Marius Vizer | |
|---|---|
 Marius Vizer, 2018 | |
| 9th President of IJF | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Yong Sung Park |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1958 Tinca,Romania |
| Alma mater | Military Academy |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Marius Vizer (born 7 November 1958) is a Romanian former judoka and judo coach,and businessman. Since 2007,he has been the president of the International Judo Federation. Vizer also holds an Austrian passport. [1]
Between 1995 and 2001,he was President of the Romanian Judo Federation. Between 2000 and 2007,Vizer was President of the European Judo Union. [2] And between 2013 and 2015,he was President of the SportAccord. [3]
Since 2007,he has been the president of the International Judo Federation. [4] [5]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February,all 31 of the other international Olympic sports organizations temporarily suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes. [6] Vizer,a long-time close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin,wanted to let Russians and Belarusians continue to compete as neutral athletes despite the invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Ukrainian pressure to suspend them entirely. [6] Ultimately,both national federations withdrew on their own accord,until June 2022 when they returned. [6] Ukraine boycotted IJF events beginning in June 2022 because the Russian team was allowed to compete in and entered competitions. Judo is one of the few Olympic sports which goes against the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee. [7]
He settled in Austria as a judo coach. In the 1990s,Vizer started importing vegetables and fruits from Romania to Austria,especially apples,while he exported banana and orange wagons to Romania. He then organized Telebingo in Romania,in collaboration with TVR,until the National Lottery closed it. [8]
He was the owner of the football clubs FC Bihor,Olimpia Salonta and FC Sopron. [9]
In 2015,Vizer married former Romanian singer Irina Nicolae after years of dating. They live in Budapest. On 2 February 2018,his wife gave birth to the couple's child,Scarlett-Maria. [10]
Vizer holds a 7th dan black belt in judo. He has a long friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than 25 years,and visited Putin in the Soviet Union. [11] [12]
Arash Miresmaeili is an Iranian judoka. He now serves as the President of the Iranian Judo Federation.
The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime,commonly known by the acronym FIE,is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. Today,its head office is at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne,Switzerland. The FIE is composed of 155 national federations,each of which is recognized by its country's Olympic Committee as the sole representative of Olympic-style fencing in that country.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne,Switzerland,and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. 157 countries are affiliated with the ICF after seven national federations were added at the 2008 ICF Congress in Rome.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo,founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo,according to the IJF.
The most popular sport in Russia is soccer. According to Yandex search analysis results rating of the most popular sports among Russians:"Football topped the list of the most popular sports in Russia" with 5 to 10 million requests. Ice hockey came in second with handball,basketball,futsal,boxing,auto racing,volleyball,athletics,tennis,and chess rounding out the top ten rankings. Other popular sports include bandy,biathlon,figure skating,weightlifting,gymnastics,wrestling,martial arts,rugby union,and skiing.
The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships,and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena,usually called Arena Multiuso,that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games,in Jacarepaguá,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil from September 13 to September 16,2007.
Moldova–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation,two Eastern European,post-Soviet,ex-communist countries. Russian support for the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria) and a substantial Russian military presence therein strained Moldovan relations with Russia.
The European Judo Federation consists of 51 national Judo federations/associations,and is itself recognised by the International Judo Federation as one of five continental unions. The organisation of the administration of Judo is based on a pyramid system of regulations,with the IJF the world governing body,the EJU the European governing body,and national Judo associations the governing bodies at domestic level.
The World Combat Games is an international multi-sport event featuring combat sports and martial arts. The games were founded by SportAccord as a way of bringing various martial arts and combative sports to an international audience. The World Combat Games are also accompanied by a cultural program that reflects the ancient traditions and values of martial arts as well as their contribution to modern society. The games are recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
The Russian Triathlon Federation is the official national governing body for the sports of triathlon,duathlon and winter triathlon and represents Russia in World Triathlon.
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured around 393,128 judoka competing in 15 events,seven each for both men and women as well as a new mixed team event. The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,and the judo competitions were held in July 2021 at Nippon Budokan.
The Austrian Judo Federation is the national organisation for judo in Austria. The president is POIGER Martin. The Austrian Judo Federation is affiliated with the International Judo Federation. Its headquarters are in Vienna.
The 2014 World Judo Championships were held in Chelyabinsk,Russia,from 25 to 31 August 2014,in the Traktor Ice Arena. Each participating country was permitted to present a total of 18 men and women judokas to participate in the 14 weight categories,but no more than two judokas from the same country were allowed to fight in the same category.
The Men's 73 kg competition in judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 26 July 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The 2022 Judo Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar was held at the Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia,from 24 to 26 June 2022 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,all of the other 31 Summer Olympic sports organizations other than the IJF have suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from their competitions. But IJF President Marius Vizer,a long-time close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin,wanted instead to let Russians and Belarusians continue to compete as neutral athletes. Ukraine boycotted the event because the Russian team was allowed to compete;Russia entered 24 competitors in the competition. Allowing Russians to compete went against the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee.
Since early 2022,Russia and Belarus have been boycotted by many companies and organizations in Europe,North America,Australasia,and elsewhere,in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine,which is supported by Belarus. As of 2 July 2022,the Yale School of Management recorded more than 1,000 companies withdrawing or divesting themselves from Russia,either as a result of sanctions or in protest of Russian actions.
The 2022 Moscow rally,officially known in Russia as "For a world without Nazism",was a political rally and concert at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 18 March 2022,which marked the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. President Vladimir Putin spoke at the event,justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine and praising Russian troops,to a crowd of 200,000 people,per Moscow City Police. Outlets including the BBC and the Moscow Times reported that state employees were transported to the venue,and other attendees were paid or forced to attend.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine led to widespread international condemnation by political parties and international organisations,as well as by people and groups in the areas of entertainment,media,business,and sport,where boycotts of Russia and Belarus also took place.
The 2023 World Judo Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha,Qatar,from 7 to 14 May 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period,concluding with a mixed team event on the final day.
On 18 September 2022,protests in Moldova began in the capital city of Chișinău,demanding the resignation of the country's pro-Western government,amid an energy crisis causing rising natural gas prices and inflation,caused in part by the war in Ukraine.
