Nov 2009: The ISAF President’s Report at the annual ISAF Council Meeting:
The first recommendation the President referred to was athletes’ representation with full voting rights in the decision-making bodies of the Olympic Movement. The President said his wish was to include a member of the ISAF Athletes’ Commission on the Executive Committee and therefore also the Council of ISAF. However, recognizing the current Regulations do not allow for this, he proposed inviting current Athletes’ Commission chairman Ben Barger (USA) to join the Council at the table, in a non-voting capacity, but with the right to speak on any subject.
Sept 2009:
New Leadership of the ISAF Athletes Commission
From the concept of the ISAF Athletes Commission, five years ago, the Dutch Olympic Silver Medallist in the 470 class, Marcelien de Koning has chaired. After doing a fantastic job of building the communication links between the sailors, ISAF and the IOC, Marcelien has stood down in order to focus her energies on learning her new chosen Olympic Class, the RS:X. After winning silver in the 2008 Olympic Games as a 470 helm, this is a big challenge but one that Marcelien is embracing whole heartedly.
The Men’s RS:X representative, Ben Barger (USA) has been elected as the new Chaiman with the 470 Men’s 2008 Olympic Gold Medallist, Malcolm Page (AUS) filling Ben’s former role as Vice-Chairman.
July 2009:
New ISAF Athletes Commission 2009 – 2013
Class Reps:
June 2009:
2009 – 2013 ISAF Athletes’ Commission – Online Voting Now Open
Voting to determine the Olympic event representatives for the ISAF Athletes’ Commission is now in progress online from 15-21 June 2009.
Candidates Up For Election
The candidates up for election in four events are:
RS:X – Men’s Windsurfer
Ben BARGER (USA)
João RODRIGUES (POR)
Finn – Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy
Dan SLATER (NZL)
Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC (CRO)
470 – Men’s Two Person Dinghy
Malcolm PAGE (AUS)
Udi GAL (ISR)
470 – Women’s Two Person Dinghy
Erin MAXWELL (USA)
Marcelien DE KONING (NED)
Elected Candidates
The following sailors were the only candidates nominated in their event and therefore automatically elected to the ISAF Athletes’ Commission for 2009-2013.
Laser Radial – Women’s One Person Dinghy
Laura BALDWIN (AUS)
RS:X – Women’s Windsurfer
Olga MASLIVETS (UKR)
Laser – Men’s One Person Dinghy
Rasmus MYRGREN (SWE)
49er – Men’s Two Person Dinghy High Performance
Peter KRUGER ANDERSEN (DEN)
Star – Men’s Keelboat
Mark REYNOLDS (USA)
Elliott 6m – Women’s Match Racing:
Claire LEROY (FRA)
Click link to vote (Click)
ISAF Press Release (Click)
May 2009:
Athletes Commission get to sit at the ISAF Council table
More on this to come..
March 2009:
Athletes Commission represented on the ISAF Olympic Commission
The ISAF Athletes Commission Chairman, Marceline de Konnig (NED) will represent the sailors on the new ISAF Olympic Commission along with the ISAF Olympic Commission Chairman, Phil Jones (AUS) and a small committee consisting of, the Events Committee Chairman Chris Atkins (GBR), the Coaches Commission Chairman, George Fundak (AUT), Scott Perry (URU) and Cory Serll (USA). Make sure you tell us what you think is important when deciding how the Olympic Games should evolve.
September 2008
Athletes represented on the ISAF World Cup Working Group
The 49er Class Representative on the Athletes Commission, Peter Kruger Andersen (DEN) has been appointed as the athlete representative on the ISAF World Cup Series Working Group. Peter attends meetings and is in constant communication with the decision makers within ISAF.