ODEBO

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

Organización Deportiva Bolivariana

Abbreviation	ODEBO
Formation	August 16, 1938; 87 years ago (1938-08-16)
Type	Sports
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Region served	South America
President	Baltazar Medina
Vice-president 1st	María Soto
Vice-president 2nd	José Alvarez
Website	odebo.org

History

Old logo of ODEBO

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:

Name	Olympic Committee	Admitted in
Bolivia	Bolivian Olympic Committee	1938
Chile	Chilean Olympic Committee	2010
Colombia	Colombian Olympic Committee	1938
Ecuador	Ecuadorian National Olympic Committee	1938
Panama	Panama Olympic Committee	1938
Peru	Peruvian Olympic Committee	1938
Venezuela	Venezuelan Olympic Committee	1938