ORDECA
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Founded | July 15, 1972 |
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Regional affiliation | Central America |
The Central American Sports Organization (acronym: ORDECA; in Spanish: Organización Deportiva Centroamericana) is an international organization which represents the current 7 National Olympic Committees of the Central American region. It is affiliated with the Pan American Sports Organization.
It was established on 15 July 1972. It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that approved its creation at the Congress of the XX Olympiad, held in Munich, Germany, in 1972.[1]
Members[]
The five founding members were the Olympic Committees of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama. At a later date, Nicaragua and Belize were also included to raise the number of members?to seven.
The seven Olympic Committee members are:
- Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
- Costa Rican Olympic Committee
- El Salvador Olympic Committee
- Guatemalan Olympic Committee
- Honduran Olympic Committee
- Nicaraguan Olympic Committee
- Panama Olympic Committee
Administration[]
The ORDECA is the governing body of the Central American Games.
The then President of Olympic Committee of Guatemala Luis Canella Gutiérrez, was elected the first President of ORDECA.
References[]
- ^ "ORDECA". colimdo.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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