Olegario Vázquez Raña - 6th president since 1980
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- 6th president since 1980
- Born on December 10, 1935 in Mexico City
- Married to Maria de Los Angeles
- Children: Maria de Los Angeles, Monica, Olegario
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Education
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Business administration |
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Profession and career
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Entrepreneur, businessman, owner of several companies, chairman and principal shareholder of “Grupo Empresarial Angeles” |
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Sports practised
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Shooting, tennis, soccer |
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Sports career
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Member of Mexico’s shooting team at all Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976 and all World Championchips from 1966 to 1979, national record holder in many shooting disciplines and world record holder in air rifle (1973 and 1975) |
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Sports administration
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1975 - 1994
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president of the Mexican shooting federation |
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since 1979
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president of the American Shooting Confederation (North and South America) |
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since 1980
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elected president of the International Shooting Sport Federation - ISSF |
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1987 - 2003
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elected member of the Council of the Association of International Summer Sports Federations (ASOIF) |
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1993 - 1998
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member of the IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission |
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since 1994
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member of IOC marketing (former “New Sources of Financing”) |
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since 1995
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member of the international Olympic Committee - IOC |
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Distinctions
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since 1999
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doctor honoris causa of the La Salle University |
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since 2003
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holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit |
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Former Issf Presidents
1st president - Pierre François Daniel Merillon, France 1907 - 1925
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Born in July of 1852 in Bordeaux, died in August in 1925.
He was the first elected UIT president from 1907 to his death, always re-elected until August 1925. He was a man of law, a town councillor, then representative in the French Parliament. His high-flying career as jurist was marked by his appointment to attorney general of the Supreme Court of Justice in Paris. In 1898, he was elected chief justice, then honorary chairman of the court of justice.
He was decorated with the Great Cross of the French Legion of Honor but he also had received other distinctions from the kings of Belgium, Holland and Sweden. |
2nd president - Jean Carnot, France 1927 - 1947
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Born in July 1881, died in 1969.
Right after Merillon’s death, he was charged with leading UIT, but as early as 1927, he was elected to the office of president which he held until 1947. After his retirement, he remained honorary president for life. Qualified mining engineer, member of the French State Inspection of Mines, parliament representative from 1924, officer of the French Legion of Honor, commander of the Swedish Wasa Order. |
3rd president - Erik Carlsson, Sweden 1947 - 1960
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Born in November 1889, died in August 1971.
UIT president from 1947 to 1960, then honorary president.Swedish deputy ambassador in Austria from 1934 to 1938, later editorial chief of several Swedish newspapers. President of the Swedish shooting federation from 1942 to 1953. He spoke many languages and even delivered the opening address of the 1958 world championships in Moscow in Russian. |
4th president - Kurt Hasler, Switzerland 1960 - 1976
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Born in March 1901 in Zurich, died on August 23, 1988.
Elected as the UIT president in 1960, resigned in 1976.
Became a doctor of law in 1925, studied in Zurich, Geneva, London and Florence. In 1927, he became a member of the Swiss Supreme Court and Zurich court of justice. In 1930, he was employed at the largest Swiss insurance company and was chairman from 1961 to 1971. Artillery officer in 1922, staff-colonel from 1946-52, working in the army headquarters from 1953 to 1960.President of the Swiss shooting federation from 1958 to 1960, chairman of the European Shooting Committee, starting in 1958. |
5th president - George Andrew Vichos, Greece 1976 - 1980
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Born in Athens, January 1915
Leading person in UIT from 1947. President from 1976 to 1980.
Passed his law exam at the Athens University of Economic and Political Sciences.In 1941 on military service in Albania, major of the resistance groups in Athens from 1941 to 1944, then staff-officer in the re-organized Greek army in Athens and Cairo.Practicing lawyer in Athens. Secretary of the State Commission for Sport till 1965 but also president of several Greek and foreign sporting clubs. Honorary freeman of a number of US cities. Shooting champion already at 14, 18 caps in the national shooting team, multiple record holder, participant at the 1936 and 1948 olympic games. |
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