Umar Kremlev
Umar Kremlev | |
|---|---|
| 9th President of the International Boxing Association | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Moustahsane |
| Secretary General of Russian Boxing Federation | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Kirill Shekurtsov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1982 Serpukhov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Spouse | Anastasia Kremleva |
| Education | Moscow State Academy of Public Utilities and Construction. |
| Occupation | President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) |
| Profession | Sports administrator |
| Sports career | |
| Sport | Boxing |
Umar Kremlev (ru: Умар Назарович Кремлёв; born as Umar Nazarovich Lutfuloev on 1 November 1982) is a Russian sports functionary who has served as the President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) since 2020. He has been Secretary General and Member of the Executive Committee of the Boxing Federation of Russia since February 2017. In 2022, IBA members voted against holding an election, 106-36, allowing Kremlev to remain IBA president.
Under Kremlev's tenure as IBA head, he has heavily marketed himself, moved the body's operations to Russia, suspended Ukraine from competing, and made the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom the IBA's sole sponsor. IBA's relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) deteriorated under Kremlev's tenure. The IOC decertified the IBA and took control of the boxing competition from the IBA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, just as it had done at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The IOC stated that the IBA had failed to address governance, finance and corruption concerns. Kremlev called IOC President Thomas Bach a "chief sodomite", and stirred controversy for claiming that female boxer Imane Khelif failed her gender test after she beat a Russian boxer.