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| July 21, 2021 | ||
| IOC Session takes decisions on membership During today’s proceedings, the Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected one Vice-President, re-elected two members of the IOC Executive Board (EB) and elected one EB member. Following the recommendations made by the EB in June 2021, the Session also re-elected five Members, changed the status of one Member, and elected two Honorary Members. IOC Executive Board Ms Nicole Hoevertsz (IOC Member in Aruba) was elected by the IOC Session as Vice-President of the IOC; Dr Robin E. Mitchell (IOC Member in Fiji) and Mr Denis Oswald (IOC Member in Switzerland) were re-elected as IOC EB members; and Mrs Kristin Kloster (IOC Member in Norway) was newly elected to the Board. Change of status The 138th IOC Session approved the change of status proposed by the IOC EB for Ms Kirsty Coventry, IOC Member in Zimbabwe and currently Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, from Active Athlete (membership linked to her function as an active athlete) to Independent Individual IOC Member. Her term as a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission is set to end with the closing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Re-elections The following five IOC Members, who arrived at the end of their terms, were re-elected by the IOC Session for another eight-year term or until they have reached the age limit within these eight years: - Mrs Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski The terms of office start at the end of the IOC Session in which the elections take place. This coincides with the closing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Honorary Members The EB Session also elected as Honorary Members Sir Craig Reedie, who has reached the age limit, and HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, following his resignation as an IOC Member. Sir Craig will become an Honorary Member on 1 January 2022, HRH Crown Prince Frederik at the end of this Session. ### The International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit, civil, non-governmental, international organisation made up of volunteers which is committed to building a better world through sport. It redistributes more than 90 per cent of its income to the wider sporting movement, which means that every day the equivalent of USD 3.4 million goes to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world. ### For more information, please contact the IOC Media Relations Team: Broadcast quality footage The IOC Newsroom: http://iocnewsroom.com/ Videos YouTube: www.youtube.com/iocmedia Photos For an extensive selection of photos available shortly after each event, please follow us on Flickr. To request archive photos and footage, please contact our Images team at: images@olympic.org. Social media For up-to-the-minute information on the IOC and regular updates, please follow us on Twitter and YouTube. | ||
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