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Robert "Bob" Hersh (born February 12, 1940) is a retired American lawyer. He was also the Senior Vice President for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body for the Athletics, collection of sports known in the United States as including track and field, cross country, racewalking and road running. He was a board member of USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body for the sport. He is a graduate of Columbia University, where he was manager of the track and field team and Harvard Law School.

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  • Robert "Bob" Hersh (born February 12, 1940) is a retired American lawyer. He was also the Senior Vice President for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body for the Athletics, collection of sports known in the United States as including track and field, cross country, racewalking and road running. He was a board member of USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body for the sport. He is a graduate of Columbia University, where he was manager of the track and field team and Harvard Law School. (en)
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  • Robert "Bob" Hersh (born February 12, 1940) is a retired American lawyer. He was also the Senior Vice President for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world governing body for the Athletics, collection of sports known in the United States as including track and field, cross country, racewalking and road running. He was a board member of USA Track & Field (USATF), the national governing body for the sport. He has held numerous high ranking positions with both organizations that place him at the forefront of the sport. He started with the IAAF on the Technical Committee and as Chairman of the Competition Working Group in 1984. In 1999 he was elevated to the Council and in 2011 was elected Senior Vice President over more recognized retired athletes Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, the two favorites to succeed IAAF President Lamine Diack at the next election in 2015. With USATF, he has been a board member since before the organization took on its current name, joining The Athletics Congress board in 1980. He formerly served as USATF's General Counsel, and he was formerly the chairman of the USATF Rules committee and the Track and Field Records sub-committee. He is also a member of the Association of Track and Field Statisticians. With his deep knowledge of the sport, Hersh has been the English language stadium announcer at many high-profile meets including the 1984 Summer Olympics through the 1996 Summer Olympics and also the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, the IAAF World Championships in Athletics from 1991 to 2007, the IAAF World Cup in 1994, 1998 and 2006, the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1987, 1999 and 2008, and the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in 1994 and 1998. He was the announcer for the 1988 Olympic Trials when Florence Griffith Joyner set the world record. He is a graduate of Columbia University, where he was manager of the track and field team and Harvard Law School. On October 4, 2018, USA Track & Field announced that Hersh was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. (en)
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