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30 Jun 2009

470 Sailors On ISAF Athletes’ Commission

ISAF has today announced the 10 sailors who have been elected to the ISAF Athletes’ Commission. The Athletes’ Commission members each represent one of the 10 sailing events chosen for the 2012 London Olympic Games. They were elected by sailors in the Athletes’ Commission elections which concluded on Sunday 28 June 2009. The new Commission members will serve a four-year term until 2013 and will report directly to the ISAF Executive Committee.

The new line up of the Commission represents a wide range of ages, experience, disciplines and nations. Between them, the members of the Athletes’ Commission have won five Olympic medals (three of them gold), five World Championship titles in the Olympic events and two Match Racing World Championship titles. Seven of the Commission members have been re-elected for a second term, whilst double ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Champion Claire LEROY, Beijing Olympic gold medallist in the Men’s 470, Malcolm PAGE and Swedish Laser sailor Rasmus MYRGREN are new members.

The members of the ISAF Athletes’ Commission for 2009-2013 are:

De Koning and Page bring a tremendous depth of experience to the ISAF Athletes’ Commission. Both Olympians and medallists, between them they have been sailing the 470 class for over 20 years.

The first task of the new Commission members will be to elect their chairman. For the past term, Marcelien de Koning has chaired the Athletes’ Commission, with Ben Barger as Vice-chair. The first meeting of the newly elected representatives is provisionally scheduled to be held at the ISAF Secretariat in October 2009.

You can find out more about the ISAF Athletes’ Commission on the ISAF website at www.sailing.org/athletes