IOC Executive Board proposes eight new IOC Members for election to the Session in Paris

The IOC Executive Board (EB) today agreed to propose eight new IOC Members for election to the 142nd IOC Session, which will meet in Paris, France, on 23 and 24 July, and 10 August 2024. In doing so, the EB followed the recommendations of the IOC Members Election Commission.

The IOC EB also proposed the re-election of 15 IOC Members within the age limit, together with the extension of the term of office of one Member and the election of two Honorary Members.

Eight new IOC Members proposed for election

The EB approved the nomination of eight candidates – four women and four men – for election as IOC Members by the upcoming Session.

Four candidates, three women and one man, are being proposed as Independent Individuals:

• Mrs Aya Medany (female, year of birth: 1988, Egypt)
• Mrs Sarah Walker (female, year of birth: 1988, New Zealand)
• Mrs Paula Belen Pareto* (female, year of birth: 1986, Argentina)
• Sir Hugh Robertson* (male, year of birth: 1962, Great Britain)

* Nominations possible in accordance with Rule 16.1.1. of the Olympic Charter. This rule allows for up to seven IOC Members to be elected in special cases without a nationality or National Olympic Committee (NOC) requirement.

Three candidates have been proposed linked to their function within an NOC:

• Mrs Damaris Young, President of the Comité Olímpico de Panamá (female, year of birth: 1984, Panama)
• Mr Gene Sykes, President of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (male, year of birth: 1958, United States of America)
• Mr Ian Chesterman, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (male, year of birth: 1959, Australia). Mr Chesterman’s nomination was approved by the IOC EB to be put forward to the IOC Session in Paris, with his IOC membership starting on 1 January 2025.

One candidate has been proposed linked to his function within an International Federation (IF):

• Mr Johan Eliasch; President of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (male, year of birth: 1962, Great Britain)

The candidates have been subject to integrity checks conducted by the IOC Ethics Commission.

IOC Members to be re-elected in 2024 with the age limit taken into consideration

Fifteen IOC Members arriving at the end of their eight-year term, following their election or re-election in 2016, will be proposed for re-election for another eight years, with the age limit being taken into consideration for the end of the terms (80 for those elected before December 1999 and 70 for those elected after that date):

• Mr Thomas Bach (Germany, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1953, elected in 1991)
• Mr Sergii Bubka (Ukraine, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1963, elected in 2008)
• Mr Richard Carrión (Puerto Rico, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1952, elected in 1990)
• Ms Anita L. DeFrantz (United States of America, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1952, elected in 1986)
• Mr Guy Drut (France, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 1996)
• Mr Robin Mitchell (Fiji, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1946, elected in 1994)
• Mr Denis Oswald (Switzerland, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1947, elected in 1991)
• HRH The Princess Royal (Great Britain, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 1988)
• Mrs Nita Ambani (India, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1962, elected in 2016)
• Ms Sari Essayah (Finland, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1967, elected in 2016)
• Mr Ivo Ferriani (Italy, membership linked to his function as President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), year of birth: 1960, elected in 2016)
• Mrs Auvita Rapilla (Papua New Guinea, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1971, elected in 2016)
• Mr Anant Singh (South Africa, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1956, elected in 2016)
• Ms Tricia Smith (Canada, membership linked to her function as President of the Canadian Olympic Committee, year of birth: 1957, elected in 2016)
• Mr Karl Stoss (Austria, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1956, elected in 2016)

Extension of term of office for one IOC Member

The IOC EB agreed to submit to the Session for approval the extension for four years of the term of office of one IOC Member.

Mr Mustapha Berraf (Algeria, Membership linked to his function as President of the Association of the National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), year of birth: 1954, elected in 2019, whose age limit, 70, will be reached at the end of 2024), starting from 1 January 2025 and running until the end of 2028. This is due to his position as President of ANOCA and his pioneering role in promoting the Olympic Movement and its values by means of National Olympic Committees in Africa.

Two IOC Members proposed as Honorary Members

The EB also agreed to put forward to the Session for election as Honorary Members, as of 1 January 2025, two Members whose terms of office are coming to an end.

• Mr John Coates (Australia, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 2001)
• Mr Uğur Erdener (Türkiye, Independent Individual, year of birth: 1950, elected in 2008)

Re-election of a member of the IOC Ethics Commission

Finally, pursuant to Rule 22.2 of the Olympic Charter and Article 2 of the IOC Ethics Commission’s statutes, the IOC EB also proposed that the IOC Session re-elect to the IOC Ethics Commission Mrs Amina Mohamed (year of birth: 1961, Kenya) for a four-year term in her capacity as an independent member. Mrs Mohamed was first elected to the IOC Ethics Commission in 2020.

The IOC membership elections will be held during the 142nd IOC Session that will take place in Paris, France, on 23 and 24 July, and 10 August 2024.