Thomas Weikert, the former head of the table tennis global governing body, has been elected president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) at a meeting in Weimar on Saturday. The 60-year-old Weikert secured a clear mandate over the only other candidate, the former fencer Claudia Bokel, by 361 votes to 56. Weikert replaces the departing Alfons Hoermann at the head of the DOSB, an organization with some 27 million members across 90,000 affiliated clubs. “I am a bit overwhelmed,” Weikert said after his election. “Now we’ll work together and then we’ll move forwards. “Thanks also to C…