山下氏、ＩＯＣ委員に就任　日本オリンピック委員会会長

　【ローザンヌ（スイス）時事】国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）は１０日、スイスのローザンヌで総会を開き、日本オリンピック委員会（ＪＯＣ）の山下泰裕会長（６２）が新委員に就任した。ＩＯＣ委員の投票で決まった。日本の現職では、国際体操連盟の渡辺守成会長に続いて２人目。
　山下氏は１９８４年ロサンゼルス五輪の柔道男子無差別級金メダリストで、日本の柔道出身者では１９０９年に日本人初のＩＯＣ委員となった講道館柔道創始者の故嘉納治五郎氏以来。
　ＩＯＣ委員は五輪開催都市を決める投票権を持つ。ＪＯＣ前会長の竹田恒和氏は昨年３月に退任した。（2020/01/11-01:18）

Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita, 62, became a member of the International Olympic Committee at the IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.
   Yamashita, selected in a vote by IOC members, is the second incumbent Japanese member of the committee. The other is Morinari Watanabe, president of the International Gymnastics Federation.
   Yamashita is the gold medalist in the men's judo open category in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
   He is the first Japanese to serve as IOC member from the country's judo world since Jigoro Kano, who was given IOC membership in 1909. Kano founded Kodokan, the hub of Japanese judo.
   IOC members have the right to vote for the selection of Olympic host cities. Yamashita became JOC president to replace Tsunekazu Takeda in June 2019. Takeda resigned as IOC member in March the same year.