Olympic Secretary Generals meet in Salzburg and visit the FIL Office
Berchtesgaden (BAZ) – Last week, the General Secretaries of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations met in Salzburg for an exchange of experiences, including the evaluation of the past Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver/Canada.
The group’s speaker Horst Lichtner from Switzerland spoke about a good meeting: „The seven Olympic Winter Sports Federations get along extremely well and always reach fair agreements. This is a lot more difficult for the 28 different summer sports”.
As the meeting was held in close vicinity to Berchtesgaden, the group followed an invitation by FIL President Josef Fendt, who showed the winter sports officials his small, but professional FIL Office.
After a small tour with some explanations on Berchtesgaden, the international group spent the evening on the terrace of the Hotel Edelweiss.
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 Photo FIL – The Secretary Generals of the International Winter Sports Federations (from left) Nicole Resch (Biathlon), Svein Romstad (Luge), Ermanno Gardella (Bobsleigh, Skeleton), Kate Caithness (President Curling), Fredi Schmid (Skating), Josef Fendt (President), Horst Lichtner (Ice Hockey and Secretary General AIOWF / Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations), Irina Gladkikh (Organizing Committee for the XXII. Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014), Christoph Schweiger (future Executive Director FIL), Hartmut Kardaetz (Executive Director FIL), Babett Wegscheider (Deputy Executive Director FIL). |
