
71-year-old German Franz Reindl was elected the new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), defeating Czech Petr Brzyza in the second round of elections.
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In 2021, Reindl participated in the elections for the head of the IIHF, but lost to Luc Tardif.
The new president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is 71-year-old German Franz Reindl. This is reported on the organization's website.
Reindl's rivals were the Czech Petr Brzyza and the Kyrgyz Aivaz Omorkanov. In the first round, the new head of the IIHF received 30.77 percent of the votes, while Brzyza received 41.03 percent. They thus advanced to the second round, where Reindl won with 51.28 percent of the vote.
In 2021, Reindl has already taken part in the elections for the head of the IIHF. Then he lost to the Frenchman Luc Tardif.

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