA) is the governing body of sports in Odisha. It is responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and National Games of India.
The history of organised sports in Odisha traces its origins to 1904, when Madhusudan Das formed the Orissa Sports Association. It was an athletic institution which organised the sports competitions for seasonal and annual provincial games. [2] [3] It eventually became the Orissa Athletic Association in 1909 and remained the primary sports association in the province until the formation of Orissa Olympic Association in 1946. Harekrushna Mahatab became the first President of OOA and Bhairab Chandra Mohanty became the first secretary. [4]
The OOA decided to make separate associations in 1961 for sports such as cricket, football, hockey, tennis and badminton, thus paving the way for formation of independent sports bodies for the governance of sports in Odisha. [1]
The OOA Executive Committee for the 2020–24 term: [5]
Designation | Name | Sports Association/Olympic Committee |
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President | Jaga Mohan Patnaik | Kalahandi District Athletic Association |
Vice-Presidents | Kamala Kanta Pandey | Kandhamal District Athletic Association |
Pratap Satpathy | Hockey Odisha | |
Kishore Kumar Biswal | Mayurbhanj District Athletic Association | |
Nalini Kumar Das | Dhenkanal District Athletic Association | |
Anup Kumar Patra | Koraput District Athletic Association | |
Dulal Chandra Pradhan | Sambalpur District Athletic Association | |
Secretary General | Avijit Paul | Football Association of Odisha |
Treasurer | Adhip Das | Odisha Athletic Association |
Joint Secretaries | Ashok Kumar Sahu | Ganjam District Athletic Association |
Prabhat Kumar Bhol | Sundargarh District Athletic Association | |
Council Members | Sarat Kumar Sahoo | Odisha Kabaddi Association |
Anil Kumar Bohidar | Odisha Amateur Boxing Association | |
Narayan Sahu | Odisha Weightlifting Association | |
Rabi Shankar Pratihari | Puri District Athletic Association | |
Janardhan Dash | Keonjhar District Athletic Association | |
Birendra Kumar Behera | Odisha State Handball Association | |
Hariprasad Patnaik | Odisha State Karate-Do Association | |
Kishore Kumar Mishra | Bargarh District Athletic Association | |
Debendra Kumar Sahoo | Odisha Wrestling Association | |
Bijay Kumar Behera | Jharsuguda District Athletic Association | |
Ashok Kumar Sahoo | Odisha Gymnastic Association |
Sport | Association |
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Aquatics | Odisha Swimming Association |
Archery | Odisha Archery Association |
Arm Wrestling | Odisha Arm Wrestling Association |
Athletics | Odisha Athletics Association Odisha Veteran Athletic Association State School Athletic Association |
Badminton | Odisha State Badminton Association Ball Badminton Association of Odisha |
Baseball | Baseball Association of Odisha |
Basketball | Odisha Basketball Association |
Billiards | Billiards & Snooker Association of Odisha |
Boxing | Odisha Amateur Boxing Association |
Canoeing | Odisha Kayaking and Canoeing Association |
Carrom | Odisha State Carrom Association |
Cricket | Odisha Cricket Association |
Cycling | Odisha Cycling Association |
Fencing | Odisha Fencing Association |
Football | Football Association of Odisha |
Golf | Bhubaneswar Golf Club |
Gymnastics | Odisha Gymnastic Association |
Handball | Odisha Handball Association |
Hockey | Hockey Odisha |
Judo | Odisha Amateur Judo Association |
Kabaddi | Odisha Kabaddi Association |
Karate | Odisha State Karate-Do Association |
Kho Kho | Odisha Kho-Kho Association |
Kickboxing | Amateur Kickboxing Association of Odisha |
Kurfball | Odisha State Kurfball Association |
Mallakhamb | Odisha Mallakhamb Association |
MuayThai | Odisha MuayThai Union |
Netball | Odisha Netball Association |
Roller Skating | Roller Skating Association of Odisha |
Rowing | Odisha Association of Rowing and Sculling |
Rugby | Odisha Rugby Football Association |
Sailing | Odisha Yachting Association |
Sepak Takraw | Odisha State Sepak Takraw Association |
Shooting | Odisha Rifle Association |
Squash | Odisha Squash Association |
Softball | Odisha Softball Association |
Sumo | Odisha Sumo Association |
Table Tennis | Odisha State Table Tennis Association |
Taekwando | Odisha Taekwando Association |
Tennikoit | Odisha Amateur Tennikoit Association |
Tennis | Odisha Tennis Association |
Throwball | Odisha State Throwball Association |
Tug of War | Odisha Amateur Tug of War Association |
Volleyball | Odisha Volleyball Association |
Weightlifting | Odisha Weightlifting Association |
Wrestling | Odisha Wrestling Association All Odisha Indian Style Wrestling Association |
Wushu | Wushu Association of Odisha |
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