Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund
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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 German Football Association
), it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
. 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 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 Fighting/Battle Games") 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.
In October 1949, under Soviet occupation, the German Democratic Republic was founded, which on 22 April 1951 founded a separate Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Ostdeutschland ("National Olympic Committee for East Germany"), in 1965 renamed to "Nationales Olympisches Komitee der DDR" ("National Olympic Committee of the GDR"). Only in 1968 it was recognized by IOC as fully independent member.
As a third German state, under French occupation, was the Saar (protectorate)
(1947–1956), which also founded sporting organisations in order to take part in international competition, like football and the Olympics. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee des Saarlandes ("National Olympic Committee") was founded in 1950 and recognized by the IOC.
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.
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
by the IOC.
Seated in Frankfurt (like the German Football Association
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
), it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany.
Board
DOSB-President is IOC vice president Thomas BachThomas Bach
Thomas Bach is a German fencer and, as of 2009, a vice-president and member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee...
. The vice presidents are
- Eberhard GiengerEberhard GiengerEberhard Gienger is a German politician and former gymnast. The Gienger salto is named after him. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.- Weblinks :...
(Leistungssport) - Walter Schneeloch (Breitensport)
- Hans-Peter Krämer (Wirtschaft und Finanzen)
- Gudrun Doll-Tepper (Bildung)
- Ilse Ridder-Melchers (Frauen und Gleichstellung)
- Ingo-Rolf Weiss (Vorsitzender der Deutschen Sportjugend)
- Claudia BokelClaudia BokelClaudia Bokel is a German épée fencer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the épée competition with her teammates, Britta Heidemann and Imke Duplitzer. She won a gold medal at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship épée event...
(Vertreter der Athleten und Athletinnen) (Stefan Forster until 9 December 2006) - Walther Tröger (Deutsches IOC-Mitglied)
History and structure
The 1916 Summer Olympics
1916 Summer Olympics
The anticipated 1916 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were to have been held in Berlin, Germany. However, due to the outbreak of World War I, the games were cancelled.-History:...
had been awarded to Berlin, but were canceled because of the duration of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, with Germany and other Central Powers
Central Powers
The Central Powers were one of the two warring factions in World War I , composed of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria...
getting excluded from the "Olympic family" which was dominated by the Entente Powers. Thus, in 1917, the "Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Olympische Spiele" (DRA
Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen
The Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen , more rarely "NSRBL", , known as Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen until 1938, was the umbrella organization for sports during the Third Reich.The NSRL was led by the Reichssportführer, who after 1934 was...
, 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
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
, for which Germany and its allies were not invited, "Deutsche Kampfspiele" ("German Fighting/Battle Games") 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 PartenkirchenGarmisch-PartenkirchenGarmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
(Oberbayern) - 18. - ??. Juni 1922 BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
- Garmisch und Partenkirchen
- 1926
- Triberg und TitiseeTitiseeTitisee is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It is said it got its name from Roman Emperor Titus. It covers an area of 1.3 km² and has an average depth of 20 m. It owes its creation to the Feldberg glacier, the moraine ploughed up by which in the Pleistocene epoch...
(Schwarzwald) - 4. - 11. Juli 1926 KölnKOLNKOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...
- Triberg und Titisee
- 1930
- Krummhübel (Riesengebirge)
- 26. - 29. Juni 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.
The organisations remained separate, even though Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
took influence from 1933 onwards. In 1931, the IOC had decided to give both 1936 Olympic Games to Germany.
After the war, Germany
History of Germany since 1945
As a consequence of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II Germany was split between the two global blocs in the East and West, a period known as the division of Germany. While seven million prisoners and forced laborers left Germany, over 10 million German speaking refugees arrived there from...
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
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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.
In October 1949, under Soviet occupation, the German Democratic Republic was founded, which on 22 April 1951 founded a separate Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Ostdeutschland ("National Olympic Committee for East Germany"), in 1965 renamed to "Nationales Olympisches Komitee der DDR" ("National Olympic Committee of the GDR"). Only in 1968 it was recognized by IOC as fully independent member.
As a third German state, under French occupation, was the Saar (protectorate)
Saar (protectorate)
The Saar Protectorate was a German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate state. Since rejoining Germany the second time in 1957, it is the smallest Federal German Area State , the Saarland, not counting the city-states Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen...
(1947–1956), which also founded sporting organisations in order to take part in international competition, like football and the Olympics. The Nationales Olympisches Komitee des Saarlandes ("National Olympic Committee") was founded in 1950 and recognized by the IOC.
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.
16 State-level member organisations
- Landessportverband Baden-Württemberg
- Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband
- Landessportbund Berlin
- Landessportbund Brandenburg
- Landessportbund Bremen
- Hamburger Sportbund
- Landessportbund Hessen
- Landessportbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Landessportbund Niedersachsen
- Landessportbund Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Landessportbund Rheinland-Pfalz
- Landessportverband für das Saarland
- Landessportbund Sachsen
- Landessportbund Sachsen-Anhalt
- Landessportverband Schleswig-Holstein
- Landessportbund Thüringen
60 member organisations
(33 Olympic sports marked with *, and 27 Non-Olympic sports)- American Football Verband Deutschland
- Bob- und Schlittenverband für DeutschlandBob- und Schlittenverband für DeutschlandBob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e.V. is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany...
