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Thomas Bach OLY (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.
Feb 21, 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.
Mar 10, 2021 · GENEVA (AP) — 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. The German lawyer was unopposed and won the vote 93-1, with four members abstaining, following an opening eight-year mandate dominated by the ...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term at the 137th IOC Session. 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.
Jul 20, 2021 · Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee. Greg Martin/IOC, via Reuters. By Andrew Keh. Published July 20, 2021 Updated July 22, 2021. Thomas Bach was crying. He...
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.
Mar 10, 2021 · March 10, 2021 7:20 AM PT. GENEVA — Thomas Bach was reelected as president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday for a final four-year term, with his immediate focus on this...
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