Spanish Olympic Committee

Spanish Olympic Committee

Spanish Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Spain
Code	ESP
Created	1912
Recognized	1912
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
President	Alejandro Blanco Bravo
Secretary General	Victor Sanchez Naranjo
Website	www.coe.es

Spanish Olympic Committee headquarters, in Madrid.

The Spanish Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Español, COE) is responsible for Spain's participation in the Olympic Games. It was founded on November 23, 1912 and refounded on January 11, 1924 in Barcelona.

Presidents

• 1912-1921 Gonzalo de Figueroa y Torres, Marqués de Villamejor
• 1924-1926 Santiago Güell y López, Barón de Güell
• 1926-1931 Eusebio López y Díaz de Quijano, Marqués de Lamadrid
• 1933-1936 Augusto Pi Suñer
• 1941-1956 José Moscardó Ituarte, Conde del Alcázar de Toledo
• 1956-1967 José Antonio Elola-Olaso
• 1967-1970 Juan Antonio Samaranch Torelló, Marqués de Samaranch
• 1970-1975 Juan Gich Bech de Careda
• 1975-1976 Tomás Pelayo Ros
• 1976-1980 Benito Castejón Paz
• 1980-1983 Jesús Hermida Cebreiro
• 1983-1984 Romá Cuyás Sol
• 1984-1987 Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duque de Cádiz
• 1987-1998 Carlos Ferrer Salat
• 1998-2002 Alfredo Goyeneche Moreno, Conde de Guaqui
• 2002-2005 José María Echevarría y Arteche
• 2005-present Alejandro Blanco Bravo

See also

• Spain at the Olympics

External links

• Official webite

Sports governing bodies in Spain (ESP)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh & Skeleton Curling Ice hockey Luge Skating Figure Speed Short track Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympic and Disability Sports	Paralympic Blind Cerebral Palsy Deaf Intellectual disabilities Physical disabilities
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
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