Raffaele Chiulli

Raffaele Chiulli (born January 22, 1957) is an Italian sports executive who is the president of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), the umbrella organization for all (Olympic and non-Olympic) International Sports Federations, SportAccord, the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) and the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the International Power Boating Federation.

Early life and education

Chiulli was born in Rome, Italy. He earned a Doctor of Sciences with honors from the Sapienza University of Rome and undertook post-graduate education at Duke University, Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), and International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland. He speaks Italian natively, as well as English, French and Spanish.^[1]

Administrative career

Chiulli is serving as president of the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the International Power Boating Federation, since 2007.^[1] In 2020 he was part of an initiative, led by Alejandro Agag, to create the world's first electric boat racing series.^[2] Chiulli is also serving as president of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) since 2013, when he defeated Carlos Freitag of the World DanceSport Federation in an election.^[3]

Having served as vice-president of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) since 2015 and senior vice-president since 2016, on May 18, 2019, Chiulli was elected as president of the organization.^[4] He announced the inaugural World Urban Games, held in 2019 in Budapest.^[5] Chiulli was also involved in restarting the World Combat Games in 2021.^[6]

References

1. Gomes, Alaric (11 March 2012). "Raffaele Chiulli: We are continuously evolving". Gulf News. Al Nisr Publishing. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
2. Lauer, Alex (28 September 2020). "He Electrified F1 and SUV Racing, Now He's Doing the Same for Boats". Inside Hook. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. Spiegel, Rachel (5 June 2013). "New ARISF Council elected". Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
4. "Raffaele Chiulli Outlines his Vision for the Future". Global Association of International Sports Federations. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
5. Radnedge, Christian (13 September 2019). "Inaugural World Urban Games looking for street cred in Budapest". Reuters. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
6. "Raffaele Chiulli Unanimously Elected GAISF President During General Assembly". Global Association of International Sports Federations. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2021.