Vitali Smirnov


Vitali Georgyevich Smirnov is a former Russian member of the International Olympic Committee.

Career

1970—1975 — First Vice-Minister of Sport of the USSR;
1981—1990 — Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation

Sports administration

1975—1981 — Executive President of the Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980.
1990—1992 — USSR National Olympic Committee President.
1992—2001 — Russian National Olympic Committee President.

IOC History

1974—1978, 1986—1990 — Member of the Executive Board of the IOC;
1978—1982, 1990—1994, 2001—2005 — Vice-President of the IOC ;
1992—1998 — Chairman of the Eligibility Commission;
1978—1982, 1991—1995, 2003—2004 — member of the Council of the Olympic Order.

Honours and awards