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marco scolaris in 2009 fasi , italy turin , italy 72 kg lb on 230px 1.80 m ftin on sport climbing 24 july 1958 marco maria scolaris
 marco scolaris
marco maria scolaris

marco maria scolaris -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is a professional photographer and former amateur sportclimber .
he lives in turin , italy .
his father is dr. ing .
marcello scolaris , an expert in aeronautics who worked for the aircraft technology company alenia in turin , italy .
as an active boulderer in his twenties marco founded in 1988 the federazione arrampicata sportiva italiana -lrb- fasi -rrb- , independent from the club alpino italiano -lrb- cai -rrb- .
in 1990 fasi became a member federation of the italian national olympic committee .
also in 1988 he became an international judge for uiaa climbing and then a trainer for international judges in 1989 .
as uiaa climbing delegate he attended more than 40 events of the international mountaineering and climbing federation -lrb- uiaa -rrb- .
from 1996 to 1997 he was the president of the uiaa commission for competition climbing .
together with pascal mouche he founded the uiaa council for competition climbing and was the secretary general from 1997 to 2001 before becoming the president from 2001 to 2006 .
he organized the separation of international sportclimbing competitions from the uiaa in 2006 , founded the international federation of sport climbing in 2007 and became the president .
he was re-elected in 2009 and 2013 .
