AIPS BIOGRAPHIES
 
AIPS President
Togay BAYATLI - AIPS President
Born: Bor - Turkey / Europe
20th September 1938
AIPS Career :
  • Attended 20 consecutive AIPS Congresses.
  • Elected as Executive Committee Member in Sao Paolo, Brazil ( 1981 ) 
  • Elected as Vice President in ( 1985 )
  • Elected as First Vice President in 1991
  • Elected as President in Istanbul in 1993 and in Oviedo in 1997
  • Lectured in 3 Seminars for Sports Journalists at the International Olympic Academy- Greece
  • Press Officer for the IX Mediterranean Games - Casablanca - 1983
  • Press officer for the X Mediterranean Games - Lattakia - 1987 
  • Press Attache for the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games
Sports Journalism:
  • Professional Sports Journalist with Turkey's leading newspaper "Milliyet" since 1962
Sports Administration:
  • General Secretary - Turkish Olympic Committee - 1989
  • Ex President of AISEC (Association International des Estudants d'Economie et Commerce)
  • Executive Committee Member of Turkish Sports Writers Association (1976-86)
  • President of the Turkish Sports Writers Association (1986-92) 
  • Consulting Member of the ANOC Communicastions Commission
  • Chairman of the Press Commission of the International Committee of Medierranean Games 
  • Member of IOC Press Commission 
  • Member of FIFA. Press Commission 
  • Member of AENOC Press Commission
  • Chairman of the 1957 UEFA Junior Championships
  • Chairman of the 1978 UEFA Congress
  • Board Member of the Fenerbahce
Honours:
  • Decorated with the "Olympic Order" by the International Olympic Committee in 1991
General:
  • Speaks : English, Italian, German, Turkish
AIPS 1st Vice President
Alain LUNZENFICHTER
Born: Paris - France / Europe 
10th March 1949
AIPS Career :  
  • AIPS Executive Committee member since 1993
  • AIPS Weightlifting Commission chairman since 1986
  • AIPS First Vice President since May 1997
Sports Journalism :
  • Journalist at L'Equippe since 1975 (athletics and weightlifting), then deputy of Head in Olympic Sports
  • Member of the Chief Editorial Board of L'Equippe daily, in charge of international relations
  • Author of numerous sports books and studies
  • Correspondent of different encyclopedias
Sports Administration :
  • General Secretary of the French Sports Journalists Association
  • Chairman of the Paris section of the French NSJA
  • President of the Sports Press Club of Paris
Honours :
  • Olympic Order
  • Gold Medal of the International Weightlifting Federation
  • National Order of Merit
  • National Order of Merit for Education
General :
  • Speaks : French, English, German
AIPS General Secretary
Matti SALMENKYLA
Born: Helsinki - Finland / Europe
4th October 1930
AIPS Career :
  • Attended 25 AIPS Congresses.
  • Elected as Executive Committee Member & Vice President in Milano Marittima (1977-1993) 
  • Elected as General Secretary in Istanbul 1993 and in Oviedo in 1997 
  • AIPS Official Delegate for Olympic Games since Sarajevo in 1984 
  • AIPS Official Delegate for all Athletic World Championships 
  • AIPS Official Delegate for World Skiing Championships
Sports Journalism :
  • Professional Sports Journalism with Finland's leading newspapers since 1952
Sports Administration :
  • President of the Finnish Sports Journalists Association (1972 - 1981) 
  • Honorary Member of the Finnish Sports Journalists Association. 
  • Member of the Press Commission - International Olympic Committee (1984 - ) 
  • Former member of the Press Commission of the International Amateur Athletic Association 
  • Nordic Ski Commission Chairman until 1996
Honours :
  • IOC Olympic Order
  • Medallion of the Press Freedom (Finland)
  • Golden Cross of the Finnish Sport
General :
  • Speaks : English, German, Swedish, Finnish
AIPS Treasurer
Charles CAMENZULI
Born: Vittoriosa - Malta / Europe
14th June 1955
AIPS Career :
  • Attended 14 consecutive AIPS Congresses. 
