Nominies for the IPC Athletes
Committee Elections
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Ms. Rose Atieno Olang'
Candidate No. 1
Sport: Athletics
Country: Kenya
Disability: Amputee
Profession: Athlete
Age: 33
Gender: Female |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by getting closer to all member countries regularly to ensure
that all athletes get the opportunity to participate and have access to the required
sports equipment." |
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Ms. Rima Batalova
Candidate No. 2
Sport: Athletics
Country: Russia
Disability: Visually Impaired
Profession: Coach/Athlete
Age: 36
Gender: Female |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by increasing the involvement of disabled athletes into the
development of various sports and disciplines." |
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Mr. Llerena Jorge
Candidate No. 3
Sport: Athletics
Country: Uruguay
Disability: Visually Impaired
Profession: Psychologist
Age: 35
Gender: Male |
| "I will work for the benefit of the sport,
especially with blind athletes." |
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Mr. Ali Kashfia
Candidate No. 4
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Country: Iran
Disability: Amputee
Profession: Government Employee
Age: Not Available
Gender: Male |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by providing the necessary facilities and enhancing the culture
to create mutual respect between able and disabled persons; and increase the participation
of disabled people in sports planning thus improving the level of knowledge in the field
of disabled sports and physical education activities." |
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Mr. Azmands Lizboujkis
Candidate No. 5
Sport: Athletics
Country: Latvia
Disability: Visually Impaired
Profession: Lawyer
Age: 31
Gender: Male |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by increasing the promotion of the Paralympic Movement." |
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Ms. Ljiljana Ljubisic
Candidate No. 6
Sport: Goalball
Country: Canada
Disability: Visually Impaired
Profession: Athlete and Public Speaker
Age: Not Available
Gender: Female |
| "It is my belief that the Athletes Committee
can play a key role in emphasizing to the world at large, as well as Paralympic athletes
that the Paralympics are the ultimate high performance games for athletes with a
disability." |
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Mr. Hamish MacDonald
Candidate No. 7
Sport: Athletics
Country: Australia
Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Profession: Sports Administrator
Age: 26
Gender: Male |
| "The Athletes Committee can make sure that the
voice of the athletes is heard at all levels of the movement from the operational to
executive level. It can help ensure that all decisions take into consideration the needs
of the athletes so that our sports develop and grow." |
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Dr. Ashraf Eid Maraey
Candidate No. 8
Sport: Swimming
Country: Egypt
Disability: Quadriplegia
Profession: Professor of Sports, Helwan University
Age: 40
Gender: Male |
| "In my opinion, only the athletes can feel the
needs of athletes in disabled sports. The Athletes Committee can work for the benefits of
athletes with disabilities in all sports." |
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Mr. Enrique Sanchez-Guijo
Candidate No. 9
Sport: Athletics
Country: Spain
Disability: Visually Impaired
Profession: Student of Economics
Age: 26
Gender: Male |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by improving structures and to bring the athletes point of view
into the Athletes Committee." |
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Mr. Carmelo Scalisi (Toni)
Candidate No. 10
Sport: Archery
Country: Belgium
Disability: Amputee
Profession: Not Available
Age: 52
Gender: Male |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee can contribute
to the Paralympic Movement by watching and promoting, development sport Archery for
disabled and encourage different countries to organize European and World Championships
for athletes. To try and complete integration with FITA. To make them respect rules and
functional medical classification." |
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Mr. James Thompson
Candidate No. 11
Sport: Boccia
Country: United States of America
Disability: Cerebral Palsy
Profession: Financial Consultant
Age: 34
Gender: Male |
| "I feel the Athletes Committee is to ensure
that all IPC policies are fare and equitable to all; male, female, severely disabled
athletes, etc. This committee can also help guide the Paralympic movement by taking stands
on important issues and putting forth its own ideas, in order to maintain an athlete
centered movement." |
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| Athletes, do take your chance to vote! |
