by Sasha Manuel
IOC Athletes' Commission Election, 31 Olympian Candidates
Thirty-one athletes are candidates for the IOC Athletes' Commission elections, which will be held during the Games in
Beijing in 2008. Four places will be available, replacing Sergey Bubka, Robert Ctvrtlik, Barbara Kendall and Alexander
Popov.
These candidates should have been nominated by their respective NOCs and should have participated in the last 2004
Athens Games. The voters will be the athletes participating in the upcoming 2008 Beijing Games.
Here's a list of the 31 candidates (in alphabetical order), which is still subject for approval of the Nominations
Commission:
Luciana AYMAR
ARG
Hockey
Claudia BOKEL
GER
Fencing
Igor BORASKA
CRO
Rowing
Iztok COP
SLO
Rowing
Khishigbat ERDENET-OD
MGL
Judo
Susana FEITOR
POR
Athletics
Julie FOUDY
USA
Football
Grant HACKETT
AUS
Aquatics
Justine HENIN
BEL
Tennis
Chris HOY
GBR
Cycling
Chih-Hsiung HUANG
TPE
Taekwondo
Salim ILES
ALG
Aquatics
Otylia JEDRZEJCZAK
POL
Aquatics
Barbara KENDALL
NZL
Sailing
Wilson KIPKETER
DEN
Athletics
Ching LI
HKG
Table tennis
Xiang LIU
CHN
Athletics
Tereza MARINOVA
BUL
Athletics
Amélie MAURESMO
FRA
Tennis
Dae Sung MOON
KOR
Taekwondo
Martina MORAVCOVA
SVK
Aquatics
Koji MUROFUSHI
JPN
Athletics
Alexander POPOV
RUS
Aquatics
Camelia Alina POTEC
ROU
Aquatics
Yumilka RUIZ LUACES
CUB
Volleyball
Arantxa SANCHEZ - VICARIO
ESP
Tennis
Ganna SOROKINA
UKR
Aquatics
Nikola STOJIC
SRB
Rowing
Artur TAYMAZOV
UZB
Wrestling
Paul TERGAT
KEN
Athletics
Pedro YANG
GUA
Badminton
The IOC Athletes' Commission was created in 1981. It serves as the link between the Olympic athletes and the IOC, acting
as the athletes' voice within the Olympic Movement. The majority of the Commission's members (12 out of 19) have been
elected by their peers within the period of the ongoing Olympic Games since 1996.
ENDS