Sam Ramsamy

Sam Ramsamy OIS (born 27 January 1938) is an educator, activist and sports administrator from South Africa.

Ramsamy was a physical education lecturer and a primary school teacher.

In the 1980s, he was a high-profile anti-apartheid campaigner in London and was chairman of the South Africa non-racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) during the apartheid years from 1976 to 1990, campaigning against discrimination in sport and against the participation of South Africa's white-only teams in international sporting events.

[1] He led the first non-racial South African team to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

[3] Ramsamy ceased to be a member at the end of 2018 when as per protocol he retired after turning 80.