Renato Bertrandi Re-Elected European Triathlon Union President

Renato Bertrandi was has been re-elected as the President of the European Triathlon Union.

The Italian (pictured fourth from the right) has been interim President of the ETU since Eilat last year, adiposity but will now serve a full four year term until 2017.

Dr Sarah Springman stepped down from the ETU board which allowed Denis Jaeger to be elected to the role of Vice President.

Ian Howard (GBR) and Chris Kitchen (IRE) were elected to the ETU Board, see replacing Henrique Arraiolos (POR) and George Yerolympos (GRE).

Secretary General Kathleen Smet (BEL), Treasurer Alicia Garcia (ESP) and Board members Eugene Kraus (LUX) and Kris Piatkowski (POL) were all re-elected and retain their positions on the Board.

In line with the constitution, the Board should elect a third Woman onto the Board and they will now begin the process of co-opting another member. This will be for a period of one year before the next Annual General Assembly were there will be elections for one position on the Board.

Mr Bertrandi said: “I was very happy to see so much participation at the Congress, also by the two National Federations that are, at present, just provisional members, Georgia and Armenia.

“There was a great spirit of collaboration and friendliness among all Federations that made the overall Congress constructive and focused on the challenging tasks that we will face in the years to come.

“The new Executive Board and almost all Committees are completed or they will be by mid July. By mid July, two commissions will be created, one to work on Races and the other on Marketing.  After having completed the financial recovery we now have to explore, in a structured way, the possibility of getting financial help from partners interested into our product and values.”