FIBA General Dies

Baumann was also a member of the International Olympic Committee board (KON).

“Baumann has suddenly undergone a heart attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the Youth Olympics are under way. Basketball has lost a leader, a friend, and now our thoughts are with Patrick's wife and two children at this tragic time for them, said FIBA's announcement.

While Arben Fetah chairman of the Kosovo Basketball Federation has expressed condolences to Baumann's family.

“Patric was a great friend of the Kosovo Basketball Federation. He has done much for the FBK's admission into FIBA through his advice. Baumann has been the reference point and the man who has kept in touch with the Kosovo Basketball Federation for more than a decade, from the first post-war contacts, to Kosovo's FIBA membership in March 2015”, said among other things in the FBK announcement.