Batra re-elected as FIH President for a second term

Narinder Batra of India has re-elected as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) President for a second term after beating Marc Coudron of Belgium by a slender margin of just two votes during the world body’s virtual 47th Congress.

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Batra is the also the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member.

Batra will hold the office until 2024 as the FIH has reduced the term from four to three years due to deferment of the Congress last year.

Batra became the first non-European President of the FIH in 2016. He remains the only Asian to grab the top post in the world body’s 92-year-old history.

The Federation Internationale de Hockey (English: International Hockey Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey.