Dmitry Chernyshenko

Dmitry Chernyshenko

Dmitry Chernyshenko (born September 20, 1968) is a Russian businessman and the President of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics which were held in Sochi, Russia.[1]

Since November 27, 2014 he has been the President of Kontinental Hockey League, replacing Alexander Medvedev.[2] In addition he was appointed as Board Chairman of Gazprom-Media in December 2014.[3]

He was removed from the IOC Coordination Commission Beijing 2022 by the International Olympic Committee due to his involvement in the Russian doping scandal.[4]

Awards and honours

In 2014, Chernyshenko was awarded the Paralympic Order.[5]


References

  1. ↑ Dmitry Chernyshenko
  2. ↑ "Sochi organizer takes over as KHL president". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Sochi Olympics Chief Named Head of Russia's Gazprom Media | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  4. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-suspends-russian-noc-and-creates-a-path-for-clean-individual-athletes-to-compete-in-pyeongchang-2018-under-the-olympic-flag
  5. ↑ "The Paralympic Order". Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
Preceded by
Canada John Furlong		 President of Organizing Committee for Winter Olympic Games
2014		 Succeeded by
South Korea Cho Yang-ho
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