Panama NOC News

10 March 2026 - Find here the latest news from the National Olympic Committee: events, courses, general assemblies and elections, trophies and much more.

10 March 2026 - The NOC and UN Women recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic alliance to promote gender equality in sport. The MoU signing is based on the progress made by the NOC in recent Olympic cycles: female representation on its Board of Directors rose from 11 per cent to 45 per cent, female institutional membership grew from 5 per cent to 20 per cent, and women now make up 42 per cent of sports delegations. More details here. In addition, in January, the NOC, through its Athletes' Commission and Women and Sport Commission, successfully organised the “Developing the Full Potential of Athletes” and “The Extraordinary Strength of Women in Sport” forums. These events brought together athletes, coaches and leaders from the sports ecosystem. Full info here.

22 January 2023 - The NOC, in collaboration with the National Weightlifting Federation, recently hosted a Strategic Planning Training Seminar, designed for weightlifting managers, coaches and athletes. This event provided the participants with an opportunity to strengthen their knowledge and skills in strategic planning. The seminar was held in the "One Country One Team" main hall at the NOC’s headquarters. Info at www.copanama.com.

16 March 2023 - In the framework of the Panam Sports Women in Sport Conference held in Panama City, learn here at ioc.org about the efforts taken by the host NOC, the NOC of Panama to address harassment and abuse in sport and create a safer sporting environment in the country.

08 july 2019

The 2019 edition of Olympic Day organised by the NOC of Panama saw more than 7,000 people take part in over 20 sports demonstration activities in various parts of the Altaplaza shopping centre. The participants had the opportunity to try their hand at a number of sports disciplines and familiarise themselves with the Olympic values under the direction of the NOC Athletes’ Commission. On 22 June, the 76 athletes who have qualified for the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games were presented at “Plaza Olímpica”. On 23 June, the traditional 5km run was organised by Panama Runners, the Panama Triathlon Union and the Panama Athletics Federation. More details here.

13 june 2019

On 31 May, the Panamanian NOC organised its first training seminar of the year, on “methodological strategies in the lead-up to a competition – tapering”. Over 40 representatives of various national federations attended the seminar. The aim was to recognise and identify the strategies and methods for managing training loads (volume, intensity, density and frequency) ahead of a major competition, which is known as “tapering”. A second seminar entitled “Methods, means and procedures for teaching combat sports techniques” is planned on 12 June. More details here.

14 may 2019

The Panamanian NOC’s “Move 2 Improve” project concluded at the end of April. The aim of the project was to offer recreation and empower women seeking to combat physical and/or psychological violence through sport. Around 45 women attended boxing, fencing and taekwondo workshops on seven Saturdays. The project was supported by the IOC and Worldwide Olympic Partner Panasonic, together with the Panama Mayor’s Office and the National Institute for Women. More details here.

18 March 2019

At a recent press conference, the Panamanian NOC launched a fundraising project entitled #OneCountryOneTeam (#UnPaísUnEquipo), to help Panamanian athletes prepare for the Games in 2020. On this occasion, NOC President Camilo Amado was accompanied by athletes Kristine Jiménez (judo) and Peter Vega (triathlon). The project consists of three specific programmes: partners (socio), fans (fanático), and official equipment (indumentaria oficial). The Socio#UnPaísUnEquipo programme will enable people who contribute to the Olympic Movement to enjoy a number of benefits such as discounts in shops linked to the NOC, visits to the NOC headquarters and a regular newsletter. The NOC President signed up to become the first “socio” of the project. More details here.

11 February 2019

The NOC of Panama recently organised a workshop at its headquarters attended by 40 young athletes from various sports. The NOC presented a fund-raising programme for the period 2019-20, named #UnPaisUnEquipo [OneCountryOneTeam]. The campaign will be organised nationally and will focus on promotional and marketing activities on the theme “Behind every athlete, there is a country.” The workshop provided information on the NOC’s educational programmes, the sports scholarships offered by the IOC, and the next major competitions, such as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games. More info here.

10 december 2018

The Olympic Committee of Panama inaugurated its new facilities that will house the athletes, their associations and federations. The ceremony was attended by leading officials from Panam Sports (Panamerican SportOrganisation – PASO), the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organisation (Cacso), as well as national and international sports leaders, active and retired Olympic athletes and young students from schools that are part of the COP OlympicEducation programme. The remodelling of the new Panamanian Olympic House was made possible thanks to investments made by Panam Sports under its programme to improve venues for the NOCs. More info here.