ÖOC: This is the successor of Peter Mennel

Gosch prevailed against 83 national and international applications in a multi-stage selection process.

“We are convinced that with Florian Gosch we have found the perfect solution for the position of ÖOC Secretary General,” explains ÖOC President Karl Stoss.

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Gosch took part in the Olympic Games twice as a beach volleyball player in 2004 and 2008 and achieved fifth place in his second participation in Beijing with Alexander Horst. After his active career and completing a business studies degree, the family man joined the ÖOC in 2011. He has been a member of the management team for eight years and is currently the marketing manager.

Peter Mennel’s contract runs until the end of June 2025

After the Summer Games in Paris, which begin on July 26, Gosch and Mennel, who has been in office since June 2010 and whose contract runs until the end of June 2025, will prepare the transition until he takes office.

“It is a great honour for me that the Presidium and Board of the Austrian Olympic Committee have entrusted me with the office of Secretary General. The Olympic idea has shaped my entire sporting and professional career, the five rings have accompanied me since my youth. That is why it is something very special for me that I am allowed to take on this task,” explained Gosch.

The Styrian received advance praise from his predecessor. “He knows the Olympic Games from an athlete’s perspective and has played a major role in the successful development of the Austrian Olympic Committee over the past 13 years with his competence, commitment and empathy. Above all, he still carries within him the Olympic enthusiasm with which he also celebrated great successes as an athlete,” Mennel was quoted as saying in an ÖOC press release.