Puerto Rico Olympic Committee

Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Puerto Rico Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region	Puerto Rico
Code	PUR
Created	1948
Recognized	January 14, 1948
Continental Association	PASO
Headquarters	Casa Olímpica San Juan, Puerto Rico
President	Sara Rosario^[1]
Secretary General	Carlos Beltrán Esbelti^[2]
Website	http://www.copur.pr/

The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded in 1948 by Julio Enrique Monagas.^[3]

COPUR operates two major facilities:

the Casa Olímpica, its headquarters in Old San Juan, and
the Albergue Olímpico, Olympic training facilities in Salinas.

Teams representing Puerto Rico have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1948, including the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia—despite the US-led boycott of those Games. They have also participated at the 1984-2002 Winter Olympics.

As of 2010, David Bernier is the president of COPUR. Past presidents include the island's first Puerto Rican Governor, Jesús T. Piñero; Héctor Cardona; Germán Rieckehoff, whose remains are buried at the Albergue Olímpico; and José Enrique Arrarás.

External links

(Spanish) Official website

References

↑ COPUR - SARA ROSARIO SE CONVIERTE EN LA PRIMERA MUJER QUE PRESIDE EL COMITE OLIMPICO
↑ "DIRECTORIO" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2010.
↑ Julio Enrique Monagas Park. By Travel Ponce.

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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