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British Olympic Association: United Kingdom

1908 Olympics

1908 Olympics

On June 30 I spotted the flag of the British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. The flag is seen here: http://www.creativeroots.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/british_olympic_association_flag1.jpg.
(Source: http://creativeroots.org/2010/02/the-british-olympics-association-identity/

The association works with athletes in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the Crown Dependencies (Isle of Man and the Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey), and British Overseas Territories which do not have their own National Olympic Committees (Anguilla; the British Antarctic Territory; the British Indian Ocean Territory; the Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; and the Turks and Caicos Islands). Three British Overseas Territories have their own NOCs and are not connected to the BOA: Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands."

The BOA, also currently known as "Team GB", was established in 1905.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Olympic_Association

For additional information go to Team GB (official website): http://www.teamgb.com/
Esteban Rivera, 27 March 2014