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Thomas Bach OLY [2] (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, former foil fencer, and Olympic gold medalist. He has served as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, the first ever Olympic champion to be elected to that position.
Thomas Bach ist ein deutscher Sportfunktionär. Seit 2013 ist er Präsident des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees. Als Fechter wurde er 1976 Olympiasieger mit der Mannschaft.
Jul 26, 2024 · Thomas Bach was an athletes’ representative at the XI Olympic Congress in Baden-Baden (1981) and a founding member of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission. He became an IOC member in 1991, was elected as a member of the IOC Executive Board in 1996 and served as an IOC Vice-President for more than 10 years.
Aug 10, 2024 · PARIS — Thomas Bach who led the International Olympic Committee through a decade of controversy, rising national tension and stunning sport, will step aside after his term ends in 2025.
Aug 10, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — The Olympic movement will have a new leader next year. IOC president Thomas Bach told a meeting of members Saturday that he will not change the rules to stay in office and that the Olympics will be “best served with a change in leadership.”
Mar 10, 2021 · Thomas Bach has been re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee. His final four-year term has an immediate focus on this year’s delayed Tokyo Games.
Oct 15, 2023 · IOC president Thomas Bach was urged by several members Sunday to change Olympic statutes on term limits and seek four more years as president through 2029. Bach’s presidency is due to end in 2025 – a 12-year maximum agreed in anti-corruption reforms passed after the Salt Lake City bid scandal broke in the 1990s.
Jul 20, 2021 · Thomas Bach was crying. He tried to speak, but his voice quavered. It was early March, and Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, was staring out at a curved bank of video...
Mar 10, 2021 · Thomas Bach was re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday for a final four-year term with his immediate focus on this year's delayed Tokyo Games.
Mar 10, 2021 · The Olympic champion, who won gold as part of the West German foil fencing team at the Olympic Games of Montreal 1976, won re-election on Wednesday with 93 yes votes and one no out of 94 total valid votes. President Bach was first elected IOC President in Buenos Aires in 2013 for an eight-year term.
