Olympic Solidarity - Athlete365

Olympic Solidarity is the IOC’s development programme dedicated to ensuring the universality of the Olympic Games by providing funding and technical, financial and administrative support to athletes, coaches, sports administrators and NOCs most in need of assistance. The total budget for Olympic Solidarity’s 2021-24 cycle is USD 590 million, highlighting the IOC’s commitment to helping everyone within the Olympic Movement.

Olympic Solidarity has two main aims: helping NOCs fulfil their Olympic mission, and helping you achieve your Olympic dreams. It works closely with NOCs, International Federations and Continental Associations to develop their administrative structures, promote the Olympic values throughout their organisations and ensure the successful running of athlete development programmes.

It achieves these aims through a multi-faceted series of programmes, courses, scholarships and grants. These support structures could help you and your entourage on your sporting journey – no matter where you are in the world, what sport you participate in, nor what stage of your career you’re at.

Programmes for Athletes

Covering all aspects of your career journey, these programmes provide you with financial and technical support – whether you’re competing, studying, or representing your fellow athletes.

Programmes for Entourage

Programmes that offer world-class training to help you take your coaching to the next level, as well as opportunities to develop your NOC’s sports systems.

Olympic Solidarity NOC AC Activity Grants

Empowering NOC Athletes' Commissions

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Get in touch with your NOC to find out more about how to apply for and access Olympic Solidarity’s support programmes.

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Voice

How the NOC AC Activity Grant supported athletes in 2021

Following on from an exciting first year, the Activity Grant continues to inspire NOC ACs around the world to organise innovative initiatives and events focused on supporting athletes. We look at how ACs have used the USD 10,000 in 2021.

Finance

“I wouldn’t have been in PyeongChang without Olympic Solidarity”

He made history at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 as Ghana’s first ever skeleton racer, but Akwasi Frimpong OLY says he would never have made it without the financial backing of his Olympic Solidarity scholarship

Career

Education opens so many doors

Table tennis player Bose Kaffo explains how an Olympic Solidarity scholarship for a master’s degree proved to be a game-changer for her career ...

Career

Getting a head start on a new career

Runner Nikki Hamblin shares her experience of the value of pursuing your passions off the field of play.

Training with NOC Japan with the support of Olympic Solidarity was a huge help to me. At home in Manila, there were too many distractions for me and the coaches could not focus on me as much as is needed. In Japan, I have the chance to really improve myself.

The Olympic Solidarity Team Support Grant has certainly played a key role in making Turkish volleyball stronger, especially the women’s national team who qualified for the Olympic Games. This has had a great impact on many in society, especially on girls and young women, improving their participation in sport and inspiring millions of Turkish girls

Olympic Solidarity has helped us to provide sufficient training conditions for our athletes. Given our difficulties financing events to help our athletes best prepare for competitions and games, Olympic Solidarity’s support has greatly aided us in organising special preparation and training camps in Europe.

The programme has been one of the most important factors in helping me to qualify for the Olympic Games as the first Namibian rower. It has helped me to lift a majority of the financial burden off my family’s shoulders.

Entourage

Supporting athletes’ entourages around the world

In addition to its programmes supporting athletes, Olympic Solidarity has provided coaches and administrators with vital funding to access courses and scholarships. The 2017-2020 final report shows the positive impact that Olympic Solidarity has had in developing entourage members and sporting ...

Finance

Making Olympic dreams true

A report on Olympic Solidarity’s impact between 2017 and 2020 has shown how athletes, coaches and NOCs from around the world have been supported by its various programmes to succeed on and off the field of play.