The Russian billionaire has led the ISSF since 2018. The new president of the federation was the Italian Luciano Rossi, who preceded Lisin by nine votes
Vladimir Lisan
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Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin has lost the election of president of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF). Speaking of which in shape Inside the Games.
The Russian received 127 votes, his rival, the Italian Luciano Rossi, 136.
Rossi was previously Vice President of the ISSF. Four years ago, he lost the election to Lisin.
The owner of the NLMK group, Lisin, has been leading the ISSF since 2018. After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the ISSF moved the European championship in skeet and bullet shooting from Moscow, also removing Russians and Belarusians from the competition . But Lisin himself did not leave his leadership position.
lysine takes first place in the list of the richest Russians according to Forbes. In the list of billionaires, which Forbes keeps track in real time (Real Time Billionaires List), Lisin occupies the 55th place with a fortune of 25.4 billion dollars.
Of the Russians, Umar Kremlev (International Boxing Association, IBA) and Arkady Dvorkovich (International Chess Federation, FIDE) still remain at the head of the largest international sports federations.
