Lamine Diack

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Senegalese sports manager (1933-2021)

PoliticiansLived 1933 to 2021 · aged 88

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Fame52.1

Momentum5.1

Languages23

In century#38,110

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Vladimir Putin and Lamine Diack

Awards 13

2006honorary doctor of the Beijing Sport University

2005Order of recognition

2005Bislett medal

1990Silver Olympic Order

Commander of the National Order of the Lion

Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Order of the Equatorial Star

Order of the Rising Sun

Order of Friendship

Commander of the Order of Good Hope

Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

Order of Merit, 1st class

In their orbit 1

ChildPapa Massata Diack

Connected to Lamine 6

Jacques RoggeAlso won honorary doctor of the Beijing Sport University

Maurice Couve de MurvilleAlso won Order of the Equatorial Star

Jean-Christophe RufinAlso won Commander of the National Order of the Lion

Heiner GeißlerAlso won Order of Bernardo O'Higgins

Danuta KozákAlso won Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

Konrad BukowieckiAlso won Bislett medal

About this person

Lamine Diack was a Senegalese businessman, sports administrator, and athlete. He was president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1999 to 2015. He was the subject of numerous investigations into corruption during his tenure as president. He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1999 to 2013, then an honorary member from 2014 to 2015, and the chairman of the National Water Company "Société Nationale des Eaux" of Senegal (SONES) from 1995 to 2001. He had been under house arrest since November 2015, and his trial in France started in June 2020. On 16 September 2020, Diack, his son Papa Massata Diack, the head of the IAAF anti-doping department Gabriel Dolle, and other persons were given prison sentences for their part in a coverup of doping in Russia.