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PANAMERICAN RECOGNITION

DOHA 2016.
Celebrating the full recognition
of Bodybuilding in the Pan
American Olympic Family, with
ODEPA/PASO president, Dr. Julio
C. Maglione; Peruvian Olympic
Committee president, Mr. José
Quiñones and General Juan
Santiago Estrada (right).
Meeting in Lausanne
with PASO President
Dr. Julio Maglione,
the Chairman of the
TORONTO 2015. Organizing Committee
With Dr. Julio Maglione of the 2019
- President of PASO Panamerican Games
(Panamerican Sport - Mr. José Quiñones,
Organization) at the last the President of the
Panamerican Games in Association of Pan
Toronto. American Sports
Confederations
(ACODEPA) - Mr. Ivar
Sisniega and PASO
Exco Member Mr.
Michael Fennel.

WASHINGTON 2015.With
H.R.H. Sheikh Ahmad al
Fahad al Sabah - President
of the Olympic Council
of Asia (OCA), as well as
President of the Association
of National Olympic
With Mag Emmett Lang, President of the Central American Olympic Committees (ANOC), at the
Committees (ORDECA), in which Games the IFBB has been medalist 2015 ANOC General Assembly
sport since 1991, and as well President of the Nicaraguan Olympic in Washington.
Committee.
Letter from President Santonja addressed to
all IFBB national executives in America

Dear Friends, Yassin (Guyana), Hans Larsen (Haití), Salvador Jiménez Cáceres
The long-awaited IFBB recognition by ODEPA (Pan-American (Honduras), Donald Mclean (Islas Caimán), Ángel L. Morales
Sports Organization) is a historic landmark and a great step (Islas Vírgenes), Carlos Padilla (México), Mag. Emmett Lang
forward for our sport within the Olympic family. (Nicaragua), Camilo Amado (Panamá), Camilo Pérez López
The sequence of events that led to this result was generated in (Paraguay), José Quiñones González (Perú), Sara Rosario (Puerto
different locations. Rico), Luis Mejía Oviedo (República Dominicana), Fortuna
Belrose (Santa Lucia), Guno Van Der Jagt (Surinam) y Eduardo
Álvarez (Venezuela).
TORONTO (AUGUST 2015)
Our request for recognition was formally presented to the Pan WASHINGTON D.C. (NOVEMBER 2015)
American Sports Organization during their 2015 Pan American During the annual meeting of the World Association of National
Games in Toronto. Olympic Committees (ANOC), held in conjunction with the PASO
This request had the direct support – for which we are very executive council meeting, PASO Exco Members approved the
thankful – from presidents of the National Olympic Committees IFBB recognition; submitting it to the General Assembly for a final
listed below (in alphabetical order): decision.
Edwin Roos (Aruba), Wellington Miller (Bahamas), Hilly
Martínez (Belice), Neven Ivan Ilic Álvarez (Chile), Henry Núñez LAUSANNE (APRIL 2016)
(Costa Rica), Augusto Moran Nuques (Ecuador), Eduardo Palomo Following the recognition, our inclusion in the Games was
Pacas (El Salvador), Gerardo Aguirre (Guatemala), Yuman evaluated at a meeting in Lausanne, held by President Santonja

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