Meeting with Torsten Burmester, CEO of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)

Prof. Wassong welcomed the CEO of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, Torsten Burmester, at the Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University Cologne on 14 April. The meeting with Mr. Burmester focused on the various initiatives of the Olympic Studies Centre in teaching and research and its relation to the Olympic Movement. The international study programme M.A. Olympic Studies, which has been supported by the IOC since 2012, has been of particular interest to Mr. Burmester. As to him it is a very good initiative to strengthen the dissemination of Olympic knowledge across various professional target groups in and even beyond the Olympic Movement. Based on the outcome of the meeting, initiatives have been started to strengthen the collaboration between the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the Olympic Studies Centre of the German Sport University Cologne.