Georges Guelzec Explained

Georges Guelzec
Nationality:French
Sport:Gymnastics
Birth Date:22 October 1947
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Term Start:2010
Term End:2017

Georges Guelzec (born 22 October 1947) is a French gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Olympic gymnast Fabrice Guelzec.[1]

Guelzec was president of the European Union of Gymnastics from 2010 through 2017. He was elected at the 23rd UEG Congress in 2009, replacing Dimitrios Dimitropoulos as president in 2010.[2] In 2013 he was re-elected to a second term which started in 2014.[3]

He announced his candidacy for president of the International Gymnastics Federation in 2015,[4] but lost to Morinari Watanabe in 2016.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Georges Guelzec . 4 August 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203065619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/georges-guelzec-1.html . 3 December 2016.
  2. Web site: French Georges Guelzec - new President of UEG . GYMmedia.com . 7 November 2009.
  3. Web site: UEG: Georges Guelzec re-elected as President . GYMmedia.com . 8 December 2013.
  4. Web site: Georges Guelzec announces his candidature for FIG presidency . AIPSmedia.com . Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive . 24 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227125731/http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=15677 . 2016-12-27.
  5. Web site: Japan's Morinari Watanabe elected president of gymnastics federation . . 19 October 2016.

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