Mario Vázquez Raña

Mario Vázquez Raña (born 7 June 1932, in Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who has served on both national and Olympic committees. As of 2009, he is a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and President of the both the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

On 5 April 2008, Vázquez Raña received international press attention for his statement that the situation in Tibet "is a Chinese problem" that is "not an issue for the Olympic Games." ^[1]

Career

• President of the Board of Directors of the Hermanos Vázquez Company (1960-1980);
• President and Director General of the Organización Editorial Mexicana (1975-) the largest newspaper company in Latin America, "Cartones Ponderosa" (2001-) and
• owned United Press International (1985-1988) ^[2][3]

Sports

Participation in shooting competitions at national and international level in 1960. grupo star (2010)

Sports Administration

• President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1969-1974);
• President of the American Shooting Confederation (1973-1979);
• Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1973-1976);
• member of the Mexican Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Mexicano) (1972- ) then
  • President (1974-2001);
• President of the PanAmerican Games Organization Committee (1975);
• President, Pan American Sports Organization (1975- );
• President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) (1979- )

Positions with the IOC

• Member of the Executive Board as representative of NOCs (2000-);
• Vice-Chairman of the Olympic Solidarity Commission (1979-1996),
  • Deputy Chairman (1997-2001) then
  • Chairman (2002-);
• member of the following Commissions:
  • Olympic Movement (1990-1999),
  • Preparation of the XII Olympic Congress (1990-1994),
  • Apartheid and Olympism (1990-1992),
  • "IOC 2000" (Executive Committee, 1999),
  • Marketing (2000),
  • IOC 2000 Reform Follow-up (2002).

Awards

In 1986 Vázquez received the Eagle Award from the United States Sports Academy. The Eagle Award is the Academy's highest international honor and was awarded to Vázquez for his significant contributions in promoting international harmony, peace, and goodwill through the effective use of sport.^[4]

See also

• Organización Editorial Mexicana

References

1. ^ "Vazquez: A boycott of Beijing Olympic would be 'serious error'". ESPN. April 5, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=3330935. Retrieved January 24, 2010. 
2. ^ Rana buys UPI
3. ^ "Communications: Mexican Connection for U.P.I.", Business Notes, Time Magazine
4. ^ http://www.fisu.net/en/News-210108-FISU-President-Receives-USSA-Award-2133.html

Additional references

1. IOC bio

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