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Education

University of Fribourg; University of Bern; Diploma in dentistry (1977); Head of a dental practice

Sports practised

Ice hockey, football

Sports career

Ice-hockey player for Fribourg Gottéron (1960-1972)

Sports administration

Ice-hockey referee (international licence) (1972-1982); Chairman of the LSHG (Swiss Ice-Hockey League) referees’ commission (1982-1985); Central President of the LSHG (1985-1994); member of the International Ice-Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council (1986); President of the IIHF (1994-); member of the NOC (1992); President of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) (2002-)

IOC History

Elected as President of an International Federation; Member of the Executive Board (2008-); Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 (2003-); member as IF representative of the following Commissions: Olympic Movement (1994-1999), Coordination for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 (2000-2006); member of the following Commissions: Marketing (1995-), Coordination for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 (1996-2002); “CIO 2000” (1999), Medical (2000-), 2009 Congress (2006-2008), Coordination for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 (2007-)