Alex Gilady

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Alex Gilady
Alex Gilady during the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born(1942-12-09)9 December 1942
Died13 April 2022(2022-04-13) (aged 79)
London, England
Occupation(s)Journalist, sports official
OrganizationInternational Olympic Committee (1994–2022)

Alex Gilady (9 December 1942 – 13 April 2022) was an Iranian-born Israeli journalist and sports official.

Gilady became a sports commentator for television in 1968. From 1981 to 1996, he was vice president of the channel NBC Sports, and from 1985 to 2008 he was the Chairman of the Television Commission of the IAAF.

In 1994, Gilady became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2020, Gilady was Vice-Chairman for the Coordination Commission for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Gilady died on 13 April 2022 in London, England from cancer, aged 79.[1]

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