Venezuelan Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

The Venezuelan Olympic Committee or COV (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Venezolano - COV) is a private non-profit organization affiliated with the International Olympic Committee and other sporting associations and governs the conduct of Venezuela's athletes in events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games. It is based in Caracas, Venezuela.

History

The Venezuelan Olympic Committee was created on 23 December 1935. and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.

The committee of the COV is represented by:

President: María Soto
Vice Presidents: Marcos Oviedo, Joseba Barreda, Pedro León Torres, Pablo Machilanda
Secretary General: Élida Párraga
Treasurer: Arturo Castillo
Directors: María A. Pérez, Ángel Delgado (Machile)
President of the Honorary Council: Efraín Velásquez

v t e Sports governing bodies in Venezuela (VEN)
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 Practical Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton 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
Paralympics and Disabled Sports
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Venezuelan Olympic Committee

v t e Panam Sports
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 Junior Pan American Games Parapan American Games Youth 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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