MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th October, 2018) Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Baumann died on Sunday in Buenos Aires at the age of 51, FIBA said in a statement.
"It is with immeasurable sadness that FIBA on Sunday confirmed the passing of Patrick Baumann, FIBA Secretary General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. Despite receiving immediate medical attention, he suddenly and unexpectedly succumbed to a heart attack during the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires, Argentina," the statement reads.
FIBA President Horacio Muratore sent his condolences to Baumann's family.
IOC President Thomas Bach also expressed his sorrow over the FIBA secretary general's death.
"This is a great shock which has hit us all very hard. We can hardly believe this terrible news. Particularly since, even today, we have seen him working hard, as we always knew him, for the sport he loved. We lose a young and sympathetic leader full of hope who was standing for the future of sport. Our thoughts are with his wife, his children and his family," he said as quoted in the IOC statement.
Baumann has been the secretary general of FIBA since 2002.
