Short recap of the elections during Delegates' Conference 2017
- Category: WMF Announcements
The official Minutes from the Delegates' Conference will be released in time, but here are the results of the elections and nominations:
Executive Committee:
President - Dr Gerhard Zimmermann (GER)
Secretary General - Silke Bernardi (GER)
Sport Director - Pasi Aho (FIN)
Finance Manager - Peter Joost Middag (NED)
Media Manager - Marion Homer (GBR)
Youth Officer - Sandra Walker (FIN)
By Statutes change the Youth Officer is now part of the Executive Committee. Together with the representatives of the 5 Continental Federation and the chairpersons of both the Athletes' Committee and Medical and Anti Doping Committee the Executive Committee has now 13 members.
Athletes' Committee:
Voting took take place before end of day 1 of the World Championships (September 20th).
Result of the voting by the Athletes:
Riyoko Fujiwara (JPN)
Greg Newport (USA)
David Maiolo (AUS)
Markus Danner (AUT)
Paolo Porta (ITA)
The elected Athletes decide who will take the chair and the position inside the Executive Committee.
Medical & Anti Doping Committee:
Karolina Jandova (chair) (CZE)
André Silva (POR)
Kaltrina Fetoshi (KOS)
Therapeutic Use Exemptions Committee:
Sabine Baltes-Streit (GER)
Jascha Wiechelt (GER)
Liga Kupce (LAT)
Entourage Committee:
Alberto Pirovano (ITA)
Victor Kozlov (RUS)
Michael Koziol (GER)
Stefan Gillberg (SWE)
1 vacancy exists
Ethics Committee:
Franz Brümmer (GER)
Karl Weiss (AUT)
Kei Izawa (JPN)
Women in Sport Committee:
Sandra Walker (FIN)
Lucy Giesen (NZE)
Silke Bernardi (GER)
Doruntina Fetoshi (KOS)
Rebecca Weber (SUI)
Sport for All Committee:
Wycliffe Ngoya (KEN)
Oleg Klassen (GER)
Damian Kissick (NZE)
Pat Sheridan (USA)
Kenji Owada (JPN)
Eduardo Sousa (POR)
Mislav Bjazic (CRO)
3 vacancies exist
Media & Marketing Committee:
Marion Homer (chair) (GBR)
Willy Bauer (AUT)
Jon Drexler (USA)
Talal Fattal (GHA)
Melanie Schwarz (AUT)
Thank you to all who have agreed to work on the committees and to all who voted.
