Candidates for IPC Athletes' Council
Today, the International Paralympic Committee officially announced the eligible candidates for the 2008 IPC Athletes’ Council (AC) Election.
| Candidate | Sport | Gender | NPC |
| Athanasios Barakas | Athletics | Male | Greece |
| David Smetanine | Swimming | Male | France |
| Heinz Frei | Athletics | Male | Switzerland |
| Im-Yeon Kim | Shooting | Female | Korea |
| Joost de Hoogh | Swimming | Male | The Netherlands |
| Lars Löfström | Sailing | Male | Sweden |
| Ljiljana (Lilo) Ljubisic | Athletics | Female | Canada |
| Maha Bargouthi | Table Tennis | Female | Jordan |
| Marketa Sidkova | Archery | Female | Czech Republic |
| Michael Teuber | Cycling | Male | Germany |
| Moises Fuentes Garcia | Swimming | Male | Colombia |
| Robert (Bob) Balk | Athletics | Male | USA |
| Teresa Perales | Swimming | Female | Spain |
| Yu Chui Yee | Wheelchair Fencing | Female | Hong Kong |
The elections will take place from 4 to 15 September at the Voting Centre in the Beijing Paralympic Village as well as from 5 to 8 September at the Hong Kong and Qingdao Paralympic Villages.
The IPC Athletes’ Council is the collective voice of Paralympic athletes within the IPC and the greater Paralympic Movement. As the liaison between IPC decision-makers and Paralympic athletes, the IPC Athletes’ Council works to provide effective input into decision-making at all levels of the organization. To this end, the IPC Athletes’ Council works to ensure effective athlete representation on all IPC committees and commissions as well as to create other opportunities for athlete representation both within and outside the IPC.
The Council is composed of nine Paralympic athlete representatives
elected for a four-year term. Six athlete representatives are elected from
summer sports and three from winter sports at the Paralympic Games. Athlete
candidates are nominated by their respective National Paralympic Committee (NPC)
and must have competed at a Paralympic Games within the previous eight
years.
For more information about the IPC Athletes’ Council Election in Beijing, please contact Verena Müller (verena.mueller@paralympic.org).
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Notes to the Editor:
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for nine sports, for which it supervises and co-ordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.
Founded on 22 September 1989, the IPC is an international non-profit organization formed and run by 162 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) from five regions and four disability specific international sports federations (IOSDs). The IPC Headquarters and its management team are located in Bonn, Germany.
For further information, please contact Steffi Klein, IPC Media and Communications Senior Manager, on e-mail: steffi.klein@paralympic.org or go to www.paralympic.org.
