The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) is the non-governmental umbrella organization of German sport. It was founded on May 20, 2006, resulting from the merger of the German Sports Confederation (DSB) and the National Olympic Committee for Germany. The DOSB stands for performance, health, joy of living and the conveyance of values. The Patron of the DOSB is the German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

- The DOSB counts more than 27 million memberships in about 90,000 sports clubs. It is the largest citizens`movement in Germany.
- The DOSB has 101 member organizations, including 16 regional sports confederations, 66 national (sports-governing) federations and 19 sport associations with particular tasks.
- Since December 2013, Alfons Hörmann is President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation. His predecessor was founding President Thomas Bach, Olympic champion in fencing in 1976, who led the DOSB from May 20, 2006 to September 16, 2013. He resigned after his election as President of the IOC. Hans-Peter Krämer, vice president of business finance, then led the DOSB in the meantime up to the election of the new president on December 7, 2013.
- The DOSB serves as a platform for consultation and advice, providing services to its members which are independent in terms of organization, financing and specialization, and represents their interests vis-à-vis the institutions of the European Union, of the Federation, the federal states and municipalities in Germany as well as the churches and all socio-political and cultural areas.
- In accordance with its statutes and articles, the DOSB is committed to safeguard, promote and further develop the Olympic Idea. It commits itself to many ways to foster Olympic education and the transmission of human values ​​in and through sport.
- The DOSB, as such, finances itself by means of membership fees, receipts from lottery revenues and marketing licenses. Additionally, projects are financed by third-party funds of the Federation. Moreover, the sport-governing bodies receive funding from the federal budget for top-level sports. The federal states as well as municipalities and communities, at their respective level, substantially support sport, eg by means of constructing and maintaining sport facilities.