HRH Prince Feisal Elected for Another Term as JOC President

The General Assembly for the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has elected HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein to serve another four-year term as its President, following an election held at Al Hussein Youth City.

HRH Prince Feisal was first elected as the JOC President in 2003 and has overseen a huge transformation in the way sport is managed in the Kingdom. He became an International Olympic Committee Member in 2010.

The Prince will be joined by 17 members on the new Board, which is made up of distinguished individuals, representatives from Olympic and non-Olympic sports, and two former Olympic athletes. Three females will serve, including Prince Feisal’s daughter, HRH Princess Ayah Al Feisal, who presides over the Jordan Volleyball Federation.

"I am proud to have been re-elected President of the Jordan Olympic Committee; it is a duty and honour to serve Jordan’s sporting family for four more years. I am looking forward to continuing the excellent progress the JOC has made and to leading our ambitious new national sporting strategy. We aim to ensure sport plays a greater role in the lives of all Jordanians and inspires the next generation to embody Olympic values," said HRH Prince Feisal.

As the leading organisation for sport in Jordan, the JOC launched a dynamic and far reaching first national sporting strategy earlier this year with the aim of raising the level of the sector as a whole.

Jordanian performances have been improving on the international stage, with record medal hauls achieved at the Asian Beach Games and Islamic Solidarity Games, since the country achieved its first ever Olympic medal through Ahmad Abu Ghaush’s historic taekwondo gold in Rio de Janeiro last summer.

Jordan Olympic Committee Board

President

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein

Distinguished individuals

His Excellency Dr. Haditha Al Khresha (Minister of Youth) – Vice President

Dr Sari Hamdan – Vice President

Ahmed Hanandeh

Olympic Federations

HRH Princess Ayah Bint Al Feisal (Volleyball)

Dr. Khalid Atyat (Fencing) – Vice President

Jamal Al Fa’uri (Cycling)

Ameen Al Momani (Tennis)

Lu’ai Omeish (Football)

Mu’een Al Fa’uri (Karate)

Omar Bani Hani (Badminton)

Maher Mahfouz (Swimming)

Fawaz Al Sharabi (Table Tennis)

Tayseer Al Mansi (Handball)

Non-Olympic Federations

Ratib Al Damen (Billiards and Snooker)

Dr. Husam Barakat (Squash)

Former Olympic Athletes

HRH Princess Zaina Al Rashed (Table Tennis)

Nadin Dawani (Taekwondo)

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