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The German Olympic Sports Confederation (German: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB) 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 am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
Presidential Board
DOSB-President is Thomas Weikert. Also members of the presidential board are:
History and StructureDeutsches Sportabzeichen in Gold
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 because of the duration of World War I, with Germany and other Central Powers getting excluded from the "Olympic family" which was dominated by the Entente Powers. Thus, in 1917, the "Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Olympische Spiele" (DRA, DRAfOS "German Imperial Commission for Olympic Games") was renamed Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen (DRL, "German Imperial Commission for Physical Exercise") to reflect and protest the non-Olympic situation.
In lieu of the Olympic Games of 1920, for which Germany and its allies were not invited, "Deutsche Kampfspiele" ("German Sports Contests") were organized, both for Summer and Winter, with the 1922 Winter edition predating the first Olympic Winter Games by two years. Hardly surprising, Berlin, having been prepared for 1916, was the site for the first Summer event:
Unlike others, Germany was still not invited for 1924. In 1925, the DRL split up, to remain focused on sports in Germany, while the NOC section became the Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuss (DOA, "German Olympic Commission") in order to focus on international relations and the promotion of the return of Germany to Olympics. This succeeded for 1928, with Germany taking part in both games.
The organisations remained separate, even though Nazi Germany took influence from 1933 onwards. In 1931, the IOC had decided to give both 1936 Olympic Games to Germany.
After the war, Germany was occupied and partitioned. In 1946, the DOA was dissolved. Soon, in June 1947, Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg founded a new provisional Deutscher Olympischer Ausschuss, which was not recognized by IOC as it did not represent any recognized state yet. On 23 May 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was established on the territory of the Western occupied zones. On 24 September 1949 the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland ("National Olympic Committee for Germany") was founded in Bonn as successor to the DOA.
After criticism due to lack of success in 2004, the Deutscher Sportbund ("German ") (DSB) and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) decided to merge in 2005.
Member organisations
16 State-level member organisations
Sports Confederation of Bavaria (Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband)
Sports Confederation of Hamburg (Hamburger Sportbund)
Sports Confederation of Baden-Württemberg (Landessportverband Baden-Württemberg)
Sports Confederation of Berlin (Landessportbund Berlin)
Sports Confederation of Brandenburg (Landessportbund Brandenburg)
Sports Confederation of Bremen (Landessportbund Bremen)
Sports Confederation of Saarland (Landessportverband für das Saarland)
Sports Confederation of Hesse (Landessportbund Hessen)
Sports Confederation of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Landessportbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Sports Confederation of Lower Saxony (Landessportbund Niedersachsen)
Sports Confederation of North Rhine-Westphalia (Landessportbund Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Sports Confederation of Rhineland-Palatinate (Landessportbund Rheinland-Pfalz)
Sports Confederation of Saxony (Landessportbund Sachsen)
Sports Confederation of Saxony-Anhalt (Landessportbund Sachsen-Anhalt)
Sports Confederation of Schleswig-Holstein (Landessportverband Schleswig-Holstein)
Sports Confederation of Thuringia (Landessportbund Thüringen)
