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.