is a Japanese businessman who has served as president of the

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique The International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG) is the body governing all disciplines of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in ...

since January 2017. Prior to his election in October 2016, he served as general-secretary of the Japan Gymnastics Association (2009–16) and was on multiple committees with the Japanese Olympic Committee. Watanabe is the ninth president of the FIG and its first Asian president. In October 2018, the

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elected him as a new member. He was also appointed an executive board member of Tokyo 2020.

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FIG: About the President
1959 births Living people Presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique People from Kitakyushu Tokai University alumni International Olympic Committee members {{Japan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub