Klaus Kotter (27 May 1934 – 13 May 2010) was a

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

-German tax consultant who served as the third president of the

Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing'' (FIBT), is the international sports federation for bobsleigh and skeleton. It acts as ...

(FIBT – International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), serving as interim from 1978 to 1980, then as president from 1980 to 1994. Born in

Prien am Chiemsee Prien am Chiemsee (official: , High German [], Bavarian (local) dialect []) is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim in Germany. The town is a certified Luftkurort, air and Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp spa o ...

, Kotter became treasurer of the West

German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (german: Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e.V., BSD) is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany. It is the German representative both to the International Bobslei ...

(BSD, German since 1990 reunification). By the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

, he was Olympic attache for the West

German Olympic Committee The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates ...

, the same year he was elected Vice President of the FIBT. In 1978, he was named interim FIBT President following the ill health of then-president

Almicare Rotta Amilcare Rotta (1 November 1911 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian bobsledder who became the second president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT – International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), servin ...

on Italy. Kotter was elected president in 1980, serving until 1994. In 1986, Kotter was named BSD president, a position he held until his 2004 retirement. During his tenure, he kept all four bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks in Germany from being sold in 1999, against the wishes of the German Federal Audit Office. Kotter received the

Olympic Order The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Traditi ...

in 1999. He was also named an honorary past-president of FIBT, a position he held up until his death.

References

* * * * * * "Bobsleigh and Olympism". ''Olympic Review''. December 1984. p. 1014. 1934 births 2010 deaths Businesspeople from Bavaria German male bobsledders Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Rosenheim (district) {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub