VIENNA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Heike Groesswang has been elected President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, succeeding Italy's Ivo Ferriani, who had led the federation since 2010.

The IBSF announced that Groesswang, Secretary General of IBSF since 2012, was elected during Thursday's IBSF Congress morning session in Salzburg, Austria. She becomes the sixth and first female president of IBSF.

Groesswang, 56, was elected with a clear majority in the first round of voting, earning 27 votes out of a possible 45.

Groesswang joined IBSF as Executive Director in 2010 and was appointed Secretary General two years later. She has been a member of seven International Olympic Committee Working Groups and Commissions, as well as the ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) Diversity and Gender Equality Commission and WADA Foundation Board, and served as Secretary General of the Winter Olympic Federations (WOF) from 2020 to 2023.