# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-fasel
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:28.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-fasel"
name: "René Fasel"
slug: "rene-fasel"
description: "René Fasel is a Swiss-Russian retired ice hockey administrator. He served as president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) from 1994 to 2021. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972. He became president of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation in 1985, then was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1994. He also became an International Olympic Committee member and was elected to its executive board. Fasel was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2021."
tagline: "Swiss ice hockey administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel_2016_IIHF_Worlds.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1950-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.21
  momentum:             9.041533546325878
  historical:           13.864368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "رينيه فاسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رينيه فاسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рэнэ Фазэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рэнэ Фазель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ルネ・ファゼル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Renē Fāzels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Fasel"
    title: "René Fasel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Фазель, Рене"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рене Фазел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump