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With so many IOC members now being accused of corruption, it's getting difficult for even the most seasoned observers to keep track of just who's accused of bribing who. Accordingly, the Special Duties team here at PortIce have put together this handy table of current and recently disgraced IOC members to enable you to tell at a glance who's a gold medal sleazebag as opposed to merely an also-ran:
The quick and easy guide to corruption in the IOC
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy" - Obi-wan Kenobi, "Star Wars"
CORRUPT PRACTICES CODES:
BR: Bribery & Corruption - gifts and straight out cash backhanders
CI: Conflicts of Interest - coporate lackeys on the payroll of big business
DO: Doping - turning a blind eye to drugs
EV: Enviro-Vandal - polluters and pillagers of the earth's natural resources
FX: the Fixer - rigging the outcomes of sports events
GH: General Hospital - who needs Blue Cross when you've got the Olympic rings?
HU: the Hustler - other miscellaneous frauds, swindles, and outright theft
IL: Ivy League - places at posh universities
JB: Jobs for the Boys - cushy jobs for friends and relatives
LL: Limousine Lifestyles - nothing's too good for these guys; first class air travel,
five star hotels and plenty of booze
MOB: Gangsters and organized crime - dead horses and offers you can't refuse
MOM: Merchants of Menace - arms dealers selling death for the right price
PI: Political Incorrectness - Fascists, Commies, dictators and their friends
RB: Rich Bastard - big businessmen who have bought their way onto the IOC
XXX: X-Rated - pimps, hookers, sexual harassment and enough shagging to make Johnny "Wadd" Holmes blush!
All monetary figures are in US dollars unless otherwise stated
| Member | Country | Year of joining IOC | Status | Code | Comments |
| Major General Henry Edmund Olufemi ADEFOPE | Nigeria | 1985 | Exonerated of wrongdoing | PI, LL, BR, GH | A senior figure in one of Africa's more brutal military dictatorships. Was accused of accepting a large pile of basketball videotapes, plus surgery and travel for his wife. No evidence was produced in regard to the tapes, and he turned down the offers of having the travel and surgery paid for by SLC |
| Tamas AJAN | Hungary | 2000 | |||
| Syed Shahid ALI | Pakistan | 1959 | Honorary member | ||
| Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH | Kuwait | 1992 | PI, RB, BR | This super-rich Arab playboy's family has ruled Kuwait since they abolished the parliament in 1986. A hopeless "jack of no trades" with no sports or administration experience, Al-Sabah spent the Gulf War partying in Saudi Arabia while UN troops liberated his country, then returned to follow in his late father's footsteps by bribing his way to the top of regional sporting organizations. | |
| Tamim bin Hamad AL-THANI | Qatar | 2002 | |||
| Roland BAAR | Germany | 1999 | |||
| Agustin C. ARROYO | Ecuador | 1968 | Expelled | JB, IL, BR | His stepdaughter worked for SLC bid committee and Utah state govt, received tuition assistance and $19,000; had her Amex card paid by SLC |
| Bashir M. ATTARABULSI | Libya | 1977 | Resigned | IL | Son received tuition at two Utah universities, plus $700 per month living expenses from SLC |
| Thomas BACH | Germany | 1991 | XXX, CI | The IOC's answer to "Huggie Bear": recently declassified top-secret files from the archives of the Stasi (the former East German secret police) claim that this guy organized supplies of prostitutes in order to win a sports election. Was at one stage an attorney for Adidas | |
| Berthold BEITZ | Germany | 1972 | Honorary member | ||
| Fernando Ferreira Lima BELLO | Portugal | 1989 | |||
| Joseph BLATTER | Switzerland | 1999 | CI, BR | Havelange's successor at FIFA; a crony of the late Horst Dassler, the shoe magnate who was the major driving force in the commercialization of the Olympics. Currently at the center of a massive corruption investigation in Switzerland involving £70 million in bribes allegedly paid by now-defunct sports marketing company ISL to FIFA officials. | |
| Dona Pilar De BORBON | Spain | 1996 | |||
| Valeriy BORZOV | Ukraine | 1994 | |||
| Els Van BREDA VRIESMAN | The Netherlands | 2001 | |||
| Sergei BUBKA | Ukraine | 1999 | |||
| Franco CARRARO | Italy | 1982 | FX | Given a four and a half year ban from Italian soccer after being implicated in a match-fixing scandal, but ban was later replaced by a fine of € 80,000. May be facing criminal charges soon as well. Now works as a banker. IOC "Ethics Commission" took no action. | |
| Richard L. CARRION | Puerto Rico | 1990 | CI, RB | A banker and a director of major Olympic sponsor Visa International in Latin America. | |
| Vera CASLAVSKA | Czech Republic | 1995 | |||
| Vladimir CERNUSAK | Slovakia | 1981 | Honorary Member | PI, LL | Communist party hack from the cold war era. Sydney bid committee was found to have paid for excessive side trips or stopovers |
| Patrick S. CHAMUNDA | Zambia | 2002 | |||
| Ung CHANG | North Korea | 1996 | PI | ||
| Ottavio CINQUANTA | Italy | 1996 | BR | Head of the International Skating Union, the body that controls eligible figure skating, Cinquanta has many nicknames, the most printable of which is "The Speedskater". A lawsuit filed by the World Skating Federation, a rival to the ISU, claimed Cinquanta receives kickbacks from TV contracts, but no evidence was provided. | |
| John Dowling COATES | Australia | 2001 | |||
| Phillip Walter COLES | Australia | 1982 | Given "severe censure" | LL, BR | Gold medal freeloader - got 60 grands worth of free hospitality from SLC, including trips to ski resorts and Superbowl tickets. There are also allegations he received $10,000 worth of jewelry from a businessman associated with the Athens bid. Further evidence has emerged suggesting he supplied info about other IOC members to SLC. Has resigned from Australian Olympic Committee, but amazingly is still allowed to continue on the IOC. |
| King CONSTANTINE | Greece | 1960 | Honorary member | ||
| Phil CRAVEN | UK | 2003 | |||
| Charmaine CROOKS | Canada | 1999 | |||
| Robert CTVRTLIK | USA | 1999 | |||
| Anita DEFRANTZ | USA | 1986 | A senior SLC official claims DeFrantz knew all about the bribery scheme | ||
| Lamine DIACK | Senegal | 1999 | |||
| Alpha Ibrahim DIALLO | Guinea | 1994 | |||
| Ivan DIBOS | Peru | 1982 | LL, BR | His visit to Berlin for their bid in 1985 cost DM 27,000. Together with IOC member Carlos Ferrer of Spain, he tried to get the Berlin committee to get him an exclusive distributorship for VW's in Peru. | |
| Manuela DICENTA | Italy | 1999 | |||
| Guy DRUT | France | 1996 | JB, BR | Gold medal-winner at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Was given a 15-month suspended jail sentence and fined $60,000 in a political scandal in Paris. Apparently he took a salary for a job that didn't exist. Was suspended in 2005, but is now back in the IOC after President Chirac later pardoned him. | |
| James L. EASTON | USA | 1994 | CI | Major manufacturer of sports equipment. | |
| Francisco J. ELIZALDE | Philippines | 1985 | LL | Was given a free ride by private jet from England to watch a World Cup soccer game in Sardinia by Manchester Olympic bid committee | |
| Nawal EL MOUTAWAKEL | Morroco | 1998 | |||
| Gunnar ERICSSON | Sweden | 1965 | Honorary Member | ||
| Rene ESSOMBA | Cameroon | 1978 | Deceased | IL | Daughter allegedly received tuition assistance from SLC |
| Manuel ESTIARTE | Spain | 2000 | |||
| Prince Faisal FAHD ABDUL AZIZ | Saudi Arabia | 1982 | Deceased | PI, RB, BR, XXX, MOM | Only ever attended six IOC meetings. Bribed his way to the top of Saudi sport and amassed a huge fortune through arms dealing. Allegedly involved in a sex scandal on one of his rare visits to Lausanne. |
