ISU announces appointment of new Director General

[victorskid]

After 27 years, Director General Fredi Schmid will be retiring at the end of this year - the new DG will be Colin Smith, effective 1 January 2024.

ISU appoints Colin Smith as new Director General - International Skating Union

The International Skating Union (ISU) today announced the appointment of Colin Smith as its new Director General. Following an extensive and global search process, the ISU Council decided he is the right person to take the ISU as an organization and the ISU sports to the next level. Colin will...

isu.org

 

[Willin]

Interesting that just like USFS they're looking to someone that's an outsider to the sport but with valuable experience and connections to other sports.

Unlike USFS they've chosen someone from an organization known for bribery, corruption, and general stupidity.

 

[Andrea82]

ISU will need to appoint a new Sports Technical Director for Figure Skating too as Charles Cyr sadly died last month.

 

[bardtoob]

ISU will need to appoint a new Sports Technical Director for Figure Skating too as Charles Zyr sadly died last month.

I am sorry to hear that. Charlie's name pop-up on this site more than a few times in the couple of decades () I have been on this forum.

Among other things, he was:

• U.S. Figure Skating Team Leader for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City
• Ice Dance Judge at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver
• ISU-Level Judge, Referee, Data & Replay Operator, and Technical Controller for Single Skating, Pair Skating and Ice Dance
• ISU IJS contributor
• ISU Sports Technical Director Figure Skating

He has been mentioned in figure skating related article that have appeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Kwan Earns a Last Shot at Gold (Published 2006)

In a nearly empty rink yesterday in Artesia, Calif., with no crowd to charm and no television cameras to capture her trademark smile, Michelle Kwan still captivated her audience. Kwan, the face of American skating for a decade despite always coming up short in the Olympics, performed so...

www.nytimes.com

Figure Skaters Blame Boot Design For Injury Plague - WSJ

As Jumps, Spins Go Higher,

www.wsj.com

 

[eurodance2001]

I am sorry to hear that. Charlie's name pop-up on this site more than a few times in the couple of decades () I have been on this forum.

Among other things, he was:

• U.S. Figure Skating Team Leader for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City
• Ice Dance Judge at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver
• ISU-Level Judge, Referee, Data & Replay Operator, and Technical Controller for Single Skating, Pair Skating and Ice Dance
• ISU IJS contributor
• ISU Sports Technical Director Figure Skating

He has been mentioned in figure skating related article that have appeared in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Kwan Earns a Last Shot at Gold (Published 2006)

In a nearly empty rink yesterday in Artesia, Calif., with no crowd to charm and no television cameras to capture her trademark smile, Michelle Kwan still captivated her audience. Kwan, the face of American skating for a decade despite always coming up short in the Olympics, performed so...

www.nytimes.com

Figure Skaters Blame Boot Design For Injury Plague - WSJ

As Jumps, Spins Go Higher,

www.wsj.com

Here is his obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/charles-cyr-obituary?id=52428720

The ceremony is tomorrow.

 

[barbk]

ISU will need to appoint a new Sports Technical Director for Figure Skating too as Charles Cyr sadly died last month.

I hadn't heard this. Thank you for sharing the news; sad though it is.

 

[MacMadame]

How sad. Charlie Cyr was a good man.