Guatemalan Olympic Committee
# Guatemalan Olympic Committee

The Guatemalan Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Guatemalteco, abbreviated as COG) is a non-profit organization serving as the National Olympic Committee of Guatemala and a part of the International Olympic Committee and PASO. It was formed in 1947 and recognized by the IOC that same year. As of 2022, COG is officially suspended by IOC.

## Suspension

On 15 October 2022 International Olympic Committee officially suspended National Olympic Committee of Guatemala. As a result of suspension, any athletes of Guatemala can no longer represent the country and compete under the country's flag/name at the Olympic Games and other international multi-sports events as well as Guatemalan NOC lost all the funding from IOC.

## Presidents

| President | Term |
| - | - |
| Roberto Barrios Peña | 1947-1948 |
| Edmundo R. Nanne | 1948-1950 |
| Humberto González Juárez | 1951-1952 |
| Alfonso Martínez Estévez | 1952-1953 |
| Miguel Massis | 1953-1954 |
| Augusto Putzeys Rojas | 1954-1955 |
| Manuel Ruano Mejía | 1956 |
| Julio Illescas Rojas | 1956-1957 |
| Roberto Ortiz y Ortiz | 1958-1959 |
| Julio Flores Toledo | 1959-1960 |
| Justo Ramiro García | 1960-1961 |
| Donaldo Álvarez Ruíz | 1962-1963 |
| Tomas Villamar Contreras | 1967-1968 |
| Enrique García de León | 1969-1970 |
| Luis Canella Gutiérrez | 1970-1973 |
| Alejandro Giammattei Cáceres | 1973-1981 |
| Kenneth J. Downing | 1981-1982 |
| Willi Kaltschmitt Lujan | 1983-1993 |
| Fernando Beltranena Valladares | 1993-2009 |
| Sergio Camargo Muralles | 2009-2013 |
| Gerardo Rene Aguirre Oestmann | 2014–present |

## Executive committee

The committee of the Guatemalan Olympic Committee is represented by:

* President: Gerardo Rene Aguirre Oestmann
* Vice Presidents: Juan Carlos Sagastume
* IOC Member: Willi Kaltschmitt Luján
* Members: Lorena Toriello, Claudia Rivera, Rafael Cuestas
