Brazilian Olympic Committee

Brazilian Olympic Committee

Country/Region	Brazil
Code	BRA
Created	8 June 1914
Recognized	8 June 1935
Continental Association	PASO
Headquarters	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
President	Marco Antônio La Porta
Secretary General	Rogério Sampaio
Website	cob.org.br

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The Brazilian Olympic Committee (Portuguese: Comitê Olímpico do Brasil; COB) is the highest authority in Brazilian sport and the governing body of Brazilian Olympic sport. It was officially founded on 8 June 1914, but World War I caused its official activities to begin only in 1935. It was founded at the headquarters of the Brazilian Federation of Rowing Societies (Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Remo) as an initiative from the Metropolitan League of Athletic Sports (Liga Metropolitana de Esportes Atléticos).

The BOC has multiple sources of income, but its principal means of funding is its 2% share of all the profits from the Brazilian National Lottery and other games of chance. The BOC is presided by Paulo Wanderley Teixeira, and its principal project is the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.