Coates chosen for CAS role 18/11/2010 |
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John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee, has been elected president of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Coates was chosen by the court's governing body ahead of Canada's Dick Pound, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, who was the only other candidate in the running to replace Italian Mino Auletta, who is stepping down.
It was the second time Pound had been overlooked for the role having also been beaten by Auletta in 2008.
Auletta has been acting president since the death of Senegalese judge Keba Mbaye in 2007.
He filled the role until the end of Mbaye's term this year.
Coates will now serve a full four-year term, which will include the Olympics in London in 2012 and Sochi in 2014. He will begin officially on January 1, 2011.
Coates has been a member of ICAS since 1994 and vice-president since 1995.
He is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board.
The CAS, which is based in Lausanne, was set up in 1984 by then IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch to deal with disputes arising during the Olympics.
In 1994, the CAS underwent reforms to make itself more independent of the IOC, organisationally and financially.
The biggest change resulting from this reform was the creation of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport to look after the running and financing of the CAS.
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