BBQ Chairman Yoon Hong-geun Elected as 33rd President of the Skating Federation: "Will Provide Full Support"

Yoon Hong-geun, chairman of Genesis BBQ Group, who was elected as the 33rd president of the Korea Skating Union (center), is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the certificate of election at the BBQ headquarters in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 10th. [Photo by Korea Skating Union]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Yoon Hong-geun, chairman of Genesis BBQ Group, has been elected as the 33rd president of the Korea Skating Union.

According to the Skating Union on the 10th, the Union's Election Management Committee held a meeting the day before and reviewed any disqualifications for candidate Yoon, who ran unopposed, and found no issues, thus deciding him as the elected president.

Yoon will officially assume office as the president of the Skating Union after approval from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee. His term will last four years until January 2025.

President-elect Yoon stated, "I will do my best to create a fair and transparent skating environment where everyone who loves skating can participate and share together," adding, "I will spare no support to restore international competitiveness and performance so that we can achieve good results at the 2022 Beijing Olympics."

The Skating Union was designated as a management organization by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee on September 20, 2018, due to incidents and internal discord around the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Since then, Samsung, which had served as the president company for 21 years, stepped down, and the union has been operated under a management committee system.

Yoon emphasized, "The skating community, stained by misunderstandings and distrust among skaters, must heal quickly and restore its tarnished honor," and urged, "Harmony and unity are necessary for skating to rebound as a sport loved by the public."

Meanwhile, Yoon currently holds positions as chairman of Genesis BBQ Group, standing chairman of the Korea Foodservice Industry Association, honorary chairman of the Korea Franchise Association, chairman of the Top 100 Franchise CEO Forum, and vice chairman of the Korea-US Economic Council.

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