  • Elected as Executive Committee Member in Gothenburg (1989 - 1993)
  • Elected as Treasurer in Istanbul in 1993 and in Ovideo in 1997)
  • Attended 3 Seminars for Sports Journalists at the International Olympic Academy - Greece 
  • FIFA Course Certificate in Administration - 1974 
  • Press Officer for the 20th UEFA congress - Malta 1990 
  • Press Officer for the XI Mediterranean Games - Athens - 1991 
  • Press Officer for the X!! Mediterranean Games - Languedoc Roussillon - 1993 
  • Press Officer for the XII Mediterranean Games - Bari - 1993 
  • AIPS Official Delegate for 1st World Military Games - Rome - 1995 
  • AIPS Official Delegate for : Games for Small States of Europe
  • Andorra (1991); Malta (1993); Luxembourg (1995); Iceland (1997)
Sports Journalism :
  • Professional Sports Journalist with Malta's leading newspapers: In-Nazzjon (1973 - ) & Il-Mument (1976 - )
  • Head of Sports of Radio 101 network (1991 - 
  • Editor: "Flash " - official newspaper for the 5th Games for Small States of Europe
Foreign Correspondent :
  • Guerin Sportivo (Italy) 1977 - Mondial (France) 1981 - France Football (France) (1995 -) 
  • A Bola (Portugal) 1984 - Tuttosport (Italy) 1985 - Tuttocalcio (Italy) (1985 -) 
  • Member of the Editorial Board - "International Sport" (1993 - )
  • Member of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (1981 -)
Sports Administration :
  • Deputy General Secretary - Malta Olympic Committee (1993 -) 
  • Executive Member - Malta Council for Sports (1995 - )
  • General Secretary - Malta Sports Writers Association (1977 - 79) ; (1981 -)
  • Chairman - Malta sports timekeepers Association (1996 - )
  • General Secretary - Malta National Football Team Supporters Club (1998 - 1994)
  • General Secretary - Malta Educational Sports Centre (1977 - 1983) 
  • Public Relations Officer - Malta Football Association (1989 - 91) 
  • Executive Committee Member - Malta Basketball Association (1993) 
  • Organizing Committee Member - Malta Sportsmen of the Year Awards (1984 - )
  • Organizing Committee Member for Malta Table Tennis Association 
  • Mediterranean Top 12 (1989) ; 2nd Promotion Cup (1991) ; European Mixed Teams League (1994) 
  • General Secretary - Vittoriosa Stars Football Club (1977 - 1979)
Politics :
  • Executive Committee Member - Nationalist Party - St. Julians (1997 -)
General :
  • Speaks : English, Italian, French, Maltese
AIPS Deputy General Secretary
Jeno BOSKOVICS
Born: Budapest - Hungary / Europe

9th October 1928
AIPS Career :
  • Member of the leadership of the Hungarian Sports Writers Association sine 1970, first as Secretary and since 1989 as General Secretary
  • Secretary of the AIPS Weightlifting Commission
  • AIPS Deputy General Secretary
  • Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1992 AIPS Congress in Budapest
Sports Journalism :
  • Sport Journalist since 1952
  • 1952-1987 Main Correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency
  • 1987 Chief Editor of the Hungarian football weekly newspaper
  • Afterwards worked with the Hungarian sports daily "National Sport"
  • Chief Editor of the "World Weightlifting", the official quarterly of the International Weightlifting Federation
  • Member of the Editorial Board of AIPS News
  • Media Chief of the wieghtlifting competitions at the Atlanta Olympic Games
Sports Administration :
  • Spokesman of the International Weightlifting Federation since several years
  • Member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee
Honours :
  • Gold award of the International Weightlifting Federation
  • Gold Pen from the Hungarian Journalists Association
  • Media Award from the Hungarian Olympic Committee
General :
    Speaks : English, Hungarian