FISU President Oleg Matytsin picked to lead international university sport

TURIN, Italy – First elected as the leader of the university sports movement in 2015, Oleg

Matytsin was rewarded by members of the International University Sports Federation (FISU)

with a further four-year term as President during the second and final day of the 36th FISU

General Assembly. In a historic development, Penninah Aligawesa Kabenge was elected the

first-ever female Vice President of the Federation.

"Thank you for trusting me to lead the university sport movement for another four years.

Let’s do our best for the future of FISU," Matytsin said. "As we celebrate our 70th anniversary

and the 60th anniversary of the Universiade, I believe we can say with confidence that FISU is

stronger now than ever before. We look to the future with a renewed sense of purpose."

"I’m very happy," said Kabenge. "Not just because I have become the first female Vice

President of FISU but because I’m really looking to make an impact. My colleagues will be

relying on me to make sure their voice is heard in FISU. I am very thankful for the confidence

that everybody has shown in me today."

The four-year term of the Executive Committee officials elected in Turin will cover

Universiades to be held in Lucerne and Chengdu in 2021 and Lake Placid and Ekaterinberg in

2023. Representatives of all four organising committees were present to give updates

regarding their preparations.

The FISU First Vice-President, Treasurer and Senior Executive Committee Member positions

were also appointed by acclamation. The posts will continue to be served until the 2023

General Assembly by Leonz Eder (SUI), Bayasgalan Danzandorj (MGL), and Verena Burk

(GER) respectively. All four were initially elected during the 2015 General Assembly held in

Lausanne, Switzerland.

During the 35th General Assembly held in Taipei City in 2017, the FISU leadership had

proposed and passed a five-term limit for Executive Committee members, with no more than

three terms in a single post. These limits will apply to the FISU Executive Board members

elected in Turin today, with the results of the elections as follows:

FISU President: Oleg Matytsin (RUS)

FISU First-Vice President: Leonz Eder (SUI)

FISU Vice Presidents (4):

Luciano Cabral (BRA)

Marian Dymalski (POL)

Penninah A Kabenge (UGA)

​Shen Zhen (CHN)

FISU Treasurer: Bayasgalan Danzandorj (MGL)

FISU Senior Executive Committee Member: Verena Burk (GER)

FISU Executive Committee Members (15):

Byong Jin YOU (KOR)

Lorenzo LENTINI (ITA)

Hisato IGARASHI (JPN)

Ching Yu TSENG (TPE)

Rosaura MENDEZ (CRC)

Delise O’MEALLY (USA)

Omar AL HAI (UAE)

Martin DOULTON (AUS)

Leopold SENGHOR (SEN)

Kairat ZAKIRYANOV (KAZ)

Gabriel KOTCHOFA (BEN)

Emiliano OJEA (ARG)

Kenny CHOW (HKG)

Kemal TAMER (TUR)

Marko ZUNIC (CRO)

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