The German Olympic Sports Confederation (, 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

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. 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 Thomas Weikert (born Hadamar 24 March 1953) is a German sports official. He was the president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) from 31 May Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by a ...

. Also members of the presidential board are: *Thomas Arnold (Vice President) *

Verena Bentele Verena Bentele (born 28 February 1982, in Lindau) is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She studied at the Carl-Strehl Schule, a special school for the blind and partially sighted in Marburg, Germany. She won her firs ...

(Vice President) *Kerstin Holze (Vice President) *Jens-Peter Nettekoven (Vice President) *Oliver Stegemann (Vice President) *Miriam Welte (Vice President) *Stefan Raid (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend) * Fabienne Königstein (representative of the athletes) *

Britta Heidemann Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) is a German épée fencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Career Épée Fencing At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta ...

(German IOC Member) *

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(

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, membership currently suspended)

Executive Board

*Torsten Burmester (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 The 1916 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der VI. Olympiade''), were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany. However, they were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War I, the first tim ...

had been awarded to Berlin, but were canceled because of the duration of

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, with Germany and other

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getting excluded from the "Olympic family" which was dominated by the

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. Thus, in 1917, the "Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Olympische Spiele" ( DRA, DRAfOS ''"German Imperial Commission for Olympic Games"'') was renamed ''

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'' (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 The German Combat Games () were a national multi-sport event established in 1922 by the Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen under Carl Diem. Deutsche Kampfspiele The events lasted from 1922 to 1934. According to Diem the games shoul ...

" (''"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

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* 1926 **

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und

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(Schwarzwald) ** 4 – 11 July 1926

Köln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

* 1930 **

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(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. The organisations remained separate, even though

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took influence from 1933 onwards. In 1931, the IOC had decided to give both

1936 Olympic Games 1936 Olympics may refer to: *The 1936 Winter Olympics, which were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany *The 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin, Germany {{Short pages monitor