Nenad Lalović
Nenad Lalović | |
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Executive board member of the International Olympic Committee | |
Assumed office 7 February 2018[1] | |
IOC President | Thomas Bach |
President of the United World Wrestling | |
Assumed office 18 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Raphaël Martinetti |
Personal details | |
Born | PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia Serbia | 21 August 1958
Spouse | Aleksandra Lalović |
Children | Milos Lalović and Nina Lalović |
Residence(s) | Belgrade, Serbia |
Alma mater | University of Novi Sad |
Occupation | Sports administrator |
Nenad Lalović (born on 21 August 1958, in Belgrade) is a Serbian businessman. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2015.
Education
He attended schools in Tunisia, Yugoslavia and Belgium and received his high school diploma in Geneva,[2] where he then went on to study in Belgrade and received his diploma in Mechanical engineering from the University of Novi Sad.[3]
Career
Lalović was the manager of a travel agency and representative of various travel agencies on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia, as well as the manager of a rental car company.[4] He founded a natural Shampoo company around 1995 when he moved to Russia to work in a construction company, where he is still an active partner.[5][6]
Sports career
On 18 May 2013, Lalović was appointed the position of President of the Serbian Wrestling Federation to serve the final two-years remaining from President Raphaël Martinetti after his resignation.[7] In 2014, he became the President of United World Wrestling, which revolves around the two Olympic disciplines of Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle wrestling. Since 2015, Lalović has been a member of the executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[4][8]
Lalović became a member of the IOC in 2015 and was a part of the Olympic Solidarity Committee. That year, he also became a member of the Foundation Board of the WADA. In 2018, he became a Member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and was also elected ASOIF representative to the IOC Executive Board.[7]
Awards
Lalović has received various Honorary Doctors, including one from the
References
- ^ "Lalovic to Join IOC Executive Board". 7 February 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Rahim, Abdul (8 September 2014). "Nenad Lalovic, elected president of United World Wrestling". The Olympics Sports. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Nenad Lalovic, president of United World Wrestling, talks to Sportcal Insight about reform, war, diplomacy, the IOC – and UWW's hated chateau HQ". Sportcal. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Nenad Lalović". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Owen, David (6 September 2015). "The Mirror Man, Saviour of Wrestling, the Serbian Anita Roddick – call him what you like, Nenad Lalović has what it takes to be an outstanding IOC member". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Lowe, Christian; Vasovic, Aleksandar (27 July 2016). "Exclusive – Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nenad Lalović". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Lowe, Christian; Vasovic, Aleksandar. "Exclusive: Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates". Reuters. Retrieved 16 December 2021.