Index – Sport – Can Gyulay or Gyulai change Kulcsár at the head of the MOB?

Previously on Index also reported that the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) will hold an extraordinary general meeting on December 30, one of the two items on the agenda of which is a vote of confidence in the person of the reigning chairman Krisztián Kulcsár. The general meeting was initiated by the head of the committee.

According to press reports, several people complain about Kulcsár’s leadership style and contradictory aspirations after dropping several Olympic champions and legendary athletes from the MOB by drastically reducing the size of the general assembly, and the new statutes would have nominated most of the members in the future.

Nine of the 14 members of the MOB board they withdrew their trust From President Krisztián Kulcsár. The Index he also reported that the sports director would like to take the place of Paul Schmitt, who is leaving the International Olympic Committee next year.

A Telex According to Tuesday’s article, although opponents of Kulcsár have not yet come forward with the successor, it is no secret that the name of the Olympic champion kayak Zsolt Gyulay, as well as Márton Gyulai, a member of the Council of the European Athletics Association, has emerged as a possible successor candidate.

(Cover image: Zsolt Gyulay, Olympic and world champion, will give a kayaking speech at the handover of the new Vác water tour stop and rowing supply center on June 24, 2021. Zoltán Máthé / MTI)

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