Olaf Poulsen (Norway)

Olaf Poulsen ( born July 27, 1920 in Kristiania, † September 27, 2008 in Oslo) was a Norwegian speed skater, president of the International Skating Union ( ISU) and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

As a young man Olaf Poulsen was speed skater. He started for the club Oslo IL and later worked with the club 's board. In 1966 he was a member of the Norwegian Skating Association. Here he was from 1968 Vice President and 1969-1973 President. He was a council member of the ISU in 1971, vice president from 1977 and finally from 1984 to 1994 President, then Honorary President. From 1992 to 1994 Olaf Poulsen was a member of the IOC.

After the Winter Olympics in his home country in 1994, he resigned from all his offices.

Swell

  • News agency NTB
  • Süddeutsche Zeitung
  • Pirouette, Nov. 2008

Pim Mulier 1892-1895 | 1895-1925 Viktor Balck | 1925-1937 Ulrich Salchow | 1937-1945 Gerrit van Laer WA | 1945-1953 Herbert J. Clarke | James Cook 1953-1967 | 1967-1967 Ernst Labin | 1967-1980 Jacques favart | 1980-1994 Olaf Poulsen | 1994 Ottavio Cinquanta

  • Speed ​​skaters (Norway )
  • IOC member
  • Born in 1920
  • Died in 2008
  • Man
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