Georges Guelzec Re-elected European Union of Gymnastics President

The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) has re-elected Georges Guelzec as their President it was announced at the annual congress in Portorož, Slovenia.

The 67-year-old Frenchman received 40 of the 41 ballot votes after standing unopposed for the position, which he has held since 2009 when he succeeded Greece’s Dimitrios Dimitropoulos.

Guelzec said:”I have observed with great satisfaction the spirit of solidarity and unanimity prevailing within the UEG,”

“Everyone supports the projects we develop. We deliberately decided to anticipate the challenges ahead in a proactive policy.

“One of them will be the first European Games in Baku in 2015, in which gymnastics will participate with all its diversity, with all its Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines.”

Also Azerbaijan’s Fahrid Gayibov was elected vice-president of the body joining Ruedi Hediger of Switzerland and Malin Eggertz Forsmark of Sweden who were re-elected.