Thomas Bach
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Bach in Doha in 2014
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| 9th President of the International Olympic Committee |
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Assumed office 10 September 2013 |
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| Honorary President | Jacques Rogge |
| Preceded by | Jacques Rogge |
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29 December 1953 Würzburg, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Free Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953 in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German lawyer and former Olympic fencer. Bach is the ninth and current President of the International Olympic Committee, and a former member of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund Executive Board.
Bach is a former foil fencer who competed for West Germany. He won a team gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver, a gold and a bronze team medals at the 1973, 1977 and 1979 world championships, respectively.
Bach earned a doctor of law (Dr. iur. utr.) degree in 1983 from the University of Würzburg.
Bach served as the President of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB), prior to becoming President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He resigned as the head of the DOSB on 16 September 2013, having served as President since 2006. He was replaced by Alfons Hörmann, and remained a member of the DOSB Executive Board. Additionally, he resigned as the head of Ghorfa Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Bach will however continue to serve as the head of Michael Weinig AG Company, a company in the industrial woodworking machinery industry that has its headquarters in Bach's hometown of Tauberbischofsheim, Germany
Bach headed Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. In the host city election, Munich secured 25 votes as Pyeongchang was elected as host city with 63 votes.
On 9 May 2013, Bach confirmed that he would run for President of the International Olympic Committee.
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