Klaus Kotter was a West German

West Germany

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-German

Germany

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 tax

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 consultant who served as the third president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing

Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing

The Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing or International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation is the main international federation for all bobsleigh and skeleton sports...

 (FIBT – International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), serving as interim from 1978 to 1980, then as president from 1980 to 1994.

Born in Prien am Chiemsee

Prien am Chiemsee

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, Kotter became treasurer

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 of the West German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (BSD, German since 1990 reunification). By the 1976 Winter Olympics

1976 Winter Olympics

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 in Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, he was Olympic attache for the West German Olympic Committee, the same year he was elected Vice President of the FIBT. In 1978, he was named interim FIBT President following the ill health of then-president Almicare Rotta

Almicare Rotta

Almicare Rotta was an Italian bobsledder and sportsman who became the second president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , serving from 1960 to 1978.Rotta was Italian champion in the four-man bobsleigh event who also competed in rowing, boxing, and fencing with...

 on Italy

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. Kotter was elected president in 1980, serving until 1994.

In 1986, Kotter was named BSD president, a position he held until his 2004 retirement. During his tenure, he kept all four bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks in Germany from being sold in 1999, against the wishes of the German Federal Audit Office.

Kotter received the Olympic Order

Olympic Order

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in 1999. He was also named an honorary past-president of FIBT, a position he held up until his death.