SportsManager Michael Mronz has joined the International Olympic Committee. The 56-year-old was elected as a new IOC member on Tuesday (October 17, 2023) at the General Assembly in Mumbai with a large majority of 64:9 votes.
The Cologne native is now the third German in the elite circle of the umbrella organization, alongside IOC President Thomas Bach and athlete representative Britta Heidemann. Mronz spoke about his election “a great honor.”
In addition to Mronz, seven other new IOC members were accepted. The most dazzling addition to the now 107-strong Ringe circle is actress Michelle Yeoh (61) from Malaysia, who this year was named best actress in the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once“was awarded the Oscar.
DOSB congratulates
The German Olympic Sports Confederation immediately sent its congratulations to Mronz. “The IOCsession made an excellent choice today and appointed an outspoken expert and committed advocate of the Olympic idea to its circle. I am very happy for Michael Mronz personally, but also for German sport, which is now even better represented in the international network,” said DOSB President Thomas Weikert.
Mronz is managing director of Aachener Reitturnier GmbH and, as an IOC member, is also a member of the DOSB executive board in accordance with the statutes. He looks “Excited about the responsibility ahead and about giving international sport greater visibility together with Britta Heidemann,” Mronz said.
Co-founder of the Rhine-Ruhr Initiative
There had previously been irritation because the DOSB only found out about the plans for Mronz to be promoted to the IOC shortly before the list of candidates was published. Mronz had tried to bring the 2032 Olympic Games to the Rhine-Ruhr region with a private initiative. When the efforts failed, Mronz and former DOSB President Alfons Hörmann blamed each other.
The DOSB can now hope that the clever event will take placeManager In the future, he will be involved in the IOC as an advocate for a possible German Olympic bid.