The British Olympic Association are saddened to hear about the passing of Sir Craig Reedie.
One of the leading global figures in the world of sport, Reedie served as the chairman of the BOA between 1992 and 2005, receiving a knighthood for services to sport the same year.
During his career, he held the role of Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, was on the board of the London 2012 Organising Committee, and became the third President of the World Anti-Doping Agency between 2014 and 2019.
In 2009, he became the first Briton to have a seat on the International Olympic Committee board since 1961.
Reedie started his sporting career on the badminton court and gained domestic and international success throughout the 1960s, including becoming a national doubles champion.
During this time, badminton was not yet a recognised Olympic sport, but Reedie's influence as a sport's administrator was instrumental in changing this, with the first ever Olympic badminton medals awarded at Barcelona 1992.
As chairman of the BOA, Reedie helped oversee the winning of the London 2012 bid and throughout his lifetime played a massive contribution to the Olympic movement within Britain and the rest of the world.
In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), the highest and rarest form of honour.
Chair of the BOA, Katherine Grainger said: "If you have worked in Olympic sport, then it's highly likely that you would have known Sir Craig Reedie. How lucky we all were.
"Whether he was rubbing shoulders with the higher echelons of the IOC membership, or making his way around the British Olympic Association's offices to chat with staff members, he was never short of a word of encouragement, or some gentle wise counsel.
"Few knew the Olympic movement better and fewer still served it with such distinction. His dedicated service to the BOA, to the IOC and to WADA is notable
"He always fought hard for Olympic sport, and fought harder still for clean sport. In doing so he saw the good and, inevitably, the bad of our sporting system. It was the measure of Craig that it never diminished his love of sport and the Olympic Movement in particular.
"Craig awarded me some of my Olympic medals, so I had the privilege of being consoled and congratulated by him, and knowing he understood exactly what those moments meant.
"I only hope Lady Rosemary and family can be comforted by the warmth and affection with which we will hold Sir Craig's memory by."