FIL Executive Board headed by President Josef Fendt presented a special gift
Vaduz/Liechtenstein (pps) Headed by FIL President Josef Fendt, the Executive Board of the International Luge Federation (FIL) had the honor to visit Baron Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein on the occasion of his 100th anniversary in Vaduz/Liechtenstein on September 14, 2012.
Accompanied by Secretary General Svein Romstadt, Vice President Finances Harald Steyrer and Executive Director Christoph Schweiger, Josef Fendt presented a special FIL gift to Baron Falz-Fein. The nobleman, a long-time FIL Treasurer (1962 until 1977), became FIL Honorary Member in 1978 and is active as entrepreneur and patron as well as journalist, sportsman and sports official.
The Baron moreover played a major role in the inclusion of the sport of luge in the Olympic program and the Olympic movement in Liechtenstein. Benefitting from his network of professional and familial connections, he became the driving force behind Liechtenstein’s first participation in the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen without even being an IOC Member Federation. Later on, he was also instrumental in earning Olympic recognition for the sport of luge.
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Baron von Falz-Fein earned an 18th-place result in the two-man bobsleigh competition. Subsequently he served in different positions, among other for the FIL, at altogether 16 Olympic Games.
Well over 100 invited guests attended Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein's birthday fest, among them Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein.
Photos (c) Albert Mennel
