The Austrian Ice Hockey Association (ÖEHV) has a new president. Carinthian Klaus Hartmann prevailed on Saturday at the General Assembly in Villach against the previous incumbent Gernot Mittendorfer with 133: 121 votes. The Upper Austrian had succeeded long-term president Dieter Kalt in 2016, but now missed re-election.
For the first time in a long time, two lists came up for the election of the Presidium. Hartmann finally prevailed with his vice presidents Nicolas Stockhammer, Günther Ropatsch and Yasmin Sarina Stepina. “Our motto for the election was ‘integrate instead of exclude’, and that’s how we want to start over the next four years,” said Villacher, 59, after his election.
“The entire Austrian ice hockey family is important to us, children, seniors, para-ice hockey, top and popular sports. We will have all the conversations that are involved in Austrian ice hockey and that want to lead our ice hockey into a successful future. We want more children through recruiting concepts Of course it is very important to us to be among the best ice hockey nations in the world and to play in the A group for women and men again, “said the previous Vice President of the Carinthian Association.
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