United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
National Governing Body Summer or Winter Paralympic program ? Headquarters
USA Archery Summer yes Colorado Springs , Colorado
USA Badminton Summer yes Anaheim , California
USA Baseball Summer no Durham , North Carolina
USA Basketball Summer no Colorado Springs , Colorado
U.S. Biathlon Winter yes New Gloucester , Maine
USA Bobsled and Skeleton Winter no Colorado Springs , Colorado
U.S . Bowling Congress Summer ( not an Olympic sport ) no Arlington , Texas
USA Boxing Summer no Colorado Springs , Colorado
American Canoe Summer no Oklahoma City , Oklahoma
USA Curling Winter yes Stevens Point , Wisconsin
USA Cycling Summer yes Colorado Springs , Colorado
USA Diving Summer no Indianapolis , Indiana
US Equestrian Summer yes Lexington , Kentucky
US Fencing Summer yes Colorado Springs , Colorado
USA Field Hockey Summer no Virginia Beach , Virginia
U.S . Figure Skating Winter no Colorado Springs , Colorado
USA Golf Summer no St. Augustine , Florida
USA Gymnastics Summer no Indianapolis , Indiana
USA Hockey Winter yes Colorado Springs , Colorado
USA Judo Summer yes Colorado Springs , Colorado
National Governing Body Members
National Governing Bodies are organizations that look after all aspects of their individual sports . The NGBs are responsible for the training , competition and development of athletes for their sports , as well as nominating athletes to the U.S. Olympic , Paralympic , Youth Olympic , Pan American and Para-Pan American Teams . There are currently 39 Olympic summer sport NGBs in the United States and eight Olympic winter sport NGBs . [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Sport climbing , skateboarding , and surfing were added to the Olympic roster of sports for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan . Some Olympic sports are n't featured in the Paralympics , that is why there are more solely Olympic NGBs rather than those that manage both Olympic and Paralympic divisions .
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 and it is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The US will next compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the national level (called National Governing Bodies, or NGBs, in the United States). The National Paralympic Committee is the sole governing body responsible for the selection and training of all athletes participating in the Paralympic Games. The USOPC is one of 204 NOCs and 174 NPCs within the international Olympic and Paralympic movements. Forty-seven NGBs are members of the USOPC. Fifteen of the NGBs also manage sports on the Paralympic program (there's less Paralympic sports in the world). While the USOPC governs four Paralympic sports (cycling, skiing, swimming and track & field), five other Paralympic sports are governed by U.S. members of International Paralympic Federations (wheelchair basketball, boccia, goalball, powerlifting and wheelchair rugby).