| Nawaf Faisal FAHD ABDUL AZIZ | Saudi Arabia | 2002 | |||
| Rene FASEL | Switzerland | 1995 | |||
| Carlos FERRER | Spain | 1985 | no longer listed as member | BR | Tried to help Ivan Dibos, above, get an exclusive VW distributorship using the Berlin bid committee. |
| Nikos FILARETOS | Greece | 1981 | |||
| Timothy Tsun Ting FOK | Hong Kong, China | 2001 | |||
| General Zein El Abdin Ahmed Abdel GADIR | Sudan | 1983-87, 1990- | Expelled | PI, IL, LL | Another henchman in a military junta, accepted money as a "loan" for his son's studies in the US. Also ran up a bill of DM 3,115 for room service while in Berlin. |
| Jean Claude GANGA | Congo | 1986 | Expelled | BR | Received $216,000 worth of bribes from SLC, made huge profit on crooked land deal; wanted a bribe of car parts from Cape Town; shared bank account with SLC member. Has vowed to fight his expulsion, so with luck, he may reveal even more dirt on other members |
| Anton GEESINK | The Netherlands | 1987 | Given warning | BR | received bribe from SLC to buy a vehicle |
| Alex GILADY | Israel | 1994 | CI | Works for NBC network as VP of sports | |
| Mary Alison GLEN-HAIG | UK | 1982 | Honorary member | ||
| Reynaldo GONZALEZ LOPEZ | Cuba | 1995 | PI | ||
| Kevan GOSPER | Australia | 1977 | Was under investigation, current status unknown | LL | Gosper and his family were given free trip to Utah ski resort, ski clothes and tickets to Billy Joel concert. Claims to have offered to pay for all this, but no receipts have ever emerged. A former Lloyds "Name", he was horribly burned by that company's financial problems, to the tune of £150,000. Caused a huge stink in Australia just before the Sydney Games when another child was dumped from the Olympic torch relay so his daughter could take part instead |
| Bruno GRANDI | Italy | 2000 | |||
| Louis GUIRANDOU-N'DIAYE | Ivory Coast | 1969 | Given "serious warning" - no longer listed as member | BR | Took $5000 from Salt Lake, supposedly for "sports development" in his country |
| Pirjo HAEGGEMAN | Finland | 1981 | Resigned | JB | Her husband was given cushy jobs by Toronto and SLC organizing committees; also lived rent free for several months at Toronto taxpayers expense |
| Abdel Mohamed HALIM | Sudan | 1968 | Honorary member | ||
| Tan Seri HAMZAH BIN HAJI ABU SAMAH | Malaysia | 1978 | |||
| Mohamad Bob HASAN | Indonesia | 1994 | Expelled | PI, RB, EV | A prominent banker and former Minister of Industry and Trade in ex-President Suharto's government, Hasan is one of the world's biggest rainforest loggers and is suspected of being responsible for the fires that produced a huge smog problem in Asia a few years back. He's also been accused of mounting an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Dayak people of Borneo. Another crony capitalist in a corrupt dictatorship, Hasan's fortune is estimated at over $US 3 billion. Served four years of a six year sentence on charges of embezzling over $US 200 million, though that didn't stop the IOC trying to get him let out to attend the Sydney Games. Expelled in August 2004. |
| Mostafa HASHEMI TABA | Iran | 2000 | |||
| Joao HAVELANGE | Brazil | 1963 | RB, PI, MOM | This rich Brazilian businessman and former head of FIFA is one of the leading culprits in the conversion of the Olympics into a commercial entity. A friend of the late Adidas head Horst Dassler, and also helped Samaranch get elected as IOC President. A recent book by British investigative journalist David Yallop claims Havelange is a major arms dealer who helped to supply the Brazilian military dictatorship with armaments | |
| Eduardo HAY | Mexico | 1974 | Honorary member | ||
| Issa HAYATOU | Cameroon | 2001 | |||
| Zhenliang HE | China | 1981 | PI, DO | The last remaining communist dictatorship of substantial size, China has for years practised organized doping of its athletes | |
