Luxembourg’s Olympic committee has a new president

An era ended at 4:56 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. This year’s Congress of the National Olympic Committee took place in Walferdingen. The COSL has received a new president. After three consecutive terms, André Hoffmann was not allowed to run for the mandate of the chairman. Hoffmann has been the head of the committee since April 2012, at that time he had taken over the post of Marc Theisen.

Michel Knepper is Hoffmann’s successor. The former chairman of the triathlon association was the only candidate. The 64-year-old has been a member of the board since 2013. At the side of Hoffmann, he was last the first of two vice presidents and also cashier.

There were some personnel changes on Saturday on Saturday. Alwin de Prins, Marie-Paule Hoffmann and Caroline Weber had decided in advance not to compete. While Carlo Goeres, Alex Goergen, Pol Marcy, Romain Seil and Lynn Spielmann were once again for election, Jill Altmann, Lynn Frank, Serge Schaul and Serge Schaul and Anne Kremer were four new names on the list presented by Knepper, which met with 96 percent approval on the part of the national sports associations. Christine Majerus, as President of the athlete Commission, also secured a place on the Board of Directors.

Engineer and triathlete

But who is the new COSL president? The fate at the top of the Fltri steered the married 64-year-old until 2009. When the Triathlon Association was founded in 2003, Knepper was one of the driving forces. He had previously had command at his home club Trilux in 1985, and that until 2023. In 1995 Knepper was part of the organization committee of the games of the small European countries in Luxembourg.

Cycling enthusiast Knepper began his professional career in 1989 as a deputy engineer in the Schroeder & Associés office. In 2007 he became managing director at K-Engineering as well as director and manager at Grossfeld Immobilière, the developer of the district district Cloche d’Or. He held the position until December last year. Knepper is also a lecturer at the University of Luxembourg.

Now he is at the head of the National Olympic Committee and is therefore the eleventh president of the Cosl. In general, there will not be great revolutions under Knepper. It will be a work in the continuity of recent years. The idea and application of the new version of the integrated sports concept is at the top of the priority list. The sport should find even more recognition in Luxembourg. In addition, the organization of Jpeee 2029 in Luxembourgers is to be a complete success.