Thomas Bach

German fencer, lawyer and sports official; 9th president of the International Olympic Committee since 2013

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Thomas Bach is a male figure from Germany associated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). His professional work period spanned from 1971 to 1980. Physical records indicate a height of 171 and a mass of 90.

In the realm of music, Bach is categorized under genres including baroque, cantata, and cantata 147. MusicBrainz data lists him as a person from Germany.

As an author, Thomas Bach has twelve works, with top titles including Brandenburg, Wissenschaftskorrespondenz, "Gelehrte" Wissenschaft, Naturforschung und Menschliche Geschichte, and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. Crossref data indicates five works, and the subject is referenced by 464 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 12

Top works

Brandenburg
Wissenschaftskorrespondenz
"Gelehrte" Wissenschaft
Naturforschung und Menschliche Geschichte
Karl Christian Friedrich Krause

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1685-03-21
Active to: 1750-07-28

bachbaroquebertalan hockcantatacantata 147classical

Discography

Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5
Total plays: 7

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,277x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 85,169x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,964x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,098x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,346x

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Quotes

“We know that the Olympic Games cannot create peace. But the Olympic Games can create a culture of peace that inspires the world. This is why I call on everyone who shares this Olympic spirit: let us live this culture of peace every single day.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Thomas
Family name: Bach
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Würzburg
Occupation: fencer
Position held: president
Educated at: University of Würzburg
Political party: Free Democratic Party
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: German
Academic degree: Doctor of Both Laws
Field of work: rapier
Sport: fencing
Mass: 90
Image: 2023-01-27 Wintersport, Rodeln, 51th FIL World Championships-Oberhof 1DX 1777 by Stepro.jpg
Height: 171

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Commons category: Thomas Bach
date of birth: 1953-12-29
name in native language: Thomas Bach
member of: International Olympic Committee
affiliation string: International Olympic Committee (IOC)
end of work period: 1980-00-00
start of work period: 1971-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Bach (born 29 December 1953) is a German lawyer, sports adminstrator, and former foil fencer. He served as the ninth president of the International Olympic Committee, from 2013 to 2025. He was the first Olympic champion to be elected to that position, having won gold in the 1976 men's team foil. Since 2025, he has served as Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee. Bach is also a former German individual foil champion as well as a team world champion, and former member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation's executive board.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Bach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.