President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, made a touching tribute at a memorial service for IOC Member Patrick Baumann, who died on Saturday in Buenos Aires.
The 51-year-old secretary general of basketball’s world governing body, had died of a heart attack.
Baumann was a former player, coach and referee who first joined FIBA as a lawyer in 1994 and was appointed FIBA Secretary-General in 2002, after previously serving as deputy.
The Swiss national was influential in Olympic circles and an International Olympic Committee member since 2007.
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He led an IOC panel overseeing the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics bid.
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