Carlos Arthur Nuzman
| Carlos Arthur Nuzman | |
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| portrait | |
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| Date of birth | March 17, 1942 |
| place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| size | 1.85 m |
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| Clube Israelita Brasileiro | |
| National team | |
| 1962-1968 | A national team |
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| 1962 1964 1966 |
World Cup participation, Olympic participation, World Cup participation |
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As of August 7, 2016 |
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Carlos Arthur Nuzman (born March 17, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) is a Brazilian sports official, lawyer and athlete.
As an athlete he was a volleyball player , as an official he was president of the organizing committee for the XXXI. 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, President of the National Olympic Committee of Brazil and IOC member.
Life
Nuzman comes from a Jewish family and is of Russian-Jewish origin . His nephew Nilton Bonder is an important rabbi in Brazil.
Carlos Nuzman studied law, was head of a law firm and has been in the real estate industry since 1970. He is married. In 2009 he was voted one of the 100 Most Influential People in Brazil.
Volleyball player Nuzman
In terms of sport, Nuzman was active as a volleyball player, who won several Brazilian championships and participated as a member of the Brazilian national volleyball team at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 1962 and 1966 World Championships . For his work as a volleyball player, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of volleyball in the USA in 2007; In 2009 he received the Eagle Award from the US Sports Academy for his achievements in volleyball.
Activity as a functionary
From 1975 to 1996 he was President of the Brazilian Volleyball Federation, 1984 to 1998 Vice President, since 1998 Honorary Vice President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), since 1995 President of the National Olympic Committee of Brazil, President of the Organizing Committee for the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio, President of the South American Sports Association (ODESUR) since 2003, member of the IOC from 2000 to 2012, IOC honorary member since 2013, from 2009 to 2016 President of the Organizing Committee for the XXXI. 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Nuzman provisionally on 6 October 2017 in his capacity as IOC honorary member and as a member of the Coordination Commission for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. On October 7, he requested a temporary release from his offices as President of the National Olympic Committee and the Organizing Committee for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Nuzman and Olympia 2016
As President of the Organizing Committee for the Establishment of the Olympic Games, he was responsible for the proper planning, establishment and implementation of the XXXI. 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He was elected to this office in 2009. At the opening of the Olympic Games on August 6, 2016, he gave the opening and welcoming speech, which focused on these special Brazilian Games.
Nuzman was arrested on October 5, 2017, because, in addition to money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization, he was also accused of buying votes to award the 2016 Summer Games to Rio.
Web links
- Profile at olympic.org (English)
- Profile at TerceiroTempo (Portuguese)
- Top Officials put a Jewish stamp on the Rio Olympics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pamela Ruprecht: Flash News of the Day - After allegations of corruption: IOC suspends Nuzman ( memento from October 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, October 6, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017
- ↑ [1]
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nuzman, Carlos Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian sports official, lawyer and athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |