Smirnov, Vitaly G.

Born February 14, 1935 in Khabarovsk. Married. Has three sons.

After graduating in 1958, the State Central Order of Lenin Institute of Physical Culture (GTSOLIFK) worked in the Department of Physical Education and Sport of the Moscow Regional Committee of the Komsomol. In 1960 he headed the Moscow Regional Soviet Union, sports associations and organizations. Since 1962, VG Smirnov - elective Komsomol and party work. In 1970 he became deputy chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport at the Council of Ministers of the USSR, and from March 1977. - First Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee of XXII Olympic Games 1980 in Moscow. In 1981, VG Smirnov was appointed chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sport at the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In 1990 he was elected chairman of the Olympic Committee of the USSR, and in 1992 - the president of the Olympic Committee of Russia. In 1996 he was re-elected president of the ROC for the next four-year Olympic cycle. Since 1971, VG Smirnov - a member of the International Olympic Committee. Twice - from 1974 to 1978 i.i. and from 1986 to 1990 i.i. - He was a member of the IOC Executive Board and twice - from 1978 to 1982 i.i. and from 1991 to 1995 i.i. - Served as vice president of this organization. In addition, VG Smirnov was a member of and chaired various commissions of the IOC. From 1992 to the present time, he - president of the IOC Commission for the admission

. Gainful employment VG Smirnov, . his services to the domestic sports and international sports and Olympic movement marked by Orders of the USSR and Russia, . including the Order of Honor "(1976), . Order of Friendship of Nations "(1980), . Order of Red Banner of Labor (1985), . Order of Honor (1994), . as well as awards Bulgaria, . Spain, . other countries.,

. Keen tennis
. Avid hunter. Lives and works in Moscow. Address: 119871, Moscow, Luzhnetskaya Embankment, 8.

Lives and works in Moscow.