German Olympic Sports Confederation

The German Olympic Sports Confederation ( or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC. Seated in Frankfurt am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany. Presidential Board DOSB-President is Thomas Weikert. Also members of the presidential board are: Thomas Arnold (Vice President) Verena Bentele (Vice President) Kerstin Holze (Vice President) Jens-Peter Nettekoven (Vice President) Oliver Stegemann (Vice President) Miriam Welte (Vice President) Stefan Raid (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend) Fabienne Königstein (representative of the athletes) Britta Heidemann (German IOC Member) Thomas Bach (IOC President, membership currently suspended)