The Olympic silver medallist, world champion and European champion fencer Krisztián Kulcsár was elected President at the General Assembly of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, gathered in Budapest on Tuesday 2 May.

Kulcsar, 46, won on three rounds of votes over the other two candidates: the outgoing president Zsolt Borkai, who had headed the organisation since 2010, and former NOC Secretary General Bence Szabó.

The new 15-member Executive Committee in charge for the 2017-2020 Olympic cycle includes two elected Vice Presidents Mihály Orendi and Tamás Deutsch,  and three IOC Members, Tamás Aján, Dániel Gyurta and Pál Schmitt.

Lazlo Fabian has been appointed as interim Secretary General.