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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics-Team South Africa 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing South Africa on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 Historic Teams 1.6 South Africa sent a team to the following games 1.6.1 Summer Olympics 1.6.2 Winter Olympics 1.6.3 Summer Paralympics 1.6.4 Winter Paralympics 1.7 Sources

Olympics-Team South Africa

Background

At the IOC Session in The Hague on 23 May 1907 the British delegation proposed that “The four British Colonies, the Cape Province, Natal, the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal should be invited to take part in the Fourth Olympiad as South Africa”. The National Olympic Committee was formed on 3 January 1908. On 31 May 1910 the Union of South Africa became independent. South Africa’s participation at the Olympic Games was continuous from 1904 through 1960. From 1964 to 1988, however, it was not allowed to compete at the Olympics. This was due to the country’s policy of apartheid and, in particular, its use of the policy in choosing its athletic teams, which is forbidden by International Olympic Committee (IOC) policy. In 1990, South Africa began to take steps to eliminate apartheid. In April 1991, the IOC, anticipating apartheid’s elimination, gave provisional recognition to the South African Olympic Committee. On 9 July 1991, the International Olympic Committee granted full recognition to the South African Olympic Committee and lifted its 21-year ban on its participation in the Olympics. In 1992 at Barcelona, South Africa competed on the Olympic stage for the first time in 32 years.

South Africa has competed at all Olympics since Barcelona in 1992. ^[1]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented South Africa are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing South Africa on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing South Africa shows all Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

South Africa consists of the following;

• British South Africa - Cape, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River Colonies 1904-1908
• Union of South Africa 1910-1994
• Republic of South Africa from 1994

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing South Africa ]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing South Africa]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented South Africa. e.g. "[[Category: 1924 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented South Africa in Athletics in the Paris Olympics of 1924.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented South Africa in Athletics in the Paris Olympics of 1924.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.