Editing Richard Carrión (section)

==International Olympic Committee==
He has been a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) since 1990 and currently chairs the Finance Commission and is a member of the IOC's Marketing, TV and Internet Rights Commissions.  Mr. Carrión led the negotiation team for the U.S. broadcast of the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games – generating $2 billion in revenue – and was elected to the IOC executive board in 2004. He was one of the torch carriers for the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], Italy.

From 1987, he and the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee led a fight to try to bring the [[2004 Summer Olympic Games]] to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. That bid failed, however, when [[Athens]] was voted in 1997 as the city to host those games.

In 2012, Carrión awarded [[Javier Culson]] with the bronze medal for the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] and [[Jaime Espinal]] with the silver medal for [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 84 kg|wrestling freestyle 84 kg]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympic Games|2012 Olympics]]. Culson and Espinal were the first Puerto Ricans to win Olympic medals outside of boxing.

===2013 Candidacy for IOC President===
On May 22, 2013, Carrión confirmed that he would run for [[Presidents of the International Olympic Committee|president]] of the [[IOC]]. At the [[125th IOC Session]] in [[Buenos Aires]], Carrión secured 29 votes in the final round of voting, but lost the election to [[Thomas Bach]].<ref>{{cite news | title =Richard Carrión anuncia su candidatura a la presidencia del COI | newspaper =El Nuevo Dia | location =Puerto Rico | language =es | publisher =GFR Media | date =May 22, 2013 | url =http://www.elnuevodia.com/richardcarrionanunciasucandidaturaalapresidenciadelcoi-1516652.html | access-date =May 22, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/9301042/puerto-rico-richard-carrion-declares-ioc-presidential-bid | title=Richard Carrion declares IOC bid | website=espn | date=22 May 2013 | access-date=10 November 2020 }}</ref>