MADRID, 17 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this Tuesday during its 141st Session that it is holding in Mumbai (India) eight new members, four women and four men, thus increasing the proportion of women in the organization to 41.1 percent. .
The institution chaired by the German Thomas Bach, which thus raises the number of its members to 107, stated that with this parity in its election it wants to “lead by example and increase female representation in government structures.”
As ‘Independent Individuals’, the Israeli Yael Arad, Israel’s first Olympic medalist with her silver in judo Barcelona 1992, the Hungarian Balázs Fürjes and the Peruvian Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, who participated in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 where he won a silver medal in volleyball.
At the same time, the session elected Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh and German Michael Mronz also as ‘Independent Individuals’, while a woman and a man were also chosen for their roles in an International Federation, in this case the Swedish Petra Sörling and the Korean Jae-youl Kim. Finally, the Tunisian Mehrez Boussayene was elected as president of the National Olympic Committee of Tunisia.