Josef Fendt once more elected FIL President 

Bratislava (RWH) Once more Josef Fendt is elected in office as the President of the International Luge Federation (FIL). Fendt (70), who hails from Berchtesgaden in Germany, was the only candidate standing for the post when the international sports association met for its 66th Congress in Bratislava (SVK) on 16 June 2018. The Congress elected Latvia’s Einars Fogelis as successor of retiring Secretary General Svein Romstad.

Record winning World Champion Armin Zöggeler (ITA) became Vice President for Technical Matters. The two-times Olympic Champion won against Canada’s Walter Cory by 21 to 12 votes. In a crucial vote for the position of Vice President Natural track office holder Peter Knauseder (AUT) prevailed against Natalia Gart, President of the National Federation of Russia. New member of the Executive Board  is Dwight Bell (USA).

Fendt was first elected to the office of President of the FIL in Rome on 25 June 1994. Prior to that, he ran the FIL as a temporary president for a short period following the unexpected death of founding president Bert Isatitsch on 8 February 1994. His predecessor Isatitsch led the FIL for a total of 37 years, from its creation in 1957 through to his death.