Joseph S. (Sepp) Blatter was born on 10 March 1936 in the Swiss town of Visp, near the famous Matterhorn. He graduated from the Sion and St. Maurice colleges in Switzerland with a school-leaving certificate and then gained a degree as Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics from the Faculty of Law at Lausanne University. Joseph Blatter is married and has one daughter.
Sports activities
Active footballer from 1948 to 1971 (played for the Swiss amateur league in the top division)
Member of the Board of Xamax Neuchßtel FC from 1970 to 1975
Member of the Panathlon Club (society of sports managers)
Since 1956 member of the Swiss Association of Sportswriters
Since 1999 member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) |