Ruth Ospelt

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Ruth Ospelt
Born1959 (1959)
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Ruth Ospelt (born 1959) is a Liechtenstein businesswoman who was the president of FC Vaduz.

Life and career

Ospelt was born in 1959 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. She was born to a Catholic father and a Protestant mother. She studied ceramics. She was described as "worked as a nanny in Chicago and as a kiosk salesperson, she has been employed by a TV station and the Vaduz Art Museum, she has worked as a software trainer and telephone operator at a bank". [1] She also worked as a manager for glass production company Swarovski. She quit that job at the age of thirty-five to travel through Central America for a year and learnt the Spanish language. She has been involved in a number of humanitarian initiatives. [2]

In 2003, she applied to become secretary of FC Vaduz. In 2010, she was appointed vice-president of FC Vaduz. In 2013, she was appointed president of FC Vaduz. She became the second female president of a club in the Swiss professional leagues. She helped them achieve promotion in 2014. She suffered relegation in 2017. [3] In 2019, she resigned as president of the club. She was replaced as president by Liechtenstein international Patrick Burgmeier.

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References

  1. ↑ Steffen, Christine (5 February 2016). "Fussballpräsident, weiblich". Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
  2. ↑ "Die Charme-Offensive aus dem «Ländle»". suedostschweiz.ch. 5 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Die ehemalige Vaduz-Präsidentin Ruth Ospelt über Frauen im Spitzensport: «Als Frau bist du immer eine Aussenseiterin»". aargauerzeitung.ch. 25 April 2020.
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