The worldwide Olympic committee has revealed the passing of Alex Gilady, who very first ended up being included with the Olympic motion as a broadcaster for NBC as well as whose connection with the games very first started in 1968 as a television commentator.
Gilady was Head of sports (1975), special Operations (1977), Vice president (1981-1996) as well as senior Vice president of NBC Sports. His contribution to Olympic broadcasting was acknowledged by the IOC with his visit in 1984 to the Radio as well as television compensation (in which he stayed up until 2015) as well as 10 years later with his election as an IOC Member.
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“Today, the Olympic motion lost a giant,” NBC sports said. “Alex Gilady, our good friend as well as associate of more than 40 years, was a guiding light to our NBC sports as well as Olympics teams with 15 Games. His contributions were immeasurable. We will miss his wisdom, warmth as well as always optimistic spirit.”
The Olympic flag will be flown at half-mast at Olympic home in Lausanne for three days.
“With the passing of Alex Gilady we are losing a pioneer of the contemporary Olympic Movement, especially in regard to broadcasting, however likewise far beyond that,” IOC president Thomas Bach said. “We all appreciated his open character as well as his frank method of speaking even if we did not always agree, since with Alex we always understood that he was speaking from the heart. He was always a authentic person. In Alex I have lost a dear good friend who advised, influenced as well as supported me in many respects. In fact, it was Alex who persuaded me in 1996 to run for a seat on the executive Board for the very first time. since then, he has always been at my side. above all, he was a excellent guy as well as a wonderful friend.”
Gilady was just recently vice-chair of the IOC Coordination compensation for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo 2020. He was likewise on the compensation for the previous four Olympic games – Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012 as well as Rio 2016— as well as was already part of the compensation for Paris 2024. He was likewise a member of other IOC commissions, namely worldwide Relations (2014-2015), Public Affairs as well as Social advancement with sport (2015-2022) as well as communications (2015-2022).
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