Nenad Lalović
{{Short description|Serbian businessman and International Olympic Committee member}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| caption = IOC Executive board member Nenad Lalović at the Victory ceremony for the Boys' Greco-Roman 51 kg at the 2018 Buenos Aires Summer Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires.
| office = Executive board member of the International Olympic Committee
| term_start = 7 February 2018{{cite news|title=Lalovic to Join IOC Executive Board|url=https://uww.org/article/lalovic-join-ioc-executive-board?page=248|date=7 February 2018|accessdate=23 September 2023}}
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| 1blankname = IOC President
| 1namedata = Thomas Bach
| office2 = President of the United World Wrestling
| term_start2 = 18 May 2013
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| predecessor2 = Raphaël Martinetti
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|8|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia Serbia
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| nationality = Serbian
| spouse = Aleksandra Lalović
| children = Milos Lalović
and Nina Lalović
| residence = Belgrade, Serbia
| alma_mater = University of Novi Sad
| occupation = Sports administrator
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Nenad Lalović ({{lang-sr-cyr|Ненад Лаловић}}; born 21 August 1958) is a Serbian businessman. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2015.
Education
He attended schools in Tunisia, Yugoslavia and Belgium and received his high school diploma in Geneva,{{cite web | url=https://theolympicssports.com/other-sports/24370.html | title=Nenad Lalovic, elected president of United World Wrestling | last=Rahim | first=Abdul | website=The Olympics Sports | date=8 September 2014 | accessdate=16 December 2021 }} where he then went on to study in Belgrade and received his diploma in Mechanical engineering from the University of Novi Sad.{{cite web | url=https://www.sportcal.com/Insight/interviews/110595 | title=Nenad Lalovic, president of United World Wrestling, talks to Sportcal Insight about reform, war, diplomacy, the IOC – and UWW’s hated chateau HQ | last= | first= | website=Sportcal | date=12 May 2017 | accessdate=16 December 2021 }}
Career
Lalović was the manager of a travel agency and representative of various travel agencies on the Dalmatian coast in Croatia, as well as the manager of a rental car company.{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/ioc/mr-nenad-lalovic | title=Nenad Lalović | last= | first= | website=International Olympic Committee | date= | accessdate=16 December 2021 }} He founded a natural Shampoo company around 1995 when he moved to Russia to work in a construction company, where he is still an active partner.{{cite web | url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1029857/the-mirror-man-saviour-of-wrestling-the-serbian-anita-roddick-call-him-what-you-like-nenad-lalovic-has-what-it-takes-to-be-an-outstanding-ioc-member | title=The Mirror Man, Saviour of Wrestling, the Serbian Anita Roddick – call him what you like, Nenad Lalović has what it takes to be an outstanding IOC member | last=Owen | first=David | website=Inside the Games | date=6 September 2015 | accessdate=16 December 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/exclusive-scrutiny-on-global-sport-bodies-as-they-decide-russians-olympic-fates | title=Exclusive – Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates | last1=Lowe | first1=Christian | last2=Vasovic | first2=Aleksandar | website=Sportskeeda | date=27 July 2016 | accessdate=16 December 2021 }}
Sports career
On 18 May 2013, Lalović was appointed the position of President of the Serbian Wrestling Federation to serve the final two-years remaining from President Raphaël Martinetti after his resignation.{{cite web | url=https://uww.org/person/nenad-lalovic | title=Nenad Lalović | last= | first= | website=United World Wrestling | date= | accessdate=16 December 2021 }}
In 2014, he became the President of United World Wrestling, which revolves around the two Olympic disciplines of Greco-Roman wrestling and Freestyle wrestling. Since 2015, Lalović has been a member of the executive committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).{{cite web | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-doping-russia-influence-exclusi/exclusive-scrutiny-on-global-sport-bodies-as-they-decide-russians-olympic-fates-idUSKCN1062ES | title=Exclusive: Scrutiny on global sport bodies as they decide Russians' Olympic fates | last1=Lowe | first1=Christian | last2=Vasovic | first2=Aleksandar | website=Reuters | date= | accessdate=16 December 2021 }}
Lalović became a member of the IOC in 2015 and was a part of the Olympic Solidarity Committee. That year, he also became a member of the Foundation Board of the WADA. In 2018, he became a Member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) and was also elected ASOIF representative to the IOC Executive Board.
Awards
Lalović has received various Honorary Doctors, including one from the Tashkent State Technical University in Uzbekistan, and one from the Sofia University in Bulgaria. In 2019, he also received one from the university of Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan.
References
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Category:Serbian International Olympic Committee members
Category:Serbian sports executives and administrators
Category:Serbian businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Belgrade