By Duncan Mackay

Scott Blackmun has signed a new three-year contract as chief executive of the United States Olympic CommitteeNovember 12 - Scott Blackmun has been given a new three-year contract as chief executive of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) which will take him beyond Rio 2016, it has been revealed. 


The new deal includes a nine per cent basic salary raise to $550,000 (£346,000/€409,000) but eliminates the long-term incentive bonuses in his previous contract, according to a report in Sports Business Daily.

The contract was agreed at the USOC's Board meeting last week but details of the deal have only just emerged because 56-year-old Blackmun did not want it to be officially announced. 

Blackmun's total compensation for 2012 was $965,359 (£606,486/€718,198), according to the USOC's most recent tax filing.

That included a basic salary of $461,913 (£290,196/€343,646), bonuses and incentive compensation of $231,750 (£145,604/€172,417), and retirement and deferred compensation of $218,750 (£137,436/€162,759).

Blackmun, an attorney by training, had succeeded interim chief executive Stephanie Streeter in 2010 after Jim Scherr was forced out in 2009.

USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun (right) and chairman Larry Probst (left) have helped rebuild America's reputation within the Olympic Movement since they took overUSOC chief executive Scott Blackmun (right) and chairman Larry Probst (left) have helped rebuild America's reputation within the Olympic Movement since they took over

Under Blackmun, the US regained their place at the top of the Olympic medals table at London 2012 winning 104 medals, including 46 gold, their best-ever performance in a Games outside America.

But, perhaps more importantly, he and USOC chairman Larry Probst have helped repair the organisation's fragile relationship with the international Olympic Movement. 

This has included resolving the long-standing revenue-sharing dispute with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put the US in a position whereby they can consider bidding seriously again to stage the Summer Games for the first time since Atlanta 1996 following embarrassing failures by New York City for 2012 and Chicago for 2016.

"Scott came to the USOC at a time of turmoil and he, along with the senior team he has built around him, have provided not only much needed stability to the USOC but have helped further enhance the Olympic Movement in the US," said Probst in a statement.

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