DOHA: HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani has been re-elected by acclamation as President of the Qatar Olympic Committee for the new Olympic cycle (2024-2028).
This came during the 38th General Assembly meeting held on Thursday, chaired by Sheikh Joaan, and attended by members of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Olympic Committee and heads of Qatari sports federations and committees.
Mohammed bin Yousef Al Mana was elected as First Vice President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Dr Thani bin Abdulrahman Al Kuwari as Second Vice President of the Olympic Committee, and Jassim bin Rashid Al Buainain as Secretary General of the Committee.
During the meeting, Sheikh Joaan thanked the sports federations and committees, praising the achievements made by the Qatari teams during this year, most notably the champion Mutaz Barshim winning a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics Paris 2024and the crowning of the Qatari football team as the champion of the 2023 Asian Cup and the crowning of the Qatari handball team as the champion of the 21st Asian Championship. He urged the federations to make more efforts in preparation for the upcoming events of the Qatari teams.
The General Assembly's work was opened by approving the minutes of the previous meeting of the General Assembly No. 37, which was held in February 2023. The meeting then reviewed the achievements of the Qatar Olympic Committee 2023-2024, and the most important upcoming hostings, represented by the 2025 World Table Tennis Championship, the 2026 Fourth Gulf Sports Games, and the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup.
The meeting also highlighted the upcoming events: the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China in February 2025, the West Asian Youth Games in Baghdad, Iraq in April 2025, the Gulf Beach Games in the Sultanate of Oman also in April 2025, the Asian Youth Games in Bahrain in September 2025, and the 6th Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in November 2025.
The meeting also discussed the report of the Technical Committee for Monitoring and Evaluating the Preparation of National Teams for the 21st Asian Games - Doha 2030, in addition to reviewing the Qatar Olympic Committee's budget for the fiscal years 2024 - 2025.
