UIPM President's Activities

06 Mar 2020

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14.01.2020: Lausanne, SUI

UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann visited the headquarters of the International Federation of Basketball Associations (FIBA) to meet with Secretary General Andreas Zagklis.

They discussed general issues relating to the international sports movement and underlined the ongoing strong relationship between UIPM and FIBA, which started many years ago through the late Patrick Baumann (former IOC Member and FIBA SG), who died during the Youth Olympic Summer Games Buenos Aires 2018.

21.01.2020: Berlin, GER

President Dr Schormann met various senior figures in German Olympic sport during the ‘Stars of Sport 2019’ awards. He spoke to Josef Fendt, President of the International Luge Federation (FIL) as well as German Olympic Committee (DOSB) President Alfons Hoermann and Vice-President Prof Dr Gudrun Doll Tepper about special projects that promote the role of sport as a force for integration and an important pillar of society.

The awards were presented by Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany.

12.02. – 16.02.2020: Antholz, ITA

The UIPM President visited the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships and had a number of meetings with key contacts in the Olympic movement.

He met with Ivor Lehotan, IBU Executive Board Member, to discuss the promotion of sport and its importance in society as a catalyst for peace and better understanding.

A meeting between IBU President Olle Dahlin and Dr Schormann enabled the two leaders to have a wide-ranging conversation, including other IBU EB members in the meeting to discuss medical issues such as Coronavirus, the anti-doping movement and youth development.

President Dr Schormann with IBU Executive Board Member Ivor Lehotan in Antholz (ITA)

Dr Schormann with VIP guests including International Biathlon Union President Olle Dahlin (2nd left) and Executive Board Member Tore Boygard (right)

21.02.2020: Frankfurt-am-Main, GER

President Dr Schormann had a working meeting with Prof Dr Nicole Mau and Prof Dr Markus Mau about issues of business affairs. They discussed in depth future steps and new actions in promotion and marketing, ahead of a presentation to a marketing working group in March 2020 that will be arranged by UIPM Executive Board Member for Marketing, Martin Dawe.

President Dr Schormann during a working meeting with Prof Dr Nicole Mau and Prof Dr Markus Mau

26.02. – 01.03.2020: Cairo, EGY

The UIPM President fulfilled a wide variety of engagements during his visit to the first major competition of the season, UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.

In Alexandria he visited the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport to inspect its sports facilities as a potential venue for the UIPM 2021 Junior World Championships.

He enjoyed a briefing from the Academy President, Prof Ismail Abdel Ghafar, about various activities of the Academy, which is also a strong partner of the Egyptian Federation of Modern Pentathlon (EMPF).

Many athletes under the jurisdiction of the EMPF are students of the academy who also training there. EMPF President Sharif Elerian underlined in this meeting that the Academy can be a pillar for the development of Modern Pentathlon for National Federations across Africa.

UIPM President Dr Schormann and EMPF President Elerian had a tour of the Madinaty Club in Cairo, where many Laser Run and other UIPM Sports competitions have already been organized.

The club management offers facilities for training and future possibilities of hosting Modern Pentathlon competitions and youth training camps for developing African nations there were discussed.

During a visit to the 57357 Children’s Cancer Hospital, President Elerian handed over a donation from the EMPF and the UIPM President joined this ceremony, where a group of young Egyptian athletes were also present and had the chance to meet some young patients.

The EMPF and UIPM Presidents also met in the Ministry of Youth and Sports with Minster Dr Ashraf Sobhy.

The Minister briefed President Schormann about various sporting projects of the Government of Egypt, which holds youth education through sport as a priority while also supporting high-profile sports.

The Olympic Movement is very important for Egypt and the traditionally close partnership between the Egyptian Government and UIPM was strengthened and underlined by the meeting and the continuing good friendship between Minister Sobhy and the UIPM President.

One of the VIP guests at UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo was the International Handball Federation (IHF) President, Dr Hassan Moustafa, a close friend to the UIPM President and Modern Pentathlon.

Dr Moustafa visited the competition, presented medals and had discussions with UIPM President Dr Schormann and EMPF President Elerian, who is also Secretary General and Executive Board Member of the Egyptian National Olympic Committee.

They talked about sport in Egypt and the country’s potential to act as a centre for sports development for African sports based on expert knowledge and a variety of excellent training and competition facilities.

They also spoke about the Coronavirus outbreak and possible implications for the qualification process for the Olympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020. They declared to think positively and to provide the best possible support for athletes and NFs, based on a strong sense of confidence that Tokyo 2020 will be big success for the Olympic movement.

During the World Cup the UIPM President met with two of the three Technical Delegates for Tokyo 2020, Bernhard Petruschinski (GER) and Agnes Deakne Kulcsar (HUN), to brief them on the sport-political situation, practical preparations for the Olympic Modern Pentathlon and their duties for the coming months linked to the Games.

President Dr Schormann also attended an athlete briefing session, arranged by UIPM Athletes Committee Chair Aya Medany, along with Secretary General Shiny Fang, Executive Board Member for Marketing Martin Dawe and NORCECA President Rob Stull.

UIPM Operations Director Alexandre Franca presented to the athletes on the proposed New Pentathlon format, which will introduce an elimination system to Modern Pentathlon after 2020.

The UIPM and EMPF Presidents with Dr Ashraf Sobhy, the Minister of Youth & Sports

Left to right: Hassan Hamdi (former Alahly sporting club president), Wagih Fahmy, Dr Hassan Moustafa (IHF President), Dr Klaus Schormann (UIPM President) and Sharif El-Erian (EMPF President)