# Nicole Resch

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**Nicole Resch** (born 1975) is a German jurist and former secretary general of the [International Biathlon Union](/source/International_Biathlon_Union) (IBU). She left her position during a corruption scandal investigation of her and the IBU President.

## Biography

Resch started [cross-country skiing](/source/Cross-country_skiing_(sport)) at the age of eight years and switched to [biathlon](/source/Biathlon) at the age of 12 years being trained by [Manfred Geyer](/source/Manfred_Geyer). She ended her sports life early and studied law at the [Julius Maximilian University](/source/University_of_W%C3%BCrzburg) of [Würzburg](/source/W%C3%BCrzburg). After the second state examination she underwent a special alumni program which focussed on the Olympic sports in the field of sport management and sport law.[1]

She started her career at the IBU as assistant of secretary general [Michael Geistlinger](/source/Michael_Geistlinger) in 2007.[2] After his leave she became his commissionary successor as chief of the IBU office. She was secretary general of the IBU from 1 December 2008.[3]

In 2018 the IBU underwent a corruption scandal and she was accused of accepting bribes from Russia.[4] She and the IBU President left their positions that year after Austrian and Norwegian authorities announced criminal investigations into their conduct.[5] According to a January 2021 report commissioned by biathlon’s new leadership and resulting from a two-year investigation,[5][6] she improperly defended Russia's athletes, assailed its critics, and blocked efforts to root out doping by Russia's teams.[5]

## External links

- [Portrait at the Website of the IBU](http://www.biathlonworld3.de/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=149) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081207201402/http://www.biathlonworld3.de/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=149) 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine

## References

1. ["Home - CIES"](https://www.cies.ch/en/cies/home/). *www.cies.ch*

1. ["www.sportcentric.com Nicole Resch - Secretary General, IBU"](http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5197-195162-212385-46467-294030-custom-item,00.html)[dead link]

1. ["22 Nov 08 - NEW IBU SECRETARY GENERAL"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090422013106/http://www.britishbiathlon.com/pages/archivenews2008%2009%20winter.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.britishbiathlon.com/pages/archivenews2008%2009%20winter.htm) on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-04-10.

1. ["How Russia bought the International Biathlon Union"](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2018/04/11/how-russia-bought-the-international-biathlon-union_5284117_3242.html). *Le Monde*. Retrieved 2019-01-30.

1. Panja, Tariq (January 28, 2021). ["Hunting Trips, Sex and Cash: How Russia Influenced Biathlon's Leader"](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/sports/olympics/biathlon-russia-doping-besseberg.html). *The New York Times*. – via NYTimes.com.

1. ["Final report of the IBU external review commission"](https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/biathlon-report-russia-besseberg/0cff27aa56cc6861/full.pdf). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210129153356/https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/biathlon-report-russia-besseberg/0cff27aa56cc6861/full.pdf) 2021-01-29 at the Wayback Machine.

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