Uruguayan Olympic Committee

Uruguayan Olympic Committee
*Spanish:* Comité Olímpico Uruguayo
Country/Region	Uruguay
Code	URU
Created	October 27, 1923
Recognized	1923
Continental Association	PASO
Headquarters	Montevideo
President	Julio César Maglione
Website	http://www.cou.org.uy/

Uruguay at the Olympic Games

Flag of Uruguay
IOC code	URU
NOC	Uruguayan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cou.org.uy (Spanish)

Olympic history

Summer Games

Winter Games

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2010
2014

The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, COU) was founded in 1923 and was recognized by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) that same year.

It is the national governing body in charge of the Olympics. It is also a member of PASO, ACNO and ODESUR.

Its President is Julio César Maglione, since 1987, who has recently been reelected.^[1]

References

↑ "Maglione reelected". El Observador. Aug 7, 2012.

External links

Pan American Sports Organization (PASO)

National Olympic Committees	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States U.S. Virgin Islands Uruguay Venezuela

Affiliated organizations	ODEBO (Bolivarian) CACSO (Central America and Caribbean) ODESUR (South America) ORDECA (Central America)

Associated competitions	Pan American Games Parapan American Games Winter Pan American Games Pan American Sports Festival

Affiliated competitions	Bolivarian Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

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