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{{Infobox National Olympic Committee
| title = National Olympic Committee of Zambia
| logo = National Olympic Committee of Zambia logo.jpg
| size = 250px
| country = Zambia
| code = ZAM
| created = 1951 
| recognized = 1963
| association = 
| headquarters = [[Lusaka]]
| president = [[Miriam C. Moyo]] 
| secretary general = [[Hazel M. Kennedy]]  
| website = http://www.nocz.co.zm
| notes = 
}}
The '''National Olympic Committee of Zambia''' (NOCZ) is the National Olympic Committee representing [[Zambia]]. It was created in 1951 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1963.<ref name="Zambia profile">{{cite web|title=Home > National Olympic Committees > Zambia|url=http://www.olympic.org/zambia|website=Olympic|publisher=IOC|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref>

Zambia made its debut at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Previously, it competed as Northern Rhodesia in 1964 and under the banner of Rhodesia in 1960.<ref name="Digital Library Reports">{{cite web|title=Mexico City Olympic Games Official Report Volume Three 1968|url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v1pt2.pdf|website=Digital Library Collection – Official Olympic Reports|publisher=IOC|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref>

Since 2010, the Committee, in conjunction with the IOC and the [[Government of Zambia]] have operated an [[Olympic Youth Development Center]] (OYDC) in [[Lusaka]], Zambia. The center was opened as a pilot project by the IOC and is open to all youth in the country.<ref name=center>{{cite web|title=Visit - Olympic Youth Development Centre Zambia|url=http://www.triathlon.org/development/course/visit_olympic_youth_development_centre_zambia|website=Triathlon|publisher=International Triathlon Union|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="IOC Center">{{cite web|title=IOC inaugurates first Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka, Zambia|url=http://www.fih.ch/news/ioc-inaugurates-first-olympic-youth-development-centre-in-lusaka-zambia/|website=International Hockey Federation|publisher=International Hockey Federation|accessdate=29 June 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Olympic Youth Development Center]]
* [[Zambia at the Olympics]]

==References==
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[[Category:Zambia at the Olympics]]
[[Category:Sports in Zambia]]