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Sports Assemblies:
Leadership and Directions
for the Next Years
At the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, the National Paralympic Committees and member
disabled sports organizations of the IPC will participate in the quadrennial Sports
Assemblies to elect their future sports leadership and continue the development of rules
and regulations into the next Paralympiad.
All sports on the Paralympic Summer Programme with the exception of Wheelchair Basketball
and Wheelchair Tennis will host quadrennial Sports Assemblies and meetings during the
Games. During these Sports Assemblies, delegates will receive sports reports, discuss and
vote on motions to change sports governing structures and rules, and elect representatives
to their Sports Assembly Executive Committee (SAEC) or equivalent body. Each Sports'
governing structure is unique, however all Sports have a Chairperson responsible for the
coordination and management of their committee. All elected officers are volunteers, who
dedicate their free time to sport for athletes with a disability. They are supported by
the staff of the IPC Headquarters Sport Department.
The majority of these meeting will be held in the International Zone of the Paralympic
Village and look to be well attended by the IPC constituency. Over 620 delegates and
observers are registered to attend the IPC Championship Sports Assemblies alone.
DATE |
SPORT |
TIME |
ROOM |
Oct. 18 |
Goalball |
8am -12pm |
Media Conference Room 1 - MC |
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Swimming |
10am-1pm |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
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Wheelchair Rugby |
9am-3pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
Oct. 22 |
Equestrian |
8pm-10pm |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
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Judo |
9am-2pm |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
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Shooting |
8pm-10pm |
Multi Function Room 3, Int. Zone |
Oct. 23 |
Powerlifting |
9am-11am |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
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Table Tennis |
12:30pm-8:30pm |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
Oct. 24 |
Cycling |
5pm-9pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
Oct. 25 |
Sailing |
7:30pm-10pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
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Fencing |
9am-1pm |
Multi Function Room 1, Int. Zone |
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Basketball-ID |
9am-12pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
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Volleyball |
1pm-5pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
Oct. 26 |
Archery |
10am-12pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
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Athletics |
2pm-5pm |
Multi Function Room 3, Int. Zone |
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Football |
7:30pm-9:30pm |
Media Conference Room 2, MC |
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12pm-2pm |
Media Conference Room 1, MC |
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 Multidisability
Sports Athletes Representatives Elections
All athletes competing in a multidisability Championship Sport governed by the IPC have
the possibility to elect their representative to the Sport Assembly Executive Committee of
the respective sport.
These representatives sit on the Sports Assembly Executive Committee for four years and
have critical input in decisions effecting the rules, qualification standards, and
development of their sport. This election will be held in conjunction with the Athletes
Committee Elections. We encourage the athletes of Archery, Athletics, Equestrian,
Powerlifting, Shooting, Swimming and Table Tennis to vote for their voice.
The nominies are:
| Archery |
John Cavanagh (United Kingdom) |
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Joseph Grejdus (United States) |
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Carmelo Scalisi (Belgium) |
| Athletics |
Mohammed Mouin Bakkar (Lebanon) |
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Neil Fuller (Australia) |
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Scott Hollonbeck (United States) |
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Azmands Lizboujkis (Latvia) |
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Rose Atieno Olang’ (Kenya) |
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Enrique Sanchez-Guijo (Spain) |
| Cycling |
Peter Homann (Australia) |
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Alfred Kaiblinger (Austria) |
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Ron Williams (United States) |
| Equestrian |
Hope Hand (United States) |
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Angelika Trabert (Germany) |
| Powerlifting |
Issaka Richard Kabore (Burkina Faso) |
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Jeffrey K. Lauterbach (United States) |
| Shooting |
Juan A. Saavedra (Spain) |
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Bob Shields (United States) |
| Swimming |
Sarah Bailey (United Kingdom) |
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Pascal Pinard (France) |
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Jason Wening (United States) |
| Table Tennis |
Vincent Boury (France) |
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Jennifer Johnson (United States) |
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IPC Athletes' Committee
Elections
All Aa accredited athletes participating in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games will have
the right to vote in the IPC Athletes' Committee Elections. Athletes will elect six summer
representatives from the list of nominees, which were made by their respective National
Paralympic Committees.
The Athletes' Committee is comprised of 9 athlete representatives, six elected during the
Paralympic Summer Games and three during the winter. The representatives hold their
positions until the next Paralympic Games. The Chairman of the Athletes' Committee shall
be elected by the new membership at the first meeting following the elections.
The Athletes' Committee Elections will be held in the Main Dining facility of the
Paralympic Village from 22 -26 October between the hours of 13:00 and 20:00 daily. The IPC
asks all NPCs and athletes to encourage participation in this important process.
The main objective of the Athletes' Committee is to ensure that athletes' needs are
represented in the in the IPC decision-making process. In pursuing this major goal, the
Athletes' Committee aims to increase communication with athletes, to act as an athlete
advisory body, to improve awareness of athlete representation and to actively promote
athlete representation at all levels.
Since the beginning of the year, the Chairman of the IPC Athletes Committee takes part in
the Athletes' Committee meetings of the International Olympic Committee. This gives the
Paralympic athletes the opportunity to have their voices heard not only in the rather
small world of sport for athletes with a disability, but also beyond in the sphere of
international sport and the Olympic movement.
A list of all nominees for the Athletes' Committee
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