Georges Guelzec
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 22 October 1947 |
| President of European Union of Gymnastics | |
| In office 2010–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dimitrios Dimitropoulos |
| Succeeded by | Farid Gayibov |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Gymnastics |
Georges Guelzec (born 22 October 1947) is a French gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Olympic gymnast Fabrice Guelzec.[1]
Guelzec was president of the European Union of Gymnastics from 2010 through 2017. He was elected at the 23rd UEG Congress in 2009, replacing Dimitrios Dimitropoulos as president in 2010.[2] In 2013 he was re-elected to a second term which started in 2014.[3]
He announced his candidacy for president of the International Gymnastics Federation in 2015,[4] but lost to Morinari Watanabe in 2016.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georges Guelzec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "French Georges Guelzec - new President of UEG". GYMmedia.com. 7 November 2009.
- ^ "UEG: Georges Guelzec re-elected as President". GYMmedia.com. 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Georges Guelzec announces his candidature for FIG presidency". AIPSmedia.com. Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Japan's Morinari Watanabe elected president of gymnastics federation". ESPN.com. 19 October 2016.
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