Georges Guelzec

{{short description|French gymnast}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|10|22|df=yes}}

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| discipline = MAG

| country = France

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| office = President of European Union of Gymnastics

| term_start = 2010

| term_end = 2017

| predecessor = Dimitrios Dimitropoulos

| successor = Farid Gayibov

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Georges Guelzec (born 22 October 1947) is a French gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Olympic gymnast Fabrice Guelzec.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/georges-guelzec-1.html |title=Georges Guelzec |access-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203065619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/georges-guelzec-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}

Guelzec was president of the European Union of Gymnastics from 2010 through 2017. He was elected at the 23rd UEG Congress in 2009, replacing Dimitrios Dimitropoulos as president in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/artistic-gymnastics/French-Georges-Guelzec-new-President-UEG |title=French Georges Guelzec - new President of UEG |website=GYMmedia.com |date=7 November 2009}} In 2013 he was re-elected to a second term which started in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymmedia.com/Artistic-Gymnastics/UEG-Georges-Guelzec-re-elected-President |title=UEG: Georges Guelzec re-elected as President |website=GYMmedia.com |date=8 December 2013}}

He announced his candidacy for president of the International Gymnastics Federation in 2015,{{cite web |url=http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=15677 |title=Georges Guelzec announces his candidature for FIG presidency |website=AIPSmedia.com |publisher=Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive |date=24 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227125731/http://www.aipsmedia.com/index.php?page=news&cod=15677 |archive-date=2016-12-27}} but lost to Morinari Watanabe in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/17830136/morinari-watanabe-japan-elected-president-international-gymnastics-federation |title=Japan's Morinari Watanabe elected president of gymnastics federation |website=ESPN.com |date=19 October 2016}}