Karl Heinz Klee

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Karl Heinz Klee (born June 9, 1930 in Innsbruck ; † September 21, 2008 in Rum ) was an Austrian sports official and lawyer .

Life

Karl Heinz Klee was an avid skier and, as a lawyer, regularly dealt with questions of ski law. He was president from 1966 to 1972 and since then honorary president of the Austrian Ski Association . He became famous when he was outraged at the 1972 Winter Olympics about the exclusion of Karl Schranz for earlier illegal advertising: "Sport was always and everywhere professionally practiced." He was the founder and president of the Austria Ski Pool, secretary general of the organizing committee . XII. Olympic Winter Games (1973–1977), President and Honorary President of the Austrian Ski Association and the Innsbruck Ski Racers Association, honorary member of the Austrian Olympic Committee, expert for ski law and expert for legal cost law.

Until 2007, Klee was chairman of the committee for legal issues and safety of the International Ski Federation FIS . He was also General Secretary of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , a member of the International Sports Court in Lausanne and President of the Tyrolean Bar Association .

As a lawyer, the doctor of law represented the ÖSV in the blood bag affair during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and the 2006 doping affair in Turin . Even Hermann Maier scored after his motorcycle accident to his client. He was active in his profession until the end.

Karl Heinz Klee has been the holder of the Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria , the Medal of Honor of the State of Tyrol , the Ring of Honor of the City of Innsbruck and the Medal of Honor of the State of Styria as well as Commandeur de l'Ordre National du Mérite and Knight of the Royal Swedish since 1972 Polar Star Order .

Karl Heinz Klee died on September 21, 2008. He left a wife and a daughter.

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SURNAME Klee, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sports official and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 2008
Place of death rum