Thomas Bach
German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013 · Germany · On the map · Athletes · Born 1953 · age 72
Thomas Bach is a German lawyer, sports adminstrator, and former foil fencer. He served as the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee, from 2013 to 2025. He was the first Olympic champion to be elected to that position, having won gold in the 1976 men's team foil.
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Sign at the house of Thomas Bach, where he lived in 1953-1977, at the Sonnenplatz in Tauberbischofsheim![Like his predecessors Juan Antonio Samaranch and Jacques Rogge, Thomas Bach stayed at the Lausanne Palace when he was in Lausanne[15]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Hotel_Lausanne_Palace.jpg/1280px-Hotel_Lausanne_Palace.jpg)
Like his predecessors Juan Antonio Samaranch and Jacques Rogge, Thomas Bach stayed at the Lausanne Palace when he was in Lausanne[15]
Bach and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 August 2016
Thomas Bach and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Bach with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv, Israel, 21 September 2022
Thomas Bach and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, 3 July 2022Awards
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Since 2025, he has served as Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion as well as a team world champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.
