President of International Judo Wrestling Visited Mongolia

President of International Judo Wrestling Visited Mongolia

Written by Administrator
Friday, June 26, 2009.

President of International JudoFederation Maius L. Bizer visited in Mongolia on June 24 at the invitation of Kh.Battulga, the President of the Mongolian Judo Federation and Minister of Road, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development. While he was in Mongolia, he meet with Mongolian Sport Authorities.

Also he will discuss about the development of Judo Wrestling, Cooperate with Mongolian Judo Federation, and to study of Judo wrestling Training Center that will be built in Mongolia.

Marius Vizer, a naturalized Austrian, was born in Romania in 1958. Later his family immigrated to Austria to escape the brutality of the Ceausescu regime. There, Vizer developed considerable business activities following the demise of Soviet influence in East Europe eventually settling in Hungary where he runs his business empire that encompasses cigarettes and casinos among other activities. He also runs the European Judo Union from there while his business empire stretches across Europe including sponsorship of the Real Madrid football club.

He started judo at the age of 13 and is quoted as saying it made him “happy and strong”. Later he preferred to be a trainer rather than a player and even now supports his judo school in Tinka, Romanian town of his birth where orphans and poor boys are taught judo.

FONTE: UB Post - Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia

http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/

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