Vaduz/Liechtenstein (RWH) Baron Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein, Honorary Member of the International Luge Federation FIL, celebrated his 102nd birthday on September 12, 2014 in Vaduz/Liechtenstein. The FIL congratulated with a bouquet of flowers.

The nobleman, a long-time FIL treasurer (1962 to 1977), became FIL Honorary Member in 1978 and is active as entrepreneur and patron as well as journalist, sportsman and sports official. >br>
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 familiar connections, he was 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. >br>
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.