Klaus Kotter
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Klaus Kotter (27 May 1934 – 13 May 2010) was a
West German West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital c ...
-German tax consultant who served as the third president of the
Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is the international sports federation for the sliding sports of Bobsleigh and Skeleton. It was founded on 23 November 1923 by the delegates of Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Canada, ...
(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 Prien am Chiemsee (official: , High German [], Bavarian (local) dialect []) is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim in Germany. The town is a certified Luftkurort, air and Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp sp ...
, Kotter became treasurer of the West
German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (, BSD) is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany. It is the German representative both to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and the International Luge F ...
(BSD, German since 1990 reunification). By the
1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...
in
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, he was Olympic attache for the West
German Olympic Committee The German Olympic Sports Confederation (, DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded a ...
, 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-president
Almicare Rotta Amilcare Rotta (1 November 1911 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian bobsledder who became the second president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT – International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), servin ...
on Italy. Kotter was elected president in 1980, serving until 1994. In 1986, Kotter was named BSD president, a position he held until his 2004 retirement. During his tenure, he kept all four bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks in Germany from being sold in 1999, against the wishes of the German Federal Audit Office. Kotter received the
Olympic Order The Olympic Order, established in 1975, is the highest award of the Olympic Movement. It is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement, i.e. recognition of efforts worthy of merit in the cause of sport. Tradit ...
in 1999. He was also named an honorary past-president of FIBT, a position he held up until his death.


References

* * * * * * "Bobsleigh and Olympism". ''Olympic Review''. December 1984. p. 1014. 1934 births 2010 deaths Businesspeople from Bavaria German male bobsledders Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany People from Rosenheim (district) 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub