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Philipp von Schoeller, Former National Horse-riding Champion And International Olympic Committee Member, 86

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VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Philipp von Schoeller, a former national horse-
riding champion and International Olympic Committee member, died
Tuesday [May 8, 2008]. He was 86.

Von Schoeller died after being ill for several years, the Chamber of
Commerce said.

He was elected an IOC member from Austria in 1977 and became an
honorary member in 2000 after reaching the mandatory retirement age.

As a banker and an industrialist, von Schoeller served as a board
member of various companies in Austria. He also chaired several
industrial lobbying institutions in Vienna, London [England] and Paris
[France] between 1971 and 1998.

AP


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