The Peruvian Sports Institute (; IPD), known as the National Institute of Recreation, Physical Education and Sports (; INRED) until 1981, is a Peruvian government agency that oversees all sports activities in the country. It functions as a decentralised public body assigned to the Ministry of Education. It is composed of federated bodies for each sport in the country and of regional directorates, functioning as the organiser for all recognised disciplines in the country.

History The organisation of Peruvian sport officially dates back to April 28, 1920, when then President Augusto B. Leguía officially recognised the Peruvian Athletics Sport Federation (; FADP), entrusting the execution and organisation of the plans to Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco as the FADP's president. On September 8, 1921, the Law for the "Structuring of National Sport" was enacted, establishing regulations consistent with the goals proposed by the FADP. In 1938, President Óscar R. Benavides promulgated Law No. 6741, creating the National Sports Committee (), which marked a significant leap forward in the modernisation of competitive sports.

On September 16, 1969, General Juan Velasco Alvarado, through Law No. 17817, promulgated the "Organic Law of National Sport" and five years later, on March 12, 1974, through Decree Law No. 20555, the National Institute of Recreation, Physical Education and Sports (; INRED) was created, outlining a new structure of national sports activity, promoting the principled participation of the national population, which was clear at the time.

On June 12, 1981, Legislative Decree No. 135 was issued, changing the name of INRED to the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD). The decree was signed President Fernando Belaúnde Terry. In 1982, the Experimental Sports Education Center was founded to develop high-performance athletes. In 1985, President Belaúnde Terry enacted Legislative Decree No. 328, which led to the new General Sports Law.

Subsequently, President Alan García Pérez, with Supreme Decree No. 070-86-ED, approved the regulations for this law. Currently, Peruvian sports are governed by Law No. 28036, the Law for the Promotion and Development of Sports, enacted on July 24, 2003, by President Alejandro Toledo Manrique. Through this law, the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD) was established as a decentralised public agency attached to the Ministry of Education (MINEDU).

In 2019, the Special Legacy Project was created to ensure the maintenance of the country's main sports infrastructure after the conclusion of that year's Pan American Games. 140 million soles were allocated annually to the five main venues, which included a total of 28 sub-venues and 88 sports fields, all managed autonomously. The project remained in operation until 2025, when the Peruvian government declared its dissolution and all the infrastructure was transferred back to the original entity, amidst a corruption case.

That same year, the IPD took charge of remodeling the infrastructure for the 2025 Bolivarian Games, although it received strong criticism from the participants. The IPD president, elected in the month of the Games' opening ceremony, denounced that his predecessor had requested, by decree, the transfer of a multi-million dollar budget to the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO), but was unsuccessful. Carlos Zegarra Presser and Carlos Neuhaus Tudela, who were part of the Legacy Special Project, indicated that the IPD had declared a state of emergency to avoid damaging its image during those Games.

Copa IPD On January 10, 2010, the IPD held the Copa IPD (or Copa Rey de Reyes) at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibós, located in San Borja District. It saw the participation of Emilio Córdova, Julio Granda, and siblings Deysi and Jorge Cori. Córdova was declared the winner after defeating Deysi Cori.

Athlete Support Program Since 2014, the IPD has operated the Athlete Support Program (; PAD), a fund designed to support qualified athletes (those with standard or high-level qualifications). In 2019, it had a budget of S/. 11.2 million.

The program allocates financial support based on the athlete's performance. However, given the lack of a national policy to promote athletes, the absence of adequate funding to cover the costs of participating in a World Championship or the Olympic Games has been criticized. In fact, some individuals have reported that the government stopped supporting them, particularly those in sports other than men's soccer and women's volleyball. In a 2019 message, former athlete Natalia Málaga reported that 190 athletes had stopped receiving funding from the program, many of whom had participated in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. In 2022, the newspaper La República reported that 90 athletes had been excluded from the program.

In 2024, the head of the IPD, Federico Tong, indicated that the PAD would be restructured and that it would have the New Sports Talents Program to help athletes with professional potential.

Organisation The IPD is composed of federated bodies for each sport in the country and of regional directorates. It is headed by a president.

List of presidents Name PeriodPresidents of the Peruvian Athletics Sport Federation Alfredo Benavides Diez-Canseco 1920Presidents of the National Sports Committee (1938–1968) Eduardo Dibós Dammert 1938–1941 Miguel Dasso Hoke 1941–1946 Alejandro Carrillo Rocha 1946–1948 Leopoldo Molinari Balbuena 1949–1952 Juan Sedo Gonzales Del Valle 1952 Alfredo Hohagen Diez Canseco 1952–1955 Eduardo Astengo Campodónico 1955 Luis Marrou Correa 1956–1962 Alfredo Hohagen Diez Canseco 1963–1964 Guillermo Griffiths Escardo 1965 Victor Nagaro Bianchi 1965–1968Presidents of the National Sports Council (1968–1974) Javier Aramburú Menchaca 1968–1973 Eduardo Guinea Fernández 1973–1974Presidents of the National Institute of Recreation, Physical Education and Sports (1974–1981) Guillermo Toro Lira Vásquez 1974–1977 Luciano Cuneo Marsigli 1977–1979 Augusto Gálvez Velarde 1979–1980Presidents of the National Sports Institute Victor Nagaro Bianchi 1980–1983 Alberto Musso Vento 1983–1984 Rodolfo Cremer Nicoli 1985 Victor Castagnola Maldonado 1985–1987 Gerardo Maruy Takayama 1987–1989 Michel Azcueta Gorostiza 1990 Luis Pigati Prado 1990–1991 Miguel Daneri Pérez 1991 Enrique Otero Navarro 1992–1996 Arturo Woodman Pollit 1996 Esperanza Jiménez Pérez 1996–1997 Guillermo Wong Miranda 1997 Manuel Forero Vargas 1997–1999 Ángel Galli Álvarez 1999 Teófilo Cubillas Arizaga 1999–2001 Eduardo Schiantarelli Sormani 2001–2003 Iván Dibós Mier 2003–2006 Arturo Woodman Pollit 2006–2011 Francisco Boza Dibós 2011–2014 Saúl Barrera Ayala 2014–2016 Óscar Fernández Cáceres 2016–2018 Sebastián Suito López 2019 Gustavo San Martín Castillo 2019–2022 Julio Rivera Gonzales 2022 Rubén Trujillo Mejía 2022 Máximo Pérez Zevallos 2022 Juan Carlos Huerta Chávarry 2022–2023 Guido Flores Marchán 2023–2024 Federico Tong Hurtado 2024

Federated bodies According to El Comercio, there were 60 federated bodies assiged to the IPD. They belong to the following sports:

Air sports American football Andes Mountaineering and Winter Sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Billiards Bocce Bodybuilding and Fitness Bowling Boxing Bridge Canoeing Chess Climbing Cycling Equestrian sports Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Karate Kart racing Kickboxing Kung Fu Lifesaving Modern pentathlon Motorsport (automobiles) Motorsport (motorcycles) Muay Thai Paleta frontón Polo Powerboating Powerlifting Rowing Rugby Sailing Sambo (amateur) Shooting Softball Squash Surfing Swimming Taekwondo Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Underwater activities University Sports Volleyball Water skiing Weightlifting Wresting (amateur)

See also Peruvian Olympic Committee

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