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| - René Fasel (b. February 6th 1950 in Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland) is the current president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. He is also member of the International Olympic Comittee (IOC). Fasel spent his playing career with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, playing in the club's junior teams and with the senior squad in the National League B from 1960 to 1972. On that year, Fasel retired from playing to become referee; his refereeing career lasted until 1982 and included 37 international matches.
- In June 1994, he was elected the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, succeeding Günther Sabetzki. He has served four consecutive terms as President. His most recent started at the IIHF congress in May 2008 when he was unopposed in his re-election attempt. As IIHF president, Fasel has tried to forge a stronger relationship between the IIHF and the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league of North America. In March 1995, he helped negotiate an agreement so that NHL players could compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He has also vowed to "work day and night" to help negotiate an agreement that will see NHL players participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is against fighting in ice hockey, describing it as "Neanderthal behavior
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| - René Fasel (b. February 6th 1950 in Fribourg, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland) is the current president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. He is also member of the International Olympic Comittee (IOC). Fasel spent his playing career with HC Fribourg-Gottéron, playing in the club's junior teams and with the senior squad in the National League B from 1960 to 1972. On that year, Fasel retired from playing to become referee; his refereeing career lasted until 1982 and included 37 international matches. In 1982, Fasel becomes president of the National League A Referees Commission. The next year, he begins his international career, as a member of the Central Committee and president of the IIHF Referees Commission. In 1992, Fasel becomes a member of the Swiss Olympic Association. Two years later, he becomes president of the IIHF, a position he is still in charge of today. In 1995, he becomes a member of the International Olympic Committee.
- In June 1994, he was elected the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, succeeding Günther Sabetzki. He has served four consecutive terms as President. His most recent started at the IIHF congress in May 2008 when he was unopposed in his re-election attempt. As IIHF president, Fasel has tried to forge a stronger relationship between the IIHF and the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league of North America. In March 1995, he helped negotiate an agreement so that NHL players could compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. He has also vowed to "work day and night" to help negotiate an agreement that will see NHL players participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics. He is against fighting in ice hockey, describing it as "Neanderthal behavior". In 1992 he became a member of the Swiss Olympic Association. In 1995 he became a member of the International Olympic Committee. He was the first ever representative of ice hockey. As an IOC member, he has held several positions, including Chairman of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) and Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the 2010 Winter Olympics. In May 2008, Fasel was nominated to replace Ottavio Cinquanta as the winter sports representative on the IOC's executive board. He was named to the board on 7 August at the 120th IOC Session held before the 2008 Summer Olympics. Fasel is married and has four children. He attended the University of Fribourg and University of Bern and became a Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1977. In 1997, the IOC commissioned him to conduct a study of dental treatment of Olympic athletes. The report, "Sports Dentistry and the Olympic Games", was published in 2005. On 26 July 2012 Fasel was part of the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay in London.
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