Argentine Olympic Committee Explained

Argentine Olympic Committee
Size:	150
Country:	Argentina
Code:	ARG
Recognized:	1923
Association:	PASO
Headquarters:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
President:	Mario Moccia
Website:	coarg.org.ar

The Argentine Olympic Committee or COA (- COA) is the National Olympic Committee representing Argentina's athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pan American Games and the South American Games.

It is based in Buenos Aires.^[1]

History

The COA was created by the president of Argentina Marcelo T. de Alvear in 1923 and recognized by International Olympic Committee in the same year.^[2]

Presidents

President	Term
Pablo Cagnasso	1973-1977
	1977-2005
Julio Ernesto Cassanello	2005-2008
Alicia Masoni de Morea	2008-2009
Gerardo Werthein	2009-2021^[3]

See also

• Argentina at the Olympics
• Argentine Paralympic Committee
• Argentina at the Pan American Games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Contacto. www.coarg.org.ar. es-es. 2017-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150822115641/http://www.coarg.org.ar/index.php/contactus. 2015-08-22. dead.
2. Book: Majumdar. Boria. Collins. Sandra. Olympism: The Global Vision: From Nationalism to Internationalism. 2013. Routledge. 9781317996811. 12. en.
3. News: Buenos Aires drops out of running for 2023 PanAm Games. Reuters. 22 April 2017.