General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW)

Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Saudi Arabian Olympic Soccer Team

Saudi Arabian Olympic Track and Field Team

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Saudi Arabian Olympic Shooting Team

General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW)

HRH Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz President of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW) Born in Riyadh, 1946 Graduated from University of California in Political and Administrative Sciences, 1971 Positions: President of Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President of Arab Sports Confederation President of Arab Football Federation President of Saudi Arabian Football Federation President of Saudi Arabian Youth Hostel Association Chairman of International Commission for the Preservation

HRH Prince Sultan Bin Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Vice President of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW) Born in Taif, 1951 Graduate of Sandhurst Military Academy, Great Britain, 1973 Positions: Vice President of GPYW Vice President of Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) President of SAOC Executive Board President of the GPYW Federations Affairs Committee Vice President of Saudi Arabian Football Federation President of the Executive Board of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation

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Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee

Secretary-General Soliman Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Jabhan Born in 1935 Positions: Secretary-General of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Treasurer of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation Board Member of the National Olympic Committee President of the Saudi Tennis and Table Tennis Federation President of the Arab Table Tennis Confederation President of Saudi Arabian Youth Hostel Association Board Member of the Asian Table Tennis Federation and the International Tennis Federation

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Saudi Arabian Olympic Soccer Team

Administrative Staff Fahad Nasser Al-Dahmash, Team Manager Board Member of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Manager of Saudi Arabian Youth Hostels Former Association Football International Referee Team Officials Muhammad Jeber Al-Hairai Rashid Abdul Rahman Al-Jamaan Musaed Hamad Al-Talasi Rezwan Abdullah Mandili

Technical Staff Ivo Ardais Wortmann, Head Coach The 46-year-old Brazilian coach has coached professionally in Brazil and around the world, leading his teams to various championships. In Saudi Arabia, Mr. Wortmann has led the Saudi Arabian youth team to the Asian and world championships. Under his guidance, the Saudi Arabian National Team qualified for the Atlanta Games. Team Staff: Luis Carlos, Assistant Coach Dr. Rashid Basheer Al-Tunisi, Team Physician Tariq Al-Sharqawi, Sports Medicine Muhammad Sadeq, Sports Medicine

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The Saudi Arabian Olympic Soccer Team representing the Kingdom at the 26th Olympiad in Atlanta is the product of an intensive nationwide effort to develop soccer and other sports and provide the facilities, services and support necessary for national teams and individual athletes to compete effectively at the international level. Soccer was first introduced in the Kingdom in 1928 by the Al-Ittihad Club, the countryıs oldest soccer club. In 1959, the Saudi Football Federation, the national soccer association, was established and later joined the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of soccer. The establishment of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW) in 1974, and the sports development programs it has introduced over the past two decades, provided a great boost to soccer and other sports. In 1984, the Saudi soccer team captured the Asian Games Gold Cup and maintained the championship at the 1988 Asian Games. The Saudi team upset several opponents to play in the finals at the 23rd Olympiad soccer competition in Los Angeles in 1984. In 1993, the national team attained first place in the Asian Division to represent the worldıs largest and most populous continent at the World Cup USA '94 finals. The team's outstanding performance propelled it to the second round of competition, the first Asian team to do so, before losing to Sweden, which placed third in the competition. The following is a list of players from which 11 will be selected to continue Saudi Arabia's proud Olympic tradition at the 26th Olympiad.

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