title: Guatemalan Olympic Committee
text: # 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 As a result of suspension, any athletes of Guatemala can no longer represent the country and compete under the country's flag/name at the Olympic Games and other international multi-sports events as well as Guatemalan NOC lost all the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
  