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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.

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  2. 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. He has also chaired several IOC ...

  3. 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.

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  4. 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 ...

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  5. Mar 10, 2021 · 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 year’s delayed Tokyo Games ...

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  7. 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 ...

  8. The Olympic champion and fencer won 93 votes out of 94 at the 137th IOC Session in 2021. He will serve as IOC President until 2025 and lead the Olympic Movement through the post-coronavirus world.

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