What is Mexican Olympic Committee?
[[File:Mexican Olympic Committee Logo.svg|thumbnail|Mexican Olympic Committee Logo.]] The '''Mexican Olympic Committee''' ({{Lang-es|'''Comité Olímpico Mexicano'''}}) (COM) is the [[organization]] that represents Mexican athletes in the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), the [[Pan American Games]] and the [[Central American and Caribbean Games]]. It was created and formally recognized by the IOC in 1923. The organization is currently directed by Carlos Padilla Becerra. The Mexican Olympic Committee is headquartered in [[Mexico City, Mexico]]. ==History== From the Universal Exposition of Paris (1900) Baron [[Pierre de Coubertin]] thought that Mexico could join quickly to the next [[Olympic Games]] In 1901 he met with ambassador of Mexico Miguel de Beistegui in Belgium, in this meeting was born idea to create a [[National Olympic Committee]] of [[Mexico]]. After meeting it was decided to send a letter to the then President of Mexico the General [[Porfirio Diaz]] to inform him that Beistegui would be the representative of Mexico before the International Olympic Committee. This occurred on May 25, 1901. In 1923 Baillet Latour, then vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, visited Latin America to invite the countries to go to the Paris [[1924 Summer Olympics]]. He arrived in Mexico after visiting the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay on February 16, 1923.<ref>[http://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1782585&s=otr&type=story History of Mexican Olympic Committee - ESPN DEPORTES]</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Mexico at the Olympics]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.com.org.mx Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717041515/http://www.com.org.mx/ |date=2007-07-17 }} {{in lang|es}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:1920s establishments in North America]] [[Category:Sports organizations of Mexico]]