23. Januar 2010  
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

Georges Guelzec starts his UEG Presidency

From today on, the former French Olympic gymnast Georges GUELZEC (62) takes over as president of the European Gymnastics Union (UEG).
Guelzec defeated former president Dimitrios Dimitropoulos of Greece on 2009, November  7. A native of Nantes (FRA) Guelzec has experienced gymnastics at every level. After ten years on the French national team, including appearances in European (1969, '73) and Worlds (1970), as well as the 1972 Munich Olympics, Guelzec worked for 35 years as a coach at La Nantaise, but also an international judge and held positions within the French Federation and the UEG and was elected 2003 as vice-president. 
* Last week the > UEG published an Interview