IPC announces new Standing Committee appointments

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the appointments of members to four Standing Committees following their approval by the IPC Governing Board at its meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, between 30 January and 1 February.

Each Committee features at least one athlete representative (denoted by *) and the appointments are as follows:

Women in Sports

Chairperson: Tine Teilmann (NPC Denmark)

Members:

- Muffy Davies (NPC USA)*

- Pena Drusilla Kandji (NPC Namibia)

- Shaunna Taylor (NPC Canada)

- Limor Goldberg (NPC Israel)

- Katja Saarinen (NPC Finland/IPC Athletes' Council)*

IPC Development

Chairperson: Rita van Driel (NPC Netherlands)

Members:

- Bjorn Omar Evju (NPC Norway)

- Dominique Bizimana (NPC Rwanda)*

- Juan Pablo Salazar (IWRF)

- Kristina Molloy (NPC Canada)

- Martin Lam (NPC Hong Kong)

IPC Education

Chairperson: Nick Fuller (NPC Great Britain)

Members:

- Luciana Scheid (NPC Brazil)

- Tim Prendergast (NPC New Zealand)*

- Steven Ungerleider (NPC USA)

- Georges Seriki (NPC Benin)

- May Kim (NPC Korea)

IPC Paralympic Games

Chairperson: Matt Smith (FISA)

Members:

- Masoud Ashrafi Khozani (NPC Iran)

- Evgeny Bukharov (NPC Russia)

- Mark Bullock (ITF)

- Dena Coward (NPC Canada)

- Tim Hollingsworth (NPC Great Britain)

- Terje Jentoft Roel (NPC Norway)

- Lambis Konstantinidis (NPC Greece)

- Cyril More (NPC France)*

- Julie O'Neill (NPC USA)

For further information, please contact Craig Spence, IPC Director of Media and Communications on e-mail: craig.spence@paralympic.org or call +49-228-2097-230. Alternatively, please visit www.paralympic.org.

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