Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB, German Olympic Sports Confederation) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.
Seated in Frankfurt (like the DFB), it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
DOSB-President is IOC vic...
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Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB, German Olympic Sports Confederation) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.
Seated in Frankfurt (like the DFB), it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
DOSB-President is IOC vice president Thomas Bach. The vice presidents are
As one of the first nations, Germany founded a NOC in 1895, purposefully named "Komitee für die Beteiligung Deutschlands an den Olympischen Spielen zu Athen" ("Committee for the participation of Germany at the Olympic Games in Athens"). It was recognized by the IOC, and Germany took part in 1896 for the first time. The name of the temporary NOC changed to reflect the next two host towns, before it became permanent after 1904.
The 1916 Summer Olympics had been awarded to Berlin, but were canceled...
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