Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC President

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been re-elected for an additional four-year term at the 137th IOC Session, Report informs referring to the Olympic Channel.

The Olympic champion, who won gold as part of the West German foil fencing team at the Olympic Games of Montreal 1976, won re-election on March 10 with 93 yes votes and one no out of 94 total valid votes.

President Bach was first elected IOC President in Buenos Aires in 2013 for an eight-year term. That term will end on the last day of the Tokyo 2020 Games on August 8, 2021 with his second term beginning immediately after, concluding in 2025.

Prior to becoming IOC President, Bach was also IOC Vice-President from 2000 to 2004, 2006 to 2010, and 2010 to his election as President in 2013.