Marc Hodler

Marc Hodler ( born October 26, 1918 in Bern, † 18 October 2006 ) was a Swiss sports official and member of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC).

Due to an accident in 1938, he had to end his skiing career. After that, he was from 1939 to 1948 head of the Swiss Ski Team, 1940-1951 Vice- President of the Swiss Olympic Committee and was responsible for the alpine competitions of the Olympic Winter Games in 1948.

1951 Hodler was appointed President of the International Ski Federation (FIS ). After a " world record time " of 47 years, he was from 1998 to the coming of St. Moritz former FIS Secretary General Gian- Franco Kasper this office. Under Hodler's leadership, the FIS has developed into one of the most important sports organizations.

Since 1963 he was elected to lifetime member of the IOC, while working in various positions. One of its goals, the abolition of the IOC amateur rule, he could achieve in 1981 under Juan Antonio Samaranch, against whom he was in 1980 in the election to the IOC presidency not prevail. In 1985 he became a member of the executive (until 2002) and was from 1993 to 1997 vice-president of the IOC. End of 1998, he covered the bribery scandal around the awarding of the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City.

Outside the sport, he was a lawyer and had advisory functions in the sports federations.