Chef de Mission

The head of a sporting delegation is referred to as the Chef de Mission .

Olympic games

At the Olympic Games , the Chef de Mission is appointed by the National Olympic Committee, which in Germany has been the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) since 2006 . He stayed in the Olympic Village for the entire duration of the Games .

tasks

He is the contact person for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the respective Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (OCOG). He is also the point of contact for the athletes , coaches and officials in his country, for whom he is also responsible.

The other duties of the Chef de Mission include:

• Representation of the Olympic team
• Cooperation with the press
• Organization of arrival and departure as well as accommodation
• Exploring the sports facilities

Germany

Michael Vesper, Chef de Mission at the 2012 London Olympics

The following table refers to the Olympic teams of the Federal Republic of Germany, which only started again with an all-German team in 1992 after German reunification .

German Chefs de Mission since 1976
Summer Winter	year	Surname	venue
	1976	Walther Tröger	innsbruck
	1976	Heinz Fallak	Montreal
	1980	Walther Tröger	Lake Placid
	1980	no participation	Moscow
	1984	Heinz Henschel	Sarajevo
	1984	Heinz Fallak	los Angeles
	1988	Walther Tröger	Calgary
	1988	Heinz Fallak	Seoul
	1992	Walther Tröger	Albertville
	1992	Ulrich Feldhoff	Barcelona
	1994	Walther Tröger	Lillehammer
	1996	Ulrich Feldhoff	Atlanta
	1998	Walther Tröger	Nagano
	2000	Klaus Steinbach	Sydney
	2002	Walther Tröger	Salt Lake City
	2004	Klaus Steinbach	Athens
	2006	Klaus Steinbach	Turin
	2008	Michael Vesper	Beijing
	2010	Bernhard Schwank	Vancouver
	2012	Michael Vesper	London
	2014	Michael Vesper	Sochi
	2016	Michael Vesper	Rio de Janeiro
	2018	Dirk Schimmelpfennig	Pyeongchang

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olympic Charter, Rule 37 ( Memento of the original dated August 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.0 MB) 
2. ↑ Liechtenstein Olympic Sports Association - Responsibilities Chef de Mission ( Memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ German Olympic Sports Confederation - Rio 2016 - News