President Alfons Hörmann resigns in the DOSB's leadership crisis and clears the way for new elections in December.

Like Vice President Kaweh Niroomand, the 60-year-old will no longer stand for election at the regular general assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation.

The DOSB announced this on Wednesday evening.

Hörmann's term of office therefore ends after eight years.

“In the past seven and a half years, we as a team have given everything to professionalize the DOSB and national sport and to give it a strong voice.

We have achieved a lot together, "said Hörmann in the DOSB announcement," but in December I would like to clear the way for a new beginning at the top.

The DOSB and the entire sport need strength and unity in order to continue to operate successfully and to represent the interests of the member organizations. "

With the announcement of new elections, the umbrella organization of German sport is now adhering to the recommendations of the ethics committee, which had advised to do so in the Hörmann letter affair.

Initially, the DOSB had envisaged a vote of confidence in the presidium members in September and was criticized for it by athletes, politicians and the state sports associations.

Now it came to a turning point.

Recently it had already been indicated that the DOSB is ready to give in and wanted to discuss the recommendations of the ethics committee again.

The leadership crisis had come to the public through an anonymous letter, which presumably came from the workforce of the association.

In the letter, the author (s) made explicit allegations against Hörmann for lack of leadership qualities (“culture of fear”).

The letter speaks of a lack of respect and fair play towards association employees.

Alfons Hörmann has headed the DOSB since December 2013 as the third president after the current IOC boss Thomas Bach and interim boss Hans-Peter Krämer. Criticism of his management style was denounced in the anonymous letter. The letter spoke of a lack of respect and fair play towards association employees. Thereupon the DOSB asked the independent ethics committee for clarification and evaluation.