Prof Dr Uğur Erdener

In his professional life, Uğur Erdener served as both a physician and an academician at Hacettepe University. His expertise focused on Oculoplastic Surgery. After a term as the General Director of Hacettepe University Hospitals from 2000, Erdener was elected as the Rector of Hacettepe University in 2007, a position he held until 2011. Over his extensive academic career of more than 40 years in the Department of Ophthalmology, he contributed significantly, publishing numerous articles in both local and international scientific journals.

Erdener served as the President of the Turkish Archery Federation from 1983 to 2005, contributing significantly during his 23 year tenure. He took over the presidency of World Archery Europe for 5 years. In 2005, Erdener became the first and only Turkish sports figure to be elected as the President of an International Federation in an Olympic sport, leading the World Archery Federation. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021. He was awarded as the Honorary President of World Archery in 2025.

Uğur Erdener has been the President of the Turkish Olympic Committee for 14 years and since 2008 he has been a Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He served on the IOC Executive Board in 2014, assumed the role of Vice President in 2016, and continued these roles until 2020. Additionally, he served on the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2024 Olympic Games in 2016-2017 and later on the IOC Coordination Commission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Erdener has chaired the IOC Medical and Scientific Commission for 10 years and has also served as the Chair of the IOC Dakar Youth Olympic Games Evaluation Commission and the Chair of the IOC Youth Olympic Games Working Group.

For 14 years he was as a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee and WADA Foundation Board, Erdener also serves as the Chair of the WADA Health, Medical and Research Committee (HM&R). Since 2017, Erdener has been the IOC Representative on the Board of the International Testing Agency (ITA) until 2015. In 2014, he became a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council and was elected as the Vice President of ASOIF in 2017 and later in 2021. In 2023, he was elected as the President of SportAccord, a global sports event organization representing all International Federations. He is also a member of IMGA Board.