Paris, France, August 11, 2024: After the election of four new members to the IOC Athletes’ Commission by the athletes competing at Paris 2024, the new-look Commission met on August 9 for the first time to elect its Chair and Vice Chairs.
Emma Terho was re-elected as Chair, and Maja Włoszczowska (Cycling, Poland) and Abhinav Bindra (Shooting, India) were elected as Vice-Chairs. They were all unanimously elected and will hold their positions until the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
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.
The AC Chair sits on the IOC Executive Board, representing the athletes’ voice at the highest level of IOC decision-making.
Włoszczowska is the new first Vice Chair of the IOC AC. Elected to the AC during Tokyo 2020, she is a four-time Olympian and a silver medallist at Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016.
Elected as second Vice Chair, Bindra was appointed as a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission in 2018. A five-time Olympian and an Olympic champion at Beijing 2008, Bindra is India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist.
Joining the meeting of the AC for the first time were the four new Commission members, elected by their peers at the Olympic Games Paris