Thomas Bach

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His Excellency Thomas Bach OLY
Bach in 2014
9th President of the International Olympic Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 September 2013
Preceded by	Jacques Rogge
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-29) 29 December 1953 (age 70) Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Alma mater	University of Würzburg (Dr. iur. utr.)
Profession	Lawyer
Signature
Sports career
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport	Fencing
Club	Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim[1]
Medal record Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montréal Foil, team World Championships 1977 Buenos Aires Foil, team 1973 Gothenburg Foil, team 1979 Melbourne Foil, team

Thomas Bach OLY^[2] (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, former foil fencer, and Olympic gold medalist. He has served as the ninth and current president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013, the first ever Olympic champion to be elected to that position. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.