The list of the 25 candidates for the International Table Tennis Federation’s Athletes’ Commission is unveiled. At the list there are 10 Europeans.
There are 6 athletes from Europe who are candidates for the 8 positions of Athletes two Europeans in group of four for two positions of Para-Athletes Standings and two candidates in Wheelchair Para-Athletes.
Melissa TAPPER AUS Oceania
Stefan FEGERL AUT Europe
VEGA MAGAÑA Maria Paulina CHI Americas
LIU Shiwen CHN Asia
HANFFOU Sarah CMR Africa
PRIMORAC Zoran CRO Europe
ASSAR Omar EGY Africa
DVORAK Galia ESP Europe
LOEUILLETTE Stephanie FRA Europe
ACHANTA Sharath Kamal IND Asia
ALAMIYAN DARONKOLAEI Noshad IRI Asia
ABO YAMAN Zaid JOR Asia
ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN Asia
JANG Woo Jin KOR Asia
MADRID MANTILLA Marcos MEX Americas
RIOS Daniely PUR Americas
SAMARA Elizabeta ROU Europe
PERSSON Jon SWE Europe
LAWSON-GAIZER Fessou TOG Africa
ZHAO Shuai CHN Asia
SEOANE ALCARAZ Alberto ESP Europe
MOHAMMADI Fatemeh IRI Asia
VAN ZON Kelly NED Europe
TAPOLA Aino FIN Europe
LUNDBACK Ingela SWE Europe
According to regulations campaigning is now open and voting takes place from Monday 7 to Sunday 13 November.
The successful candidates will be announced on Monday 14th November.
A total of 10 places are open for the commission serving a term of four years the criteria is as follows:
Eight athletes who have competed in at least one World Championships or World Team Championships since 2014; each continent – Africa Asia Americas Europe Oceania – is eligible for at least one representative. Both genders must be represented.
Two Para athletes one standing and one wheelchair who have competed in at least one Para World Championships since 2014. The registration period for wheelchair para-athletes candidates will be extended by one week.
All members of the Athletes’ Commission will be invited to the forthcoming ITTF Summit in December in Amman Jordan. At the summit the commission along with IOC Athletes’ Commission member RYU Seung-Min will elect two chairs to sit on the ITTF Executive Committee. For the first time the two chairs will be one man and one woman to ensure gender parity.
Voting shall be exercised on-line through the means facilitated to each of the electors directly by the independent voting company LUMI.
In case of a tie the candidate from the continent with the lower number of elected candidates will be declared winner. In case of a further tie the candidate from the gender with the lower number of elected candidates will be declared winner. If ties cannot be resolved the election committee will open a second round of voting which will last 3 (three) days for the purpose of resolving the tie and declare the winner/s.
Full information about the Athletes’ Commission election can be found here.
