Umar Nazarovich Kremlev

Umar Nazarovich Kremlev
Kremlev in 2019
Born	November 1, 1982 Serpukhov
Education	Moscow State Academy of Public Utilities and Construction
Occupation	President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA)

Umar Nazarovich Kremlev (Russian: Умар Назарович Кремлёв; born on November 1, 1982 in Serpukhov) is a Russian sports functionary, philanthropist and benefactor, who is the President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).^[1] He has been Secretary General and Member of the Executive Committee of the Boxing Federation of Russia since February 2017.^[2]

Biography[]

Umar Nazarovich Kremlev received higher education at Moscow State Academy of Public Utilities and Construction. It is claimed that Kremlev worked in a transport company Transstroykom LLC and from 2009 to 2012 he served as President of Center for Strategic Development and Modernization.^[3]

Has been involved in boxing since his youth. Until July 2017, he was Head of Patriot Boxing Promotions and worked closely with such leading boxers as Roy Jones Jr.,^[4] Fedor Chudinov,^[5] Dmitry Chudinov and Mikhail Aloyan. Now he is working Boxing Progress Center in Moscow.^[6]

On February 1, 2017 Umar Kremlev became General Secretary and Member of the Executive Committee of the Russian Boxing Federation. He took part in the organization of large-scale world boxing events such as the Murat Gassiev - Junier Dorticos World Boxing Super Series semi-final and Oleksandr Usyk-Murat Gassiev World Boxing Super Series final, as well as 2019 AIBA Men's and Women's World Championships hosted by the cities of Yekaterinburg and Ulan-Ude, Russia.^[7] He pioneered the celebration of Boxing Day in Russia which on February 8, 2019 became an international holiday celebrated worldwide on July 22 (in 2017 Kremlev organized an open training session on the Red Square with the participation of about 3 thousand people). He also initiated Global Boxing Forums which took place on February 1–4, 2018 in Sochi and on June 12–16, 2019 in Yekaterinburg.^[8][9][10]

On November 3, 2018 Umar Kremlev was elected by a majority of votes (63 votes) to the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) at the AIBA Congress in Moscow and thus became the first Russian to be nominated Member of AIBA Executive Committee.^[11][12][13]

On February 23, 2019 he was elected by a majority of votes (25 out of 40) First Vice-President of the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) at the EUBC General Assembly held in Moscow.^[14][15]

On November 21, 2019 at AIBA Extraordinary Executive Committee Meeting Umar Kremlev was nominated as Chairman of AIBA Marketing Commission and organized AIBA Continental Forums for the countries of America, Oceania and Asia in 2020.^[16][17]

He won a vote of 57.33 per cent to replace of Morocco to serve as AIBA's President, on the 12th of december 2020. The election was held virtually at AIBA’s ongoing congress due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was attended by 155 National Federations from five continents.^[18]

Awards[]

Umar Kremlev was awarded Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree (on March 11, 2020) for a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sport and diligent work.^[19][20]

According to Kremlev, he was awarded with the Certificate of Honor of President of the Russian Federation, the medal "25 years since the establishment of the Presidential Security Service", received gratitude from President of the Russian Federation "for many years of diligent work and active social activities" and the Cross of the International Order of St. George Glory.^[21]

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