ODEBO explained

Organización Deportiva Bolivariana
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Abbreviation:ODEBO
Type:Sports
Headquarters:Bogotá, Colombia
Region Served:South America
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Baltazar Medina
Leader Title2:Vice-president 1st
Leader Name2:María Soto
Leader Title3:Vice-president 2nd
Leader Name3:José Alvarez

Organización Deportiva Bolivariana (ODEBO; English: Bolivarian Sport Organization) is a sports organization based in South America. It organizes the Bolivarian Games.

History

The idea of creating a Bolivarian sports organization came to mind to the region's country leaders during the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Alberto Nariño Cheyne, Colombia's national director for sports, was at the forefront of the project. The ODEBO was created on 16 August 1938 by the Olympic committees of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Its creation was inaugurated at the Cundinamarca Palace in Bogota. Its headquarters opened in Caracas. The first Bolivarian Games were organized in 1938, the year of the organization's creation.[1]

In May 2010, the ODEBO admitted Chile as a member of the organization. In February 2011, the ODEBO created the Bolivarian Beach Games and organized the first edition in Lima in 2012.[1]

Members

Members of the National Olympic Committees include:

NameOlympic CommitteeAdmitted in
Bolivian Olympic Committee1938
ChileChilean Olympic Committee2010
ColombiaColombian Olympic Committee1938
EcuadorEcuadorian National Olympic Committee1938
PanamaPanama Olympic Committee1938
PeruPeruvian Olympic Committee1938
Venezuelan Olympic Committee1938

Notes and References

  1. Historia, Odebolivariana.org