| Gerhard HEIBERG | Norway | 1994 | |||
| Günther HEINZE | Germany | 1981 | Honorary member | ||
| Paul HENDERSON | Canada | 2000 | |||
| Maurice HERZOG | France | 1970 | Honorary member | ||
| Patrick HICKEY | Ireland | 1995 | |||
| Marc HODLER | Switzerland | 1963 | blew the whistle in December 1998 | ||
| Niels HOLST-SORENSEN | Denmark | 1977 | Honorary member | LL | Attended French open tennis final with his wife in 1993 at Sydney bid committee's expense; also guilty of other junketing in excess of allowed limits |
| Kai HOLM | Denmark | 2002 | |||
| Henry Heng HSU | Taiwan | 1970 | Honorary member | ||
| Chiharu IGAYA | Japan | 1982 | |||
| Nat INDRAPANA | Thailand | 1990 | An endangered species, but apparently they do exist -an HONEST member of the IOC! Indrapana reported an attempt by a Taekwondo official to give him what was possibly a bribe in 2007. | ||
| Flor ISAVA-FONSECA | Venezuela | 1981 | Honorary member | LL | Spent most of her visit to Berlin wining and dining in expensive restaurants, rather than inspecting Olympic facilities. |
| Willi KALTSCHMITT LUJAN | Guatemala | 1988 | Given "less severe" warning | LL | SLC bid committee paid for vacations for himself and Coles (see above) |
| Gian-Franco KASPER | Switzerland | 2000 | |||
| Kipchoge KEINO | Kenya | 2000 | |||
| Lamine KEITA | Mali | 1977 | Expelled | IL, LL | His son received 6 grand for tuition fees and monthly checks of $500 from SLC; says he will defend his actions. Ran up a DM 2,500 phone bill while in Berlin checking out their campaign. |
| Toni KHOURI | Lebanon | 1995 | |||
| Jean-Claude KILLY | France | 1995 | CI | A rarity in the IOC; a member who was actually a sporting champion. A director of Coke's French division. | |
| Dr. Un Yong KIM | Korea | 1986 | Given "severe censure", Suspended. Resigned in 2005 | BR, JB, PI, IL | Worked as bodyguard for Korean president and in Korean secret police; helped Vitaly Smirnov get tuition assitance for a Russian woman; got his pianist daughter concert performances with Berlin Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony and Utah Symphony; SLC got his son a job with TV firm. Reckoned by many to be an agent for the Korean CIA who was involved in kidnapping dissidents back to Korea from the U.S. in the 1970's. In June 2004 was sentenced to 2.5 years jail and fined $600 000 on bribery charges. |
| Jari KURRI | Finland | 2002 | |||
| Ashwini KUMAR | India | 1973 | Exonerated - now Honorary Member | IL, LL | Tried to get the Manchester committee to wangle a place for his daughter at the London School of Economics. Accused of excessive travel expenditure at SLC's expense, but cleared. |
| Mustapha LARFAOUI | Algeria | 1995 | |||
| Kikis N. LAZARIDES | Cyprus | 2002 | |||
| Kun Hee LEE | Korea | 1996 | Suspended 2006 | RB, BR, HU, PI | Chairman of Samsung, one of Korea's biggest conglomerates. Bought his way into the IOC with a huge donation. Was given a 2-year suspended jail sentence for trying to backhand a former president with a $500 million bribe. Recently convicted on charges of tax evasion totalling $US 108 million. Was given 3 year sentence (suspended, of course) and a fine equivalent to the evaded tax. |
| Carol Anne LETHEREN | Canada | 1990 | no longer listed as member | CI | Was a member of several consulting firms that obtained substantial contracts from the Toronto bid committee which she was serving on at the time. Organized an exhibition of Toller Cranston's paintings, one of which was taken by Samaranch, supposedly for his IOC museum |
| Princess Nora De LIECHTENSTEIN | Liechtenstein | 1984 | |||
| Gunilla LINDBERG | Sweden | 1996 | |||
| Arne LJUNGQVIST | Sweden | 1994 | |||
| Shengrong LU | China | 1996 | no longer listed as member | PI, DO | See comments about China under He Zhenliang |
| Prince Henri de LUXEMBOURG | Luxembourg | 1998 | |||
