Lee Sang-hyun, Chairman of the Korea Cycling Federation, Appoints Administrative Audit of the Korea Sports Council
Feb 28, 2025
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The Korean Olympic Committee held a general meeting of the regular representatives in 2025 at Olympic Parkte Olympic Hall at 2 p.m. on February 28 to vote on the 2024 project results, settlement of accounts, selection of host cities for the 2036 Summer Olympics, and appointment of executives.
At the general meeting, Lee Sang-hyun, chairman of the Korean Cycling Federation, and Chung Chang-hoon, chairman of the Korean Swimming Federation, were recommended together as the 42nd administrative audit of the Korean Sports Federation, and the president of the Korean Cycling Federation was elected through a vote of delegates.
The auditor of the Korea Sports Association consists of two administrative auditors (representatives of full-time membership organizations, representatives of provincial sports associations), one accounting auditor, and a total of three, and the term of office is two years until the regular general meeting in 2026.
auditor Lee Sang-hyun served as the 41st director of the Korea Sports Association during his term as the chairman of the Korea Hockey Association from 2021 to 2024, and formed a relationship with the sports association.
In addition, auditor Lee has steadily gained experience in the sports world by serving as an environmental conservation committee member of the Korea Mountain Federation, inter-Korean sports exchange committee member of the Korea Sports Association, sports committee member of the Minhwa Association, sports committee member of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and director of the Gyeonggi-do Sports Council.
Following the Hangzhou Asian Games, he served as the deputy head of the Korean national team at the Paris Olympics, dedicating himself to the best performance of the Korean national team, contributing greatly to the remarkable performance of Korea's most gold medals (13 gold medals).
Thank you Lee Sang-hyun "There are many challenges to be solved in the Korean sports world. To this end, both the sports and academic circles should work together"As many people expect to reform the sports world, we will do our best as an administrative auditor on behalf of affiliated sports organizations to ensure efficiency and transparency along with changes in the sports world." he said.
Meanwhile, auditor Lee Sang-hyun is the CEO of Tae-in Co., Ltd. and is the only grandson of the late honorary chairman Koo Tae-hoe of LS Cable & System, the founder of LS Group. In addition, he became the former president of the Korea Hockey Association following his father Lee In-jeong (former president of the Korea Mountain Federation), and as the current chairman of the Korea Cycling Federation, he became the first Korean sports organization to head the third generation.
He is also the chairman of the National Choir under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the director of the National Theater Promotion Foundation, which is considered a representative sports figure who will play a pivotal role between the Korea Sports Council and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