* - Bund Deutscher Radfahrer*
- Bundesverband Deutscher Gewichtheber*
- Bundesverband Deutscher Kraftdreikämpfer
- Deutsche Billard-Union
- Deutsche Eislauf-UnionDeutsche Eislauf-UnionThe Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V., is the national amateur association for figure skating and ice dancing in Germany. The members of the DEU are the various German ice sports associations; there are no individual members....
* - Deutsche Eisschnellauf-Gemeinschaft*
- Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft
- Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung*
- Deutsche Taekwondo Union
- Deutsche Triathlon-Union*
- Deutscher Aero Club
- Deutscher Alpenverein
- Deutscher Athletenbund
- Deutscher Badminton-Verband*
- Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband
- Deutscher Basketball Bund*
- Deutscher Behinderten-Sportverband
- Deutscher Boccia-, Boule- und Pétanque-Verband
- Deutscher Boxsport-Verband*
- Deutscher Curling Verband*
- Deutscher Eishockey-Bund*
- Deutscher Eisstock-Verband*
- Deutscher Fechter-Bund*
- Deutscher Fußball-Bund*
- Deutscher Gehörlosen-Sportverband
- Deutscher Golf-Verband
- Deutscher Handball-Bund*
- Deutscher Hockey BundDeutscher Hockey BundThe Deutscher Hockey-Bund is the national governing body for field hockey in Germany. It was founded in 1909 in Bonn. It is situated in Mönchengladbach and had 66,145 members on January 1, 2006. The body is built by the club which are organised in subdivisions on the level of the Bundesländer...
* - Deutscher Ju-Jutsu Verband
- Deutscher Judobund*
- Deutscher Kanu-Verband*
- Deutscher Karate Verband*
- Deutscher Keglerbund*
- Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband*
- Deutscher Minigolfsport Verband
- Deutscher Motor Sport BundDeutscher Motor Sport BundDMSB or Deutscher Motor Sport Bund e. V. is Germany's motor racing governing body, formerly known as ONS . It is carried by the clubs ADAC, AvD and DMV, and represents Germany at FIA and FIM....
- Deutscher Motorsport VerbandDeutscher Motorsport VerbandDeutscher Motorsport Verband e.V. is a German Automobile Club, supporting racing, similar to ADAC and AvD. The three clubs form the German racing governing body, DMSB....
- Deutscher Motoryachtverband
- Deutscher Rasenkraftsport- und Tauzieh-Verband
- Deutscher Ringer-Bund*
- Deutscher Rollsport und Inline-Verband
- Deutscher Ruderverband*
- Deutscher Rugby-VerbandDeutscher Rugby-VerbandThe German Rugby Federation is the governing body for rugby union in Germany. It was founded on November 4, 1900 in Kassel, and so it is the oldest national rugby union in continental Europe. After the Second World War, the DRV was restored on May 14, 1950.-History:Prior to its foundation several...
- Deutscher Schachbund
- Deutscher Schwimm-Verband*
- Deutscher Schützenbund*
- Deutscher Segler-Verband*
- Deutscher Skibob-Verband
- Deutscher Skiverband*
- Deutscher Sportakrobatik-Bund
- Deutscher Squash und Rackets Verband
- Deutscher Tanzsportverband
- Deutscher Tennis BundDeutscher Tennis BundThe Deutsche Tennis Bund is the governing body of tennis federations and clubs in Germany.It is the largest tennis federation of the world with more than 1.800.000 members....
* - Deutscher Tischtennis-Bund*
- Deutscher Turner-Bund*
- Deutscher Verband für Modernen Fünfkampf*
- Deutscher Volleyball-Verband*
- Deutscher Wasserski-Verband
- Verband Deutscher Sportfischer
- Verband Deutscher Sporttaucher
19 specials member organisations
- Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband
- Bundesverband staatlich anerkannter Berufsfachschulen für Gymnastik und Sport
- CVJM-Gesamtverband in Deutschland – CVJM-Sport-
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin und Prävention
- Deutsche Olympische Gesellschaft
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Sportwissenschaft
- Deutscher Aikido-Bund
- Deutscher Betriebssportverband
- Deutscher Verband für FreikörperkulturDeutscher Verband für FreikörperkulturThe Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur is an organization based in Hannover, Germany, founded on November 6, 1949 to promote the interests of naturists in Germany...
(DFK) - Deutscher Sportlehrerverband
- Deutscher Verband für das Skilehrwesen- Interski Deutschland
- Deutsche Jugendkraft|DJK-Sportverband
- Deutsches Polizeisportkuratorium
- Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft - Sportkommission
- Kneipp-Bund
- Makkabi Deutschland
- Rad- und Kraftfahrerbund (RKB) "Solidarität" Deutschland 1896
- Stiftung Sicherheit im Skisport
- Verband Deutscher Eisenbahner-Sportvereine
See also
- National Paralympic Committee GermanyNational Paralympic Committee GermanyNational Paralympic Committee Germany is responsible for Germany's participation in the Paralympic Games.The DBS represents rehabilitation sports, popular sports, and professional sports....
- Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für LeibesübungenNationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für LeibesübungenThe Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen , more rarely "NSRBL", , known as Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen until 1938, was the umbrella organization for sports during the Third Reich.The NSRL was led by the Reichssportführer, who after 1934 was...