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| Country |  Mexico |
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| Code | MEX |
| Created | 1923 |
| Recognized | 1923 |
| Continental Association | PASO |
| Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
| President | María José Alcalá |
| Secretary General | Mario García de la Torre |
| Website | www |
TheMexican Olympic Committee (Spanish:Comité Olímpico Mexicano, COM) (IOC Code:MEX) is theorganization that representsMexican athletes in theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC), thePan American Games and theCentral American and Caribbean Games. It was created and formally recognized by the IOC in 1923. The organization is currently directed byMaría José Alcalá.[1]
The Mexican Olympic Committee is headquartered inMexico City, Mexico.[1]
As early as the1900 Universal Exposition of Paris, BaronPierre de Coubertin had the idea of Mexico entering the nextOlympic Games. In 1901, Coubertin met with the Mexican ambassador in Belgium, where they decided to form theNational Olympic Committee of Mexico.[citation needed] After this meeting, they sent a letter on May 25, 1901 to GeneralPorfirio Diaz (thepresident of Mexico at the time) to inform him that Beistegui would be the representative of Mexico before the International Olympic Committee. However, Mexico (after participating in the1900 Summer Olympics) did not participate in the Olympics again until1924.[citation needed]
In 1923, Baillet Latour, then vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, visitedLatin America to invite countries to go to the Paris1924 Summer Olympics. He arrived in Mexico after visiting the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay on February 16, 1923.[2]
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