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Ottavio Cinquanta
Ottavio Cinquanta (15 August 1938 – 18 July 2022) was the President of the International Skating Union and a member of the International Olympic Committee. He held the ISU position from 1994 to 2016 and the IOC position since 1996. In 2000 he was elected member of the IOC Executive Committee, a position that he held until 2008. Prior to becoming ISU President he was ISU Vice President and before that the Chair of its Technical Committee for Short Track Speed Skating. Biography Cinquanta grew up in Milan, Italy, where he practiced ice hockey, athletics and speed skating. Cinquanta attended university and he was mainly active in business administration. At the time of his election to the ISU Presidency, at the age of 56, he retired from his position as a manager of an international chemical company. When Cinquanta was first elected to the ISU Presidency, he was initially regarded as a progressive who introduced prize money at ISU events after negotiating several commercial cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Poulsen (Norway)
Olaf Poulsen (27 July 1920 – 27 September 2008) was a Norwegian sports official, best known for serving as the president of the International Skating Union from 1980 to 1994. Born in Kristiania, Poulsen was an active speed skater in his younger days. He represented the club Oslo IL, and eventually became involved in the administration of that club. References 1920 births 2008 deaths Norwegian sports executives and administrators International Olympic Committee members Norwegian male speed skaters Sportspeople from Oslo International Skating Union presidents {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Olympic Winter Games Figure Skating Scandal
At the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, it was alleged that the pairs' figure skating competition had been fixed, in which a French judge had compromised scores. The Russian team was awarded the gold. After limited investigation of the issues, a second award ceremony was held, and two pairs teams received gold medals: Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia, and also the second-ranked team, silver medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada. As a result of this scandal, in 2002 the ISU suspended two officials for three years: one of the judges and the head of the French skating federation. In addition, a new ISU Judging System was introduced in 2004. It replaced the 6.0 system. Initially it included a provision that the judges' scores would be anonymous. But in 2014 the ISU Congress reversed this policy, identifying scores by judges in order to increase the transparency of the process. Competition In the figure skating pairs competition, Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |