Tamás Aján

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Tamás Aján (2016)

Tamás Aján (born January 12, 1939 in Gherla , Kingdom of Romania ) is a Hungarian sports official of Romanian origin. He was President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) from 2000 to 2020 .

Career

Tamás Aján was born in Gherla, Romania. The family moved to the Second World War to Cluj-Napoca , where his father was a job as a bank manager. Tamás Aján attended Semmelweis University in Budapest and received his Ph.D. in 1964. for physical education .

Aján turned to sports politics and in 1983 became Secretary General in the Hungarian Ministry of Sport. Semmelweis University appointed him professor , and at Corvinus University he gave lectures in the subjects of diplomacy and international relations.

Tamás Aján was Secretary General of the Hungarian Weightlifting Association from 1968 to 1983 . From 1989 to 2005 he was Secretary General of the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság , the National Olympic Committee of Hungary. He has been Honorary Secretary General since 2005.

Since 1970 Aján has held leadership positions in the world weightlifting organization International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). He was first Vice-President, then since 1976 Secretary General. Aján was President of the IMF since 2000.

In 2000 Tamás Aján was elected a member of the International Olympic Committee . In 2010 his membership ended for reasons of age and he has been an honorary member ever since.

Corruption and doping in the IMF

At the beginning of January 2020, the ARD doping editorial team uncovered systemic doping in weightlifting, a sale of indulgences in the world association and the misappropriation of millions of dollars over many years in its documentary Doping Secret Matter - Der Herr der Heber ; At the center of the allegations is IMF President Tamás Aján.

The IMF denied the allegations in a statement.

As a consequence Ajan was suspended by the Executive Committee of the IMF for 90 days and the US functionary Ursula Papandrea as IMF Interim President used. An investigative committee chaired by Richard McLaren investigated the allegations. Nevertheless, Aján tried to continue to exercise the office. When Papandrea applied for final expulsion, the 81-year-old resigned in April 2020 after more than 20 years in office. Despite all the allegations, Aján was named an "honorary ambassador" in the negotiations between him, Papandrea and Secretary General Mohammed Jaloud (Iraq) and is to receive financial compensation.

Richard McLaren's final report, published in early June 2020, confirmed all the major allegations against Aján that had come to light in the ARD documentation and painted a devastating picture of the IMF under Aján's leadership. Aján claims that the IMF is like an “autocracy” with an “iron hand”, and with regard to finances there is a “jumble of incomplete and inaccurate figures” that make it “absolutely impossible” to determine what has been used for “legitimate expenditure”. In addition, new abuses such as election fraud in Aján's 2013 and 2017 election as well as hushed up doping results from World Cup medal winners became known.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Herr der Heber" surrenders - longtime IMF President Ajan resigns " , on spox.com, from April 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Suspected corruption: Weightlifting President Aján threatens prosecution , on sportschau.de, from January 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Is the Swiss judiciary now indicting an honorary member of the IOC? (tagblatt.ch of January 5, 2020, accessed January 5, 2020)
  4. ↑ 'Corruption, doping cover-up' at International Weightlifting Federation: report (france24.com from January 5, 2020, accessed on January 5, 2020, French)
  5. ↑ L'haltérophilie au banc des accusés pour dopage (rds.ca from January 5, 2020, accessed on January 5, 2020)
  6. ↑ Corruption: The weightlifting boss who pays his son-in-law (zeit.de, May 22, 2013, accessed January 5, 2020)
  7. ↑ IWF rejects ARD allegations , IMF press release, January 6, 2020
  8. ↑ IMF in a state of emergency: McLaren leads investigation - Aján "still president "
  9. ↑ Controversial President resigns (April 15, 2020)
  10. ↑ Resignation of Weightlifting President Aján - End of a Dark Era (April 17, 2020)
  11. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Aján, Tamás
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sports official
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Gherla , Kingdom of Romania