The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) was founded in 1894 with headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This organization serves as both the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the United States of America. It is is responsible for funding, training and entering Team USA athletes for Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games events.

The United States Olympic Committee is the steward for the Olympic Movement in the U.S.

USOC Athlete Support

The USOC also provides assistance to America’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes via their National Governing Bodies. Responsibilities include providing financial support and working together to create  athlete support systems and coaching education programs for our Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Support programs on and off the field of play includes:

• Direct athlete funding
• Health insurance programs for athletes
• Tuition grants for athletes
• Media and marketing opportunities for athletes
• Career services to help athletes
• Performance-based monetary rewards for athletes

The USOC encourages athletic growth by providing resources with an emphasis on coaching, recovery, performance and medical support. The Olympic Training Center (OTC) provides athletes with many on site services, including sports medicine, strength and conditioning, psychology, physiology, biomechanics, nutrition assistance and performance enhancing technology.

 

Sports Venue Selection Via the USOC

The USOC oversees the U.S. city bidding process for the selection of host locations for the Olympic/Paralympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games or the Pan/Parapan American Games, and supports the bidding processes for potential hosts of many other international sports competitions. The USOC also approves the U.S. trials sites and procedures for the Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games team selections.

Inline Skaters Get USOC Benefits

In the years following the Olympic performances of inline-to-ice transition skaters Joey Cheek, Jennifer Rodriguez, Chad Hedrick and many others, it has been very common for inline speed skaters with Olympic aspirations to exchange their big wheels for sleek blades with support from some of the USOC programs mentioned above. Learn more about the ice skating sports and sports governing bodies that many of our brightest and best are moving into:

• Ice Speed Skating Overview
• A Brief History of Ice Speed Skating
• Speed Skating Equipment and Developments

USOCs NGB Membership

A National Governing Body (NGB) is the organizations that oversee individual sports in any given country. These NGBs handle the sport-specific training, competition and development of the athletes, and nominate athletes for U.S. Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Parapan American Teams. Today 31 Olympic summer sport NGBs and eight Olympic winter sport NGBs govern sports in the United States. The USA Roller Sports NGB is included under the USOC Team USA umbrella, but is not yet included in either Winter or Summer Olympic Games.

More Speed Skating Information:

• What is U.S. Speedskating?
• Speed Skating at the Olympic Games
• Olympic Speed Skating History
• Inline-to-Ice Skater Profiles
• Long Track Speed Skating
• Short Track Speed Skating
• Speed Skating Competition Formats
• What is the difference between long track and short track speed skating?
• What is the International Skating Union?