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POSTED: Friday April 8th 2011
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Hein Verbruggen re-elected as SportAccord President

During today’s SportAccord General Assembly, Hein Verbruggen was re-elected for another 4 year- term as President of the organisation.




"I want to thank all the delegates for your confidence and trust placed in me," Verbruggen said after the election. “With your confidence and trust, I will continue to give my commitment to you. Although we have achieved many things, we still have a lot of work to do. I am looking forward to developing new ideas and projects together with you.”

Pat McQuaid (Union Cycliste International) and Espen Lund (World Association of Kickboxing Organisations) have been appointed to the SportAccord Council. Pat McQuaid will replace Tamás Aján (International Weightlifting Federation) and Espen Lund will follow Fumio Morooka (World Flying Disc Federation).

The International Federation Icestocksport (IFI) was approved as Full Member. SportAccord has now 105 Members.


The SportAccord Council 2011-2015:

Hein Verbruggen (President)
Ron Froehlich (International World Games Federation)
Antonio Espinos Ortueta (World Karate Federation)
Gian Franco Kasper (Fédération Internationale de Ski)
Jan Fransoo (International Korfball Federation)
Denis Oswald (Fédération Internationale de Sociétés d'Aviron)
Espen Lund (World Association of Kickboxing Organisations)

About SportAccord
SportAccord is the umbrella organisation for 105 international sports federations and organisations. Its mission is to support and to protect the common interests of the sports movement. Activities include the online video portal The Sports Hub, the organisation of multi-sports games, doping-free sport, as well as sports’ social responsibility and sports’ integrity.

http://www.sportaccord.com
http://www.youtube.com/thesportshub
http://www.facebook.com/SportAccord
http://twitter.com/sportaccord

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