What is National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan?
'''The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Milli Olimpiya Komitəsi, AZMOC}}), is the [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) of [[Azerbaijan]]. It is also the governing body for the [[Olympic Games]] in Azerbaijan. The [[headquarters]] is in [[Baku]]. ==History== The National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan was established in 1992 and recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1993. For the first time Azerbaijan took part at the Olympic Games as an independent state in 1996 and since then sends [[Sportsperson|athlete]]s to all Olympic Games. Earlier, Azerbaijani athletes joined the Olympic Games in the [[Soviet Union]] team from 1952 to 1988. After the [[collapse of the Soviet Union]], Azerbaijan became a part of the [[Unified Team at the Olympics]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news | title=ИСТОРИЯ СПОРТА АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНА | url=http://www.azerbaijan.az/portal/Society/Sport/sport_r.html | publisher=Azerbaijan.az | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422073647/http://azerbaijan.az/portal/Society/Sport/sport_r.html | archive-date=2019-04-22 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Azerbaijani athletes won, in total, sixteen medals at the [[Summer Olympic Games]]. They won in [[Greco-Roman wrestling]], [[shooting sport]], [[boxing]] and [[judo]]. At the [[Winter Olympic Games]], Azerbaijani athletes have not won any medal. ==Main goals and targets== The main goal is the development of the Olympic movement in Azerbaijan on the basis of the Olympic [[:wikt:Charter|Charter]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=The functions and duties of the National Olympic Committee | url=http://www.azerbaijan.az/portal/Society/Organizations/publicOrganizations_02_e.html | publisher=Azerbaijan.az | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913183956/http://www.azerbaijan.az/portal/Society/Organizations/publicOrganizations_02_e.html | archive-date=2017-09-13 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Leadership== *President – [[Ilham Aliyev]] (since 1997<ref>{{Cite news |title = Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev |u