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countries to have been present at all Olympic Winter Games; thus Great Britain & Northern Ireland is one of three countries that have competed at all Olympic Games. Great Britain is also the only team in the Olympic Games to have won a gold in every Summer games. The United Kingdom has hosted three Olympic Games, all of them in London: in 1908, 1948 and 2012.
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meaning 'the power of the citizens is the defence of the state') and ethos were inherited by the National Physical Recreation Society (NPRS) which was founded in 1885. From 1902 the President and Treasurer of the NPRS were members of the Olympic "Comité Britannique" and the NPRS was a founding body
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A representative of each of the Olympic sports makes up the NOC, the BOA's decision and policy-making body. The NOC elects three officers: a President, a Chairman, and a Vice-Chairman, each for a four-year term. Six members of the NOC are elected to the Board, which oversees the work of the BOA and
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Great Britain & Northern Ireland is one of only five National Olympic Committees (the others being Australia, France, Greece and Switzerland) which have never failed to be represented at the Summer Olympic Games since 1896. Of these countries GB&NI, France and Switzerland are the only
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Among Crown Dependencies and current-day Overseas Territories, only a few have been represented on Team GB since 1930 (the year of the first Commonwealth Games) while retaining citizenship of, and (if the sport is held) Commonwealth Games eligibility for their territories. These include:
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Note – IOC rules currently do not allow dependent territories to obtain recognition for National Olympic Committees (NOCs). Three British Overseas Territories have their own NOCs predating this rule and are therefore not connected with the BOA:
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which have their own national Olympic associations), and the three Crown Dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man), who do not have their own separate Olympics teams.
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Some more have participated in Team GB after switching Commonwealth Games eligibility mid-career from their territories to England before the Olympic Games, including:
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for Commonwealth Games purposes afterwards. Such a switch is not necessary to represent Team GB at the Olympic Games: Examples include Olympic bronze medalist sprinter
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was unique in being the first gold medal relay team from Great Britain ever to contain membes from all four constituent countries: an Englishman (in fact two,
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Some notable British Olympians have come from British Overseas Territories, though some have transferred sporting allegiance to
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in November 1865. It promoted an annual series of sporting events across Britain, with the aim of encouraging participation in
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The BOA's origins pre-date the International Olympic movement and its governing body, the International Olympic Committee.
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At its formation in 1905 the association consisted of seven national governing body members from the following sports:
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A number of notable British Olympians and Olympic medalists have emerged from the Crown dependencies, including
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are nominally represented by the BOA, these territories have no permanent population and do not send athletes.
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Founded in 1905, The BOA is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the
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puts forward proposals for decision by the NOC. The present (2022) chief office holders are:
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as its example, thus the NOA Games "were open to all comers" and not just the products of
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athletes can choose whether to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland or for the
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For some sports, Northern Ireland belongs to all-Irish governing bodies; for these, see
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The British Olympic Association – responsible for Olympic participation of the
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through Olympian festivals. The NOA came about mainly through the efforts of
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Athletes from Northern Ireland are also entitled, as of right, to represent
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Working with the national governing bodies of each sport, the BOA selects
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Rule Britannia: Nationalism, Identity and the Modern Olympic Games
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Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories athletes for Team GB
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The association comprises members from the following countries:
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Also includes the following territories and dependencies:
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