Nenad Lalović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Лаловић; born 21 August 1958) is a Serbian businessman. He has been a member of the

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(IOC) since 2015.

Education

He attended schools in

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Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

and

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and received his high school diploma in

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, where he then went on to study in Belgrade and received his diploma in Mechanical engineering from the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; ) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad is ...

Career

Lalović was the manager of a travel agency and representative of various travel agencies on the

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n coast in

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, as well as the manager of a rental car company. He founded a natural Shampoo company around 1995 when he moved to Russia to work in a construction company, where he is still an active partner.

Sports career

On 18 May 2013, Lalović was appointed the position of President of the Serbian Wrestling Federation to serve the final two-years remaining from President Raphaël Martinetti after his resignation. In 2014, he became the President of

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, which revolves around the two Olympic disciplines of

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and

Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ...

. Since 2015, Lalović has been a member of the executive committee of the

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(WADA). Lalović became a member of the

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in 2015 and was a part of the Olympic Solidarity Committee. That year, he also became a member of the Foundation Board of the WADA. In 2018, he became a Member of the

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(ASOIF) and was also elected ASOIF representative to the IOC Executive Board.

Awards

Lalović has received various Honorary Doctors, including one from the

Tashkent State Technical University Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU) (Uzbek language, Uzbek: ''Toshkent Davlat Texnika Universiteti'') is one of the oldest universities in Uzbekistan. Currently, the university consists of 6 faculties, and prepares highly skilled profess ...

in Uzbekistan, and one from the

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in Bulgaria. In 2019, he also received one from the university of

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in Kazakhstan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalovic, Nenad Serbian International Olympic Committee members Serbian sports executives and administrators Serbian wrestlers Serbian businesspeople Businesspeople from Belgrade 1958 births Living people University of Novi Sad alumni Tashkent State Technical University alumni