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Thomas Bach
Sign in to saveGerman fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013
Thomas Bach is a German lawyer and former fencer who has led the International Olympic Committee as its president since 2013. His role matters because he oversees the organization responsible for organizing the Olympic Games and promoting international sports cooperation worldwide.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Brandenburg
- Wissenschaftskorrespondenz
- "Gelehrte" Wissenschaft
- Naturforschung und Menschliche Geschichte
- Karl Christian Friedrich Krause
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1685-03-21
- Active to
- 1750-07-28
Discography
- Digital 3" Classics
- Oratorio de Noël1954
- St. Matthew Passion1954
- Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin1955
- Toccata en fa majeur / Concerto pour 2 trompettes en ut / Sonate en fa dièse, op. 78, « À Thérèse » / Symphonie n° 26 en mi bémol (K. 184) / Fantaisie‐impromptu, op. 66 / Carnaval romain, Ouverture1955
- The Goldberg Variations1956
- Concerti1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N°3 en do majeur / N°4 en mi bémol majeur1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N° 1 en sol majeur / N° 2 en ré mineur1957
- Suites pour violoncelle seul N° 5 en do mineur / N° 6 en ré majeur1957
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,867x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,608x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,614x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,745x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,780x
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Quotes
- “We know that the Olympic Games cannot create peace. But the Olympic Games can create a culture of peace that inspires the world. This is why I call on everyone who shares this Olympic spirit: let us live this culture of peace every single day.”
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 90
- Image
- 2023-01-27 Wintersport, Rodeln, 51th FIL World Championships-Oberhof 1DX 1777 by Stepro.jpg
- Height
- 171
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- Commons category
- Thomas Bach
- date of birth
- 1953-12-29
- name in native language
- Thomas Bach
- affiliation string
- International Olympic Committee (IOC)
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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Article
Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, sports adminstrator, and former foil fencer. He served as the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee, from 2013 to 2025. He was the first Olympic champion to be elected to that position, having won gold in the 1976 men's team foil. Since 2025, he has served as Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion as well as a team world champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.
Early life and education