- Klaus Kotter
Klaus Kotter (born
May 27 ,1934 ) was a West German-Germantax consultant who served as the third president of theFédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), serving as interim from 1978 to 1980, then as president from 1980 to 1994.Born in
Prien am Chiemsee , Kotter becametreasurer of the WestGerman Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (BSD, German since 1990 reunification). By the1976 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck , he was Olympic attache for the WestGerman Olympic Committee , the same year he was elected Vice President of the FIBT. In 1978, he was named interim FIBT President following the ill health of then-presidentAlmicare Rotta onItaly . Kotter was elected president in 1980, serving until 1994.In 1984, Kotter was named BSD president, a position he held until his 2004 retirement.
Kotter later received the
Olympic Order . He was also named an honorary past-president of FIBT, a position he continues to hold.References
* [http://www.fibt.com/uploads/media/Intro2007-08_03.pdf 2007-8 FIBT media guide featuring Kotter] - accessed April 12, 2008.
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/re-elections-within-the-german-federation.html?tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1083362400&tx_ttnews%5BpL%5D=2678399&tx_ttnews%5Barc%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&cHash=7c4553fcfa FIL-Luge.org May 27, 2004 article on Kotter's retirement from the BSD.] - accessed April 12, 2008.
*"Bobsleigh and Olympism". "Olympic Review". December 1984. p. 1014.
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