The Uruguayan Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
) that same year.
It is the national governing body in charge of the
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
. It is also a member of
PASO, ACNO and
ODESUR
The Organización Deportiva Suramericana (ODESUR) is a multi-sports organisation.
They organize the South American Games.
Affiliates
There are 15 affiliated National Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees:
References
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.
President is
Julio César Maglione, since 1987, who has recently been reelected.
See also
Uruguay at the Olympics
Uruguay first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when they boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics.
It has participated in the Winter Olympic Games only once, in ...
External links
Official website
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
Sports governing bodies in Uruguay
Uruguay at the Olympics
Sports organizations of Uruguay
Sports organizations established in 1923
1923 establishments in Uruguay
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