Honorary FISA President

 

Denis Oswald

Honorary Fisa President (since 2014)

Born:	9 May 1947
Nationality:	Swiss
Profession:	Attorney at Law

 

Profile

Rowing

• Competed in three Olympic Games
• Bronze medal at the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games & two Olympic diplomas (Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976)
• Finished 4th at the 1974 World Rowing Championships and 6th at the 1969 European Rowing Championships

 

FISA – World Rowing

• Secretary General of FISA (1978 – 1989)
• President of FISA (1989-2014)

 

International Olympic Committee (IOC)

• Member of the IOC since 1991
• Member of the IOC Executive Board (2000 – 2012)
• Chairman of the Coordination Commissions for Athens 2004 and London 2012 Olympic Games
• Member of the IOC Juridical Commission since 1993
• Member of the IOC Medical Commission since 1995
• IOC 2000 Reform Commission

 

Court of Arbitration

• CAS Arbitrator since 1984

 

ASOIF

• President of ASOIF (2000-2012)

 

SportAccord

• Member of the board of SportAccord since 2001

 

World Masters Games

• Member of the board of the World Masters Games since 1993

 

Education

• Law degree and doctorate (Neuchatel, Zurich and Cambridge)

 

Legal Career

• Founder of Oswald Law firm in 1973
• President of the Bar (Neuchâtel, 1990-1993)

 

University Career

• Professor at the University of Neuchâtel since 2001
• Professor in the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport since 2000
• Visiting Professor at the University of Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
• Visiting Professor at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne

 

International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES)

• Director of the CIES since 2000

 

Languages

• French, English and German
• Spanish and Italian (good knowledge)