LATE ZAMBIA’S IOC HONORARY MEMBER PATRICK CHAMUNDA REMEMBERED
LATE ZAMBIA’S IOC HONORARY MEMBER PATRICK CHAMUNDA REMEMBERED
The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) president Alfred Foloko says the late veteran sports administrator Patrick Chamunda would have been pleased to witness the winning of a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Foloko says Chamunda who at the time of his death in 2022 was an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Honorary Member and Former NOCZ president had a passion for sports development not only in Zambia but across the globe such that he was among the people who pioneered the construction of the OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre in Lusaka which has seen many athletes utilising the facility and representing Zambia at major competitions and minting medals.
He says the Olympic Movement in Zambia will always remember and celebrate Chamunda’s immense contribution to sport such that one of the conference halls at the OYDC Zambia was named after his name.
Foloko disclosed this during the memorial service for the late Patrick Chamunda in Kitwe Saturday morning attended by several people among them OYDC Zambia Board Chairperson Simangolwa Shakalima, NOCZ Board Member Mutale Masala, OYDC Zambia Acting Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Tembo and others.
Chamunda before his death served in several positions which include; Treasurer (1977-1981), Vice-President (1981-1992) then President (1992-2005) of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ); Chef de Mission for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad Los Angeles 1984 and the XXIV Olympiad Seoul 1988; Vice-President of the Zambia Golf Union (1985-1990); Chairperson of the National Sports Council of Zambia (1994-1998); President of the Confederation of NOCs of Southern Africa – Zone 6 (1997-2005); Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) (1997-2009); Member of the Executive Committee of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) (2002-2011); Treasurer General of ANOCA (2005-2009); ANOC Representative on the Foundation Board (2005-2013) and Member of the Finance and Administration Committee (2007-2015) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
He was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2002 to 2015; a Member of the following IOC Commissions: Sport for All (2002-2015), Finance (2006-2014); Member of the Audit Committee (2013-2016), and Honorary Member since 2016 until the time of his death.
In 2012, he was honoured by the Zambian government with the Grand Order of Distinguished Service for his services to sport.
In 2015, the IOC awarded him the Olympic Order for his contribution to sport and the Olympic Movement, especially in recognition of his efforts in establishing the Olympic Youth Development Centre now called OYDC Zambia – Sports Development Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.
