Beijing, China, February 18, 2022: Meeting in Beijing following the election of two new members, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC) on Friday re-elected Emma Terho (Finland, ice hockey) as its Chair and Ryu Seung-min (Republic of Korea, table tennis) as first Vice Chair, and elected Sarah Walker (New Zealand, cycling) as second Vice Chair.
Elected to the AC at PyeongChang 2018, Emma Terho took the lead of the Commission after the elections held during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. She was subsequently elected as a member of the IOC Executive Board. Terho is a five-time Olympian and former captain of the Finland women's ice hockey team, winning a bronze medal at both the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998 and Vancouver 2010. She will head the Commission until the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Elected to the IOC AC at Rio 2016 and then as Vice Chair in Tokyo 2020, Ryu is a Korean table tennis player who won gold in the men's singles at Athens 2004, a team silver medal at London 2012 and a team bronze medal at Beijing 2008. Ryu is Chair of the OCA Entourage Committee and a member of the OCA Executive Board.
Appointed to the IOC AC at Rio 2016, Sarah Walker is a three-time world champion in BMX from New Zealand. She competed in the inaugural Olympic women’s BMX competition at Beijing 2008, and won a silver medal four years later at London 2012.
Photo: IOC/Greg Martin