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Record number of candidates for IOC Athletes’ Commission elections in Rio

CONINET1 20151209170105273 cr crThe IOC Executive Board (EB) this morning approved the candidatures of 24 athletes for the IOC Athletes’ Commission elections, which will be held during the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 next August.

Candidates come from all continents and are representing 14 different sports with an equal number of men and women. This great outcome owes much to the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms which have put a greater focus on athletes and the central role they have to play within the IOC and the Olympic Movement. Four seats on the Commission will become available in 2016, with current members Claudia Bokel, Dae Sung Moon, Alexander Popov and Yumilka Ruiz Luaces finishing their terms of office next summer. All athletes participating in Rio de Janeiro 2016 will be eligible to vote. After approval by the IOC Session, the four elected athletes will become IOC members for an eight-year term of office. 

 

 

List of candidates (in alphabetical order):

Title

Family Name

Given Name

Country

Sport

Mr

AL-ATTIYAH

Nasser Salih

QAT

Shooting

Mr

BOUKPETI

Benjamin

TOG

Canoe

Ms

DAWANI

Nadin

JOR

Taekwondo

Ms

DOBRYNSKA

Nataliya

UKR

Athletics

Ms

DURUNDA

Marina

AZE

Gymnastics

Mr

GYURTA

Daniel

HUN

Aquatics

Ms

ISINBAYEVA

Yelena

RUS

Athletics

Ms

HEIDEMANN

Britta

GER

Fencing

Mr

KANTER

Gerd

EST

Athletics

Ms

LIN

Yi-chun

TPE

Shooting

Mr

LÓPEZ

Mijaín

CUB

Wrestling

Ms

MEDANY

Aya

EGY

Modern pentathlon

Ms

MULTALA

Sari

FIN

Sailing

Mr

MUROFUSHI

Koji

JPN

Athletics

Ms

NEHWAL

Saina

IND

Badminton

Mr

PINI

Ryan

PNG

Aquatics

Ms

PYREK-ROKITA

Monika

POL

Athletics

Mr

RODRIGUES

João Filipe Gaspar

POR

Sailing

Mr

RYU

Seung-min

KOR

Table tennis

 

Mr

SAIVE

Jean-Michel

BEL

Table tennis

Mr

SCHEIDT

Robert

BRA

Sailing

Mr

SCOLA

Luis

ARG

Basketball

Ms

SENSINI

Alessandra

ITA

Sailing

Ms

WALKER

Sarah

NZL

Cycling

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