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

IOC

09 December 2015

The 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