Thomas Keller (rower)
 Thomas Keller at the 1965 European Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 December 1924 | |||||||||||
| Died | 28 September 1989 (aged 64) Monte Carlo, Monaco[1] | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
| Club | Grasshopper Club Zuerich | |||||||||||
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Thomas Keller also known as Thomi Keller (24 December 1924 – 28 September 1989)General Association of International Sports Federations from 1969 to 1987.[4] He was also a qualified chemical engineer and president of Swiss Timing,[4] a company specialising in sports chronometry which is now part of the Swatch group.
As a student, Keller was a member of the Swiss university teams for
ski-jumping.[4] However, in rowing, he was not only a champion sculler at Swiss national level, but won the bronze medal in single sculls at the 1950 European Rowing Championships.[5][6]
Keller was chosen to row at the
1956 Hungarian Revolution).[7] Two years later, he became president of FISA,[7] following the death of the previous president, Gaston Mullegg. At 34, he was one of the youngest presidents of an international sports federation ever to be elected.[4] Keller always aimed to give priority to athletes' interests,[6] and consistently aimed to minimize the influence of politics on sport.[7]
The Thomas Keller Medal is named after him. It is presented by FISA to recently retired rowers who had had an outstanding international career.[8]
Thomas Keller was married to Dorry Bodmer of
Zurich
, Switzerland. They had five children: Dominik, Adrian, Bettina, Anne and Barbara Keller.
References
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- ^ a b Thomas Keller, Rowing Official, 64, New York Times, 30 September 1989, accessed 05-03-08
- ^ Thomas Keller at World Rowing
- ^ Thomas Keller. Internationales Sportarchiv 49/1989, 27 November 1989
- ^ a b c d "Obituary: A Great Helmsman, Thomas Keller" (PDF). Olympic Review (266). International Olympic Committee: 554. December 1989. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer). sport-komplett.de
- ^ a b "Thomas Keller – FISA's Patriarch". World Rowing E-Magazine (July 2009). FISA: 3–4. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ ISBN 9780736090407.
- ^ Keller Medal Award Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. worldrowing.com
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See also: Thomas Keller |
