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ESTORIL. Klaus Schormann (78), a pensioner from Darmstadt, is also slaving away at Christmas in the honorary post he has held for more than three decades. On 24 December 2021, the eternal president of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) signed a sponsorship agreement with a company called Sirius Sports Marketing in Monaco for a sum of $250,000.
This contract is one of several dubious contracts that Klaus Schormann, UIPM boss since 1993, has signed and concluded on his own authority for many years, contrary to the UIPM statutes. Normally, two signatures are required – including those of the secretary general (Shiny Fang) or the treasurer (John Helmick).
This is regulated by Article 16.1 of the statutes:
But Klaus Schormann always interprets the rules of his association liberally. In the UIPM, only his word and his will are law.
The board members were not informed about this contract – another violation of the statutes. In connection with this and other contracts, such notorious breaches of the rules are almost negligible.
Incidentally, Juan Antonio Samaranch, son of the former IOC president of the same name, has been serving as the first vice president of the UIPM for an eternity. Samaranch Jr., currently an IOC vice president, wants to become IOC president in March 2025. His chances are not bad. The practices in the UIPM, which Samaranch has supported for several decades, could become a problem for his IOC plans. This is also what this series will be about.
Please let me consistently put the term ‘sponsor’ in these special Schormann cases in quotation marks. You will quickly see why.
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