Nicole Resch (born 1975) is a German jurist and former secretary general of the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

(IBU). She left her position during a corruption scandal investigation of her and the IBU President.

Biography

Resch started

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

at the age of eight years and switched to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

at the age of 12 years being trained by

Manfred Geyer Manfred Geyer (born 23 May 1951, in Altenfeld) is a former German biathlete. During his career, he won a bronze medal in the 1976 Winter Olympics in the 4 x 7.5 km relay and two more bronze medals in the 1973 and 1977 Biathlon Worl ...

. She ended her sports life early and studied law at the Julius Maximilian University of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg is ...

. After the second state examination she underwent a special alumni program which focussed on the Olympic sports in the field of sport management and sport law. She started her career at the IBU as assistant of secretary general Michael Geistlinger in 2007. After his leave she became his commissionary successor as chief of the IBU office. She was secretary general of the IBU from 1 December 2008. In 2018 the IBU underwent a corruption scandal and she was accused of accepting bribes from Russia. She and the IBU President left their positions that year after Austrian and Norwegian authorities announced criminal investigations into their conduct. According to a January 2021 report commissioned by biathlon’s new leadership and resulting from a two-year investigation,https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/biathlon-report-russia-besseberg/0cff27aa56cc6861/full.pdf she improperly defended Russia's athletes, assailed its critics, and blocked efforts to root out doping by Russia's teams.

External links

Portrait at the Website of the IBU

References

1975 births Living people Jurists from Bavaria German female biathletes German sports executives and administrators People from Neuhaus am Rennweg East German female biathletes Sportspeople from Thuringia People from Bezirk Suhl University of Würzburg alumni Doping in Russia {{Germany-biathlon-bio-stub