Bach olympics. . In 1973, he was runner-up with the foil team at the World Championships and earned a team gold medal in 1976, which he defended with his team one year later at Buenos Aires. 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. He served as the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee from 2013 to 2025. Mar 7, 2025 · Bach led the International Olympic Committee through two locked-down Games in a global pandemic and several affected by Russian doping and military aggression, among other crises. Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, former foil fencer, and Olympic gold medalist. Olympics. He was the first ever Olympic champion to be elected to that position. Aug 11, 2024 · International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will not seek to remain in the post after the end of his second term in 2025, he said on Saturday. Mar 20, 2025 · Thomas Bach was yesterday elected Honorary President for Life of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a position he will take up when his term of office as IOC President ends after 23 June 2025. com Aug 10, 2024 · IOC president Thomas Bach says the Olympics will be “best served with a change in leadership" and he plans to leave office next year. Thomas Bach won an Olympic gold medal with the West German foil team at the 1976 Montréal Games. Mar 18, 2025 · Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult – and in which he’s had to deal with some of the world’s most controversial leaders – Thomas Jun 23, 2025 · Thomas Bach heads into retirement after 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee that included overseeing some of the most tumultuous times in the history of the Games. In 1979 the team won the Jul 26, 2024 · Please find below the full speech delivered by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 today, 26 July 2024. Feb 26, 2025 · International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will resign as member of the Olympic body after handing over the reins to his presidential successor in June. Jun 21, 2025 · Thomas Bach: Uniting the Olympic MovementIn a series of interviews recorded during Paris 2024 and after, figures from the Olympic Movement and beyond shared their views on the impact of the Olympic Agenda reforms. He became an Olympic champion when he won a gold medal in fencing (team foil) at the Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal in 1976 and in 2006, he was named as the founding President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). Excerpts from these interviews can be read on this page. pmykgyjrnzhofeefnzkrnohinawmkuteuzgpktlobjkvpc