The German Olympic Sports Confederation (German: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, DOSB; IOC Code: GER) 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 86,000 clubs and 29,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
Contents
Presidential Board
DOSB-President is Thomas Weikert. Also members of the presidential board are:
Verena Bentele (Vice President)
Kerstin Holze (Vice President)
Prof. Dr. Martin Engelhardt (Vice President)
Jens-Peter Nettekoven (Vice President)
Miriam Welte (Vice President)
Stefan Raid (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend)
Mareike Miller (representative of the athletes)
Kim Bui (German IOC Member)
Michael Mronz (German IOC Member)
Executive Board
Otto Fricke (CEO)
Thomas Arnold (CFO)
Olaf Tabor
Michaela Röhrbein
Leon Ries
History and structure
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:
1922
Garmisch und Partenkirchen (Oberbayern)
18 – ?? June 1922 Berlin
1926
Triberg und Titisee (Schwarzwald)
4 – 11 July 1926 Köln
1930
Krummhübel (Riesengebirge)
26 – 29 June 1930 Breslau
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.
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)
62 member organisations
42 Olympic Sport Federations
American Football Association of Germany (American Football Verband Deutschland)
German Alpine Club (Deutscher Alpenverein, DAV)
German Baseball and Softball Federation (Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband, DBV)
German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (Bob-und Schlittenverband für Deutschland, BSD)
German Cricket Federation (Deutscher Cricket Bund, DCB)
German Lacrosse Federation (Deutscher Lacross Verband, DLaxV)
German Judo Federation (Deutscher Judo-Bund, DJB)
German Cycling Federation (Bund Deutscher Radfahrer, BDR)
German Canoe Federation (Deutscher Kanu-Verband, DKV)
German Weightlifting Federation (Bundesverband Deutscher Gewichtheber, BVDG)
German Athletics Association (Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband, DLV)
German Ice Skating Union (Deutsche Eislauf-Union, DEU)
German Wrestling Federation (Deutscher Ringer-Bund, DRB)
German Ice Speed-Skating Association (Deutsche Eisschnelllauf-Gemeinschaft, DESG)
German Rowing Federation (Deutscher Ruderverband, DRV)
20 specials member organisations
Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband
Deutsches Polizeisportkuratorium
Bundesverband staatl. anerk. Berufsfachschulen für Gymnastik und Sport
DJK-Sportverband
CVJM-Sport
Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft—Sportkommission
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin und Prävention (Deutscher Sportärztebund) e. V.
Kneipp-Bund e.V.
Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft
Makkabi Deutschland
Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft
Rad-und Kraftfahrerbund (RKB) "Solidarität" Deutschland 1896
Deutscher Aikido-Bund
Special Olympics Deutschland e.V.
Deutscher Betriebssportverband
Stiftung Sicherheit im Skisport
Deutscher Sportlehrerverband
Verband Deutscher Eisenbahner-Sportvereine e. V. (VDES)
Deutscher Verband für das Skilehrwesen—Interski Deutschland
Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur e.V.