Olegario Vázquez Raña

Olegario Vázquez Raña (born 10 December 1935) is a Mexican entrepreneur, businessman, owner of several companies, and the chairman and principal shareholder of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. He is married to María de los Angeles Aldir and has three children (María de los Angeles, Mónica and Olegario). He was the President of the International Shooting Sport Federation from 1980 to 2018.[1] In 1995, he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[2]

Olegario Vázquez Raña
Vázquez Raña at the shooting finals of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (1935-12-10) 10 December 1935
Mexico City, Mexico
Sport
SportSports shooting

Sports career

Vázquez Raña was a member of Mexico's shooting team at all Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976[3] and all world championships from 1966 to 1979. He is the national record-holder in many shooting disciplines and the world record-holder in air rifle (1973 and 1975).[4]

Sports administration
  • President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1975 - 1992).
  • Lifelong Honorary President (1992 - ).
  • Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1983 - 1992).
  • Permanent member of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) (1969 - ).
  • President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) (1980 - 2018).
  • President of the Shooting Confederation of the Americas (1979 - ).
  • Member of Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council (1987 - ).

References
  1. "ISSF president in Delhi". The H. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña". The International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. "Olegario Vázquez". SR/Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  4. Owen, David (26 August 2018). "Olegario Vázquez Raña on brotherly love, mixed team events and the importance of discipline". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 September 2021.


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