Thiruvananthapuram District Olympic Association was formed and existed as an ad-hoc committee with Mr. K S Balagopal as the Chairman and Mr. R. Ayyappan as the Convener. From the starting itself so many innovative ideas were taken into consideration to reach out the idea of importance of sports to public and to make Thiruvananthapuram District Olympic Association .

Kerala Olympic Association (KOA) is one of the State Olympic Association (SOA) affiliated to Indian Olympic Association.KOA is working under a constitution approved by its General meeting of the Association. KOA is registerrd under Travancore- Cochin Charitable society’s act. KOA was reconstituted on 14th January 2019 and the newly elected office bearers assumed charge on 16 th January 2019 . KOA has 14 District Units ie District Olympic Association and around 33 State Sports Associations as its affiliated members.