Lausanne, Switzerland, June 18, 2024: IOC President Thomas Bach welcomed the Acting President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Yuko Mitsuya, to Olympic House in Lausanne.
During a meeting, they discussed several topics of mutual interest, including the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and the preparations of Japanese athletes.
Yuko Mitsuya, who was a member of the bronze medal-winning Japanese women’s volleyball team at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 1984, was also presented with a diploma and OLY pin by President Bach. She then signed the Olympians Wall.
The Acting President is standing in for the JOC President, judo legend Yasuhiro Yamashita, who needed surgery after suffering a spine injury last November.