| Jean de LUXEMBOURG | Luxembourg | 1946 | Honorary member | ||
| Julio Cesar MAGLIONE | Uraguay | 1996 | |||
| Shagdarjav MAGVAN | Mongolia | 1977 | Given "serious warning" | IL, PI, JB, LL, GH | Another relic of the communist era. SLC paid for his son's tuition at University of Utah, and also got him a job at a Utah bank. Magvan and his son also received medical treatment at SLC's expense. Whilst in Berlin, his limousine bill came to DM 3,300. |
| Anani MATTHIA | Togo | 1983 | Given "serious warning" | LL | SLC bid committee paid for his wife's air ticket to Paris and first-class hotel bills, plus various items while in SLC, a total bill of over $7000 |
| Keba MBAYE | Senegal | 1973 | Honorary member | ||
| Fidel MENDOZA CARRASQUILLA | Colombia | 1988 | |||
| Prince Alexandre De MERODE | Belgium | 1964 | Deceased | DO | Was IOC medical commission chairman, despite having no medical qualifications; documents relating to positive drug tests at 1984 LA Games were "accidentally" destroyed while under his control and he was also in charge of a disastrous IOC anti-drugs summit. Effectively sidelined with the founding of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). |
| Robin MITCHELL | Fiji | 1994 | |||
| Prince Albert De MONACO | Monaco | 1985 | LL | President of the "charity" set up by Primo Nebiolo, below. Supposedly set up to benefit athletes, this organization seems to spend most of its funds on entertainment | |
| Samih MOUDALLAL | Syria | 1998 | PI | ||
| Charles Nderitu MUKORA | Kenya | 1990 | Resigned | BR, CI | Received a 34 grand bribe from the SLC committee, and a 33 grand bribe from the Sydney committee along with Nyangweso. Requested $4,371 in cash from Berlin bid committee to upgrade his air tickets. Director of Coca-Cola's African operations. |
| Roque Napoleon MUNOZ PENA | Dominican Republic | 1983 | |||
| Mohamed MZALI | Tunisia | 1965 | JB | Mzali's son was given help when looking for a job in Australia by the Sydney bid committee | |
| François NARMON | Belgium | 2002 | |||
| Youssoupha NDIAYE | Senegal | 2002 | |||
| Primo NEBIOLO | Italy | 1992 | Deceased | DO, BR, LL | Backstabbed his way to head of Athletics, a sport well known for doping problems; extorted a $20 million bribe from the Seoul Games organizers, which went to his own personally contolled "charity" in Monaco. Mostly this "charity" spends its money on lavish parties |
| Ser Miang NG | Singapore | 1998 | |||
| Lambis W. NIKOLAOU | Greece | 1986 | |||
| Carlos Arthur NUZMAN | Brazil | 2000 | |||
| Major General Francis Were NYANGWESO | Uganda | 1988 | Was under investigation, current status unknown | PI, BR, MOB | Was an army commander under Idi Amin's regime; He and Mukora each received a 33 grand bribe from the Sydney committee. A high-ranking boxing official, a sport where corruption is rife. Has been seen in the company of an alleged Russian gangster |
| Kevin O'FLANAGAN | Ireland | 1976 | Retired - Honorary Member | LL | Was given a free trip, along with his brother, to 1992 Wimbledon tennis final by Sydney |
| Shun-Ichiro OKANO | Japan | 1990 | |||
| Susie O'NEILL | Australia | 2000 | |||
| Denis OSWALD | Switzerland | 1991 | |||
| Lassana PALENFO | Ivory Coast | 2000 | |||
| Yong Sung PARK | Korea | 2002 | Suspended 2006 | HU | Convicted of embezzling millions in a family feud over control of Korea's largest conglomerate. Given a 3 year suspended sentence, and fined $US 8.3 million. IOC suspended him in 2006, but he refuses to give up his membership. |
| Mario PESCANTE | Italy | 1994 | BR | Was accused along with Nebiolo of corruption involving massive overspending on the refurbishment of the Rome Olympic stadium for the 1990 soccer World Cup | |
| Matthew PINSENT | UK | 2002 | |||
| Alexander POPOV | Russia | 1999 | |||
