Two-time Olympic Champion sprint canoeist Mr. Zsolt Gyulay has been elected President by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Olympic Committee following the resignation of Kulcsár, who lost a vote of no confidence in his leadership late last month.
It had been triggered after growing discontent had been expressed in his leadership following his decision to dramatically reduce the number of MOB members from 215 to 123, and then to 115.
Further outrage centred around Kulcsár after it was discovered he raised his own honorary salary from HUF1.2 million (£2,740/$3,673/€3,247) to HUF2.6 million (£5,937/$7,959/€7,036) after his re-election.
Kulcsár had been first elected to the role in 2017 and was given another term at the helm in 2020.
Gyulay beat Balázs Hajdu, a two-time Olympian in sailing, by 34 votes to 14 at the MOB Annual General Meeting.
Gyulay won gold in the K1 500 metres and K4 1,000m races at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
He is also a seven-time world champion.
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