At the 75th General Assembly of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association in Villach on Saturday, Dr. Klaus Hartmann elected new president. The new four-member Presidium would like to continue the positive development of Austrian ice hockey.
For the first time in many years, there were two lists in the election for the new Presidium of the Austrian Ice Hockey Association. At the 75th General Assembly in Villach, the club representatives present Dr. Klaus Hartmann elected new president on Saturday. The year-old Villacher prevailed against the previous president Mag. Gernot Mittendorfer with 133 to 121 votes.
In the new four-member Presidium, Hartmann Dr. Nicolas Stockhammer, Günther Ropatsch and Mag. Yasmin Sarina Stepina as Vice Presidents. The new arbitral tribunal is made up of Dr. Peter Klumpp, Mag. Hannes Arneitz and Dr. Alexander Tomanek together.
“Our election motto was ‘integrate instead of exclude’, and that’s how we want to start over the next four years,” said the newly elected President Dr. Hartmann in a first reaction. “The whole Austrian ice hockey family is important to us, children, seniors, para ice hockey, top and popular sports. We will have all the discussions that are involved in Austrian ice hockey and that want to lead our ice hockey into a successful future. Every child, regardless of their level, should have the opportunity to practice ice hockey. We want to bring more children to ice hockey through recruiting concepts. Of course, it is very important to us to be among the best ice hockey nations worldwide and to play again in the A group for women and men. The federal performance center in Villach is a matter close to our heart and we hope that we can implement this as soon as possible. In the next few weeks, it will be important for ice hockey that orderly game play will soon be possible again after the corona-related break. “
Before the presidium was elected, the canceled ice hockey season was reviewed at the general assembly and the success of the national teams was emphasized. In addition, Peter Schramm, who says goodbye to the post of Vice President after more than 20 years in the ice hockey board, received the Silver Medal of Honor of the Republic of Austria.
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