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1st ANOC Gala Awards Dinner

The first ANOC Gala Awards Dinner was held in Bangkok on 7 November 2014.

Attended by 1,000 guests, the historic event provided a unique opportunity to honour the outstanding achievements of NOCs and their athletes during London 2012 and Sochi 2014.

The following ANOC awards
were presented during an evening of spectacular celebration:

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  • Breakthrough NOC at London 2012:

    Bahrain Olympic Committee

    Botswana National Olympic Committee

    Cyprus National Olympic Committee

    Comité Olympique Gabonais

    Grenada Olympic Committee

    Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco

    Montenegrin Olympic Committee

  • Most Successful NOC of London 2012:

    United States Olympic Committee (Scott Blackmun)

  • Best Female Team of London 2012:

    Team Brazil Volleyball (Fabiana Marcelino Claudino)

  • Best Male Team of London 2012:

    Team France Handball (Daouda Karaboué)

  • Best Female Athlete of London 2012:

    Xiaoxia Li

  • Best Male Athlete of London 2012:

    David Rudisha

  • Most Successful NOC of Sochi 2014:

    Russian Olympic Committee (Alexander Zhukov)

  • Best Female Team of Sochi 2014:

    Team Canada Ice Hockey (Caroline Ouellette)

  • Best Male Team of Sochi 2014:

    Team Canada Ice Hockey (Bob Nicholson)

  • Best Female athlete at Sochi 2014:

    Ireen Wüst

  • Best Male Athlete of Sochi 2014:

    Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

  • Outstanding Performance:

    Larisa Latynina

  • Outstanding Lifetime Achievement:

    Jacques Rogge

  • Performers from each of the world's five continents performed traditional dance and music routines to commemorate the global nature of the event – which was broadcast to more than 25 broadcasters around the world, with a potential worldwide reach of 350 million households.

    Africa was represented by award-winning Themi Venturas Productions from South Africa who performed a traditional dance of the Zulu people entitled "Silencing the Hurricane".

    SRCOM-25 AÑOS samba dancers from Brazil represented the Americas, bringing a taste of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with "America to the Beat of the Samba".

    The continent of Asia was represented by Global Raytur from China who performed the 500-year old water drum dance of the Miao ethnic group.

    Europe was represented by the internationally renowned Cecilia Goméz Danza from Spain who performed “Flamenco Passion” showcasing all the drama and excitement of the flamenco dance.

    Te Matatini Kapa Haka Aotearoa from New Zealand performed the haka dance – a traditional war dance performed by the Māori tribe – in homage to Oceania.