Lic. Javier Ostos Mora (born August 15, 1916, in Mexico City, Mexico; died November 5, 2008) was a former lawyer and sport politician from

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, most widely known for his work within the

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

community. He was a permanent member of the

Mexican Olympic Committee The Mexican Olympic Committee () (COM) is the organization that represents Mexican athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games. It was created and formally recognize ...

(''Comité Olímpico Mexicano—COM''), from 1941 through to his death; and served at various times as voice, first vice president and second vice president of COM. He twice served as president of

FINA FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

, the International Swimming Federation: from 1968 to 1972 and 1976–1980; and in 1992 he was named FINA honorary life president. His presidency with FINA made him the first Mexican president of any international sport federation.

Positions held

He was president of:A listing of Ostos Mora's various positions held can be found here in the announcement of his death by the Mexican Swimming Federation (FMN) here
Sensible fallecimiento del Lic. Javier Ostos Mora
. Published by FMN on 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-10. *

: 1968-'72, 1976-'80; *the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA): 1968; *

CCCAN CCCAN (pronounced C-C-Can) is the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (in Spanish: la ''Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Natación''). It is the body that organizes and overseas aquatic sports competitions in the Caribbe ...

: 1955-'70, 1974-'78; *the Mexican Swimming Federation (FMN: ''la Federación Mexicana de Natación''): 1941, 1949-'51, 1955-'68, 1978-'80; Honorary life member of:

, ASUA, and FMN. Official/judge at the Summer Olympics in: London (1948), Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964), Mexico City (1968), Munich (1972), Montreal (1976), Moscow (1980), Los Angeles (1984), Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996).

References

1916 births Sportspeople from Mexico City Swimming in Mexico Presidents of World Aquatics 2008 deaths {{Mexico-swimming-bio-stub