| Richard POUND | Canada | 1978 | BR, CI | Received a free geneology report valued at $40,000 from the Mormon church in Utah. In charge of the investigation, Pound claims he was once offered a million dollar bribe, but turned it down. Another former lawyer for Horst Dassler's Adidas conglomerate, Pound is widely picked as a possible future IOC leader. | |
| Prince Willem-Alexander | The Netherlands | 1998 | JB | Bypassed several top Dutch sportspeople and administrators for the job. Although not accused of anything himself, was at one stage considering stepping down because of the generally sleazy atmosphere of the IOC, even going as far as suspending his membership | |
| Princess Anne | UK | 1988 | reportedly once tried to instigate a cleanup but was sabotaged by the old guard | ||
| Pedro RAMÍREZ VÁZQUEZ | Mexico | 1972 | Honorary member | ||
| Sam RAMSAMY | South Africa | 1995 | |||
| Craig REEDIE | UK | 1994 | |||
| Colonel Antonio RODRIGUEZ | Argentina | 1990 | PI, GH | Had dental treatment paid for by Berlin bid committee. | |
| Jacques ROGGE | Belgium | 1991 | President | The new IOC leader, Rogge so far sems to be Mr Clean, with no known skeletons in his closet. Has made some promising statements about staying in the Olympic Village with the athletes at SLC. | |
| Rampaul RUHEE | Mauritius | 1988 | Exonerated | BR, LL | Accused of accepting a free airline ticket to Budapest for his wife. Ticket was discovered to have been refunded |
| Major General Mouhir SABET | Egypt | 1998 | |||
| Juan Antonio SAMARANCH | Spain | 1966 | Honorary President for Life | PI, LL, BR, DO, RB, MOB | Formerly a prominent member of Franco's Fascist government, Samaranch ruled the IOC for over 20 years and enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle that would rival a king. Received a "gift" of a shotgun and a rifle paid for by SLC just a month before they were awarded the Games. A few years ago made statements, hastily retracted, that he supported drug taking by athletes under some circumstances. One of Samaranch's close associates, Andre Guelfi, was involved in a major political bribery scandal in Europe recently and has been seen hanging around with the same alleged Russian mobster as Nyangweso |
| Juan Antonio SAMARANCH JR. | Spain | 2001 | JB | "Son of Sammy" - proves that despite claims of reform, nepotism is still alive and well in the IOC | |
| Meliton SANCHEZ RIVAS | Panama | 1998 | |||
| Sergio SANTANDER | Chile | 1992 | Expelled | BR | Given a 10 grand bribe by the SLC committee for his campaign to run for mayor of Santiago; has been suspended by Chilean Olympic Committee |
| Pal SCHMITT | Hungary | 1983 | |||
| Philipp Von SCHOELLER | Austria | 1977 | Honorary Member | ||
| Austin L. SEALY | Barbados | 1994 | Given "less severe" warning | BR | Washington Post says this guy received a bribe from SLC. Payoffs rumored to have been 3 grand a month |
| Henri SERANDOUR | France | 2000 | Retired July 2007 | JB | Given a 3 month suspended jail sentence by a French court in October 2006. Gave two lucrative jobs to a telecommunications company that had hired his wife. Reprimanded by the IOC in December 2007, which was symbolic only, as he had already retired in July, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. |
| David Sikhulumi SIBANDZE | Swaziland | 1984 | Resigned | IL | His daughter had expenses paid by Sydney for attending a home economics course in Australia. Also tried to wangle a place for his son at universities in various other bidding cities as well. |
| Randhir SINGH | India | 2001 | |||
| Alexandru SIPERCO | Romania | 1955 | Deceased | PI, DO, JB | Old communist party hack from the Ceausescu era, a corrupt regime whose athletes were riddled with drugs. His daughter and son-in-law received job and immigration assistance from Sydney |
| Ivan SLAVKOV | Bulgaria | 1987 | Expelled 2005 | BR, PI, MOM, HU | The son-in-law of former dictator Todor Zhivkov. Has been charged with embezzling Olympic funds and illegal arms trading. His son was extradited from Switzerland on a rape charge. Was expelled after a BBC camera crew caught him soliciting a bribe over the London 2012 bid. |
| Vitaly SMIRNOV | Russia | 1971 | Given "serious warning" | PI, BR, DO, GH | Was head of old Soviet National Olympic Committee, an institution infamous for its doping programs. Received a Browning rifle, organized free medical care for a hockey player |
| Adne SONDRAL | Norway | 2002 | |||
| Borislav STANKOVIC | Yugoslavia | 1988 | |||
| Jan STAUBO | Norway | 1966 | Honorary Member | ||
| Irena SZEWINSKA | Poland | 1998 | |||
| Peter TALLBERG | Finland | 1976 | JB | Tallberg's son was hired by a plumbing company owned by a member of the Toronto bid committee; he also received help finding a job from the Sydney bid committee | |
| Shamil TARPISCHEV | Russia | 1994 | RB, MOB | Boris Yeltsin's tennis coach. At one stage held an exclusive franchise to import booze and tobacco for the entire Russian federation, a racket that netted him hundreds of millions of dollars. Reputed to have connections with Russian organized crime | |
| Walther TROEGER | Germany | 1989 | |||
| Yoshiaki TSUTSUMI | Japan | 2000 | Resigned May 2005 | EV, HU, RB | Real estate developer who butchered the mountains of Nagano to create the ski slopes for the 1998 Winter Olympics. Was one of the world's richest men in the early 1990's. Convicted of financial crimes relating to falsification of company share registers and violation of insider trading laws. Sentenced to 30 months jail, suspended for 4 years, and fined 5 million Yen. |
| Mario VAZQUEZ RANA | Mexico | 1991 | RB | Rich Mexican businessman who bought his way into the IOC - only 13 people voted for him. Has stated flat out that he plans to ignore the new prohibitions on members visiting bidding cities. | |
| Olegario VAZQUEZ RANA | Mexico | 1995 | JB | Mario's brother | |
| Hein VERBRUGGEN | The Netherlands | 1996 | DO | Head of cycling, a sport positively dripping with drug problems | |
| Antun VRDOLJAK | Croatia | 1995 | CI | TV executive | |
| Leopold WALLNER | Austria | 1998 | |||
| Paul WALLWORK | Western Samoa | 1987 | Expelled | BR | His wife borrowed 30 grand from SLC bid committee, later repaid. Both claim Wallwork himself had no knowledge of the affair |
| Pernilla WIBERG | Sweden | 2002 | |||
| Tay WILSON | New Zealand | 1988 | |||
| James WORRALL | Canada | 1967 | Honorary member | ||
| Ching-Kuo WU | Taiwan | 1988 | |||
| Zaiqing YU | China | 2000 | PI, DO | See comments about China under He Zhenliang | |
| Mohamed ZERGUINI | Algeria | 1974 | Given "serious warning" - no longer listed as a member | BR, LL, JB | A man alleged to be Zerguini's grandson received payments of $14,500. Zerguini's son and another grandson also had holidays unrelated to Olympic business paid for by SLC. A relative was also supposedly given help to find a job with Coke in Atlanta |
NOTE: The above table only includes IOC members that have been named as allegedly engaging in inappropriate conduct. It should be noted that there have been other allegations of impropriety in which the members have not yet been named, e.g. an IOC member nicknamed "Mr. Wandering Hands" for his habit of sexual harrassment; the five IOC members who used prostitutes paid for by the Salt Lake City bid committee, and an unnamed member who repeatedly has a problem with jewelry being "stolen" from his hotel room, but who seems to rapidly lose interest if you suggest calling the police rather than reimbursing him on the spot. These may or may not be amongst the members already accused of something else.
Most of this data is derived from the work of Andrew Jennings, an investigative journalist who has written several books on Olympic corruption. You can keep up with the latest news on sports corruption at his web site transparencyinsport.org.
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