Candidates Set for Upcoming FIG Elections

June 19, 2012

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Candidates Set for Upcoming FIG Election

By Elizabeth Grimsley

The International Gymnastics Federation recently came out with a list of candidates for the 2013-2016 Olympic cycle. The elections will take place at the 79^th FIG Congress that will be held in Cancun, Mexico on October 25-27, 2012. Bruno Grandi will be running for his fifth term as FIG President. Other positions open include presidents and member positions for the Men's Technical Committee, Women's Technical Committee, Trampoline Technical Committee, Aerobic Technical Committee, Acrobatic Technical Committee, Executive Committee, Auditors, the Appeal Tribunal, and Professional Auditors. A full list of candidates is below. (* indicates the candidate is running for reelection in the designated position)

 

Presidential Commission

President

Bruno Grandi (ITA)*

Adrian Stoica (ROU)

Vassily Titov (RUS)

Vice President

Slava Corn (CAN)*

Michel Leglise (FRA)*

Wolfgang Willam (GER)

Saif D. Abouedel (KUW)

Vassily Titov (RUS)

Atilla Orsel (TUR) 

Executive Committee

Slava Corn (CAN)

Michel Leglise (FRA)

Brian Stocks (GBR)*

Wolfgang Willam (GER)*

Walter Nyffeler (SUI)*

Atilla Orsel (TUR)*

George Tatai (AUS)

Farid Gayibov (AZE)

Luo Chaoyi (CHN)

Rosa Guillamet (ESP)

Morinari Watanabe (JPN)

Saif D. Abouedel (KUW)

Alejandro Peniche (MEX)

Ali Ahmad Al-Hitmi (QAT)

Edvard Kolar (SLO)

Igor Korobchynskyi (UKR)

Peter Vidmar (USA)

Council

Farid Gayibov (AZE)*

Rosa Guillamet (ESP)*

Brian Stocks (GBR)

Wolfgang Willam (GER)

Eleni Michopoulou (GRE)*

Robert Forgacs (HUN)*

Bima Bjoernsdottir (ISL)*

Snezana Lakicevic (SRB)*

Walter Nyffeler (SUI)

Jan Novak (SVK)*

Stefan Bengtsson (SWE)*

Andrey Fedorov (BLR)

Stoian Dimitrov (BUL)

Blanka Mlejnkova (CZE)

Flemming Knudsen (DEN)

Janika Moelder (EST)

Anne Martikainen (FIN)

Lise Lorentzen Mandal (NOR)

Mustapha Zekri (MAR)*

Mohamed Rached Gharbi (TUN)*

Hala Salama Youssef (EGY)

Valereis Geldenhuys (NAM)

William Garcia Benitez (CUB)*

Alejandro Peniche (MEX)*

Sonia Sequera (VEN)*

Enrique Salanitro (ARG)

Maria Luciene Cacho Resende (BRA)

Juan Navor Medina Lopez (COL)

Edwin Rodriguez (DOM)

Peter Vidmar (USA)

Kim Dong Min (KOR)*

Ali Ahmad Al-Hitmi (QAT)*

Sawat Sopa (THA)*

Morinari Watanabe (JPN)

Ali Abdullah Al-Jifri (KSA)

Mohamad A. Makki (LIB)

Ahmad Zakaria Haji (MAS)

R.A.K. Jeewantha (SRI)

George Tatai (AUS)

 

Gymnastics for All

President

Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist (SWE)*

Members

Flemming Knudsen (DEN)*

Tatsuo Araki (JPN)*

Mohammed Khalil Alloush (PLE)*

Rogerio Valerio (POR)*

Ruedi Steuri (SUI)*

Monkia Siskova (SVK)*

Marco Antonio Bortoleto (BRA)

Viktor Saaron (EST)

Men’s Technical Committee

President

Adrian Stoica (ROU)*

Steve Butcher (USA) 

Members

Huang Liping (CHN)*

Julio Marcos Felipe (ESP)*

Istvan Karacsony (HUN)*

Steve Butcher (USA)*

Holger Albrecht (GER)

Hioyuki Tomita (JPN)

Han Yoon Soo (KOR)

Arturs Mickevics (LAT)

Tom Thingvold (NOR)

Dmitry Andreev (RUS)

Makuts Bohdan (UKR)

 

Women’s Technical Committee

President

Nellie Kim (BLR)*

Members

Kym Dowdell (AUS)*

Donatella Sacchi (ITA)*

Yoshie Harinishi (JPN)*

Naomi Valenzo (MEX)*

Liubov Andrianova (RUS)*

Johanna Gratt (AUT)

Zhou Qiurui (CHN)

Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee

President

Daniela Delle Chiaie (ITA)

Nataliya Kuzmina (RUS) 

Members

Mariya Gigova (BUL)*

Noha Abou Shabana (EGY)*

Daniela Delle Chiaie (ITA)*

Shihoko Sekita (JPN)*

Nataliya Kuzmina (RUS)*

Caroline Hunt (USA)*

Laura Acosta (MEX)

 

Trampoline Technical Committee

President

Horst Kunze (GER) 

Members

Stephan Duchesne (CAN)*

Liu Xing (CHN)*

Vladimir Zeman (CZE)*

Christophe Lambert (FRA)*

Horst Kunze (GER)

Nikolai Makarov (RUS)*

Tatiana Shuyska (UKR)*

Dimitri Poliaroush (BLR)

 

Aerobic Technical Committee

President

Mireille Ganzin (FRA)*

Members

Maria Mineva (BUL)*

Wang Hong (CHN)*

Sergio Garcia Alcazar (ESP)*

Mireille Ganzin (FRA)

Tammy Yagi-Kitagawa (JPN)*

Maria Fumea (ROU)*

Svetlana Lukina (RUS)*

 

Acrobatic technical Committee

President

Rosy Taeymans (BEL)

Members

Rosy Taeymans (BEL)*

Karl Wharton (GBR)*

Irina Nikitina (RUS)*

Tonya Case (USA)

Valiantsin Hubenok (BLR)

Kilolina Hristova (BUL)

Frank Boehm (GER)

Iurii Golyak (UKR)

 

Appeal Tribunal

Members

George Stewart (CAN)*

Jacques Rey (FRA)*

Thore Brolin (SWE)*

 

Auditors

Members

Ron Froehlich (USA)*

 

Professional Auditors

Members

Vincent Bernasconi (SUI)

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