Riccardo Fraccari
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Riccardo Fraccari is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an Italian baseball umpire and president of the International Baseball Federation
International Baseball Federation
The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...
. He enjoyed a very successful career as an umpire in Italian Baseball, which led him to being named the best amateur umpire in the world. Mr. Fraccari participated in 7 Olympic Games as an umpire, umpire director and an official. He was inducted to the Amateur Baseball Umpire Association (ABUA) Hall of Fame in 2002.
As a baseball official, he served as Vice President of the Italian Baseball Softball Federation (FIBS) under President Aldo Notari
Aldo Notari
Aldo Notari was the president of the International Baseball Federation from 1993 to 2006.-References:...
from 1985 to 2000 and as an Umpire Commissioner in Italy. He was president of the European Baseball Confederation (CEB) Technical Commission and a member of the International Baseball Federation
International Baseball Federation
The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...
(IBAF) Technical Commission.
He was elected President of the FIBS on December 8, 2001 and was recently voted into his third term. In 2005, he was voted first Vice President of CEB and was confirmed for a second term in March 2009. He served as Continental Vice President (Europe) of the IBAF under President Harvey Schiller
Harvey Schiller
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. He is a current member of the Italian National Olympic Committee Council.
In December 2009, Mr. Fraccari was voted into office as IBAF president, succeeding Harvey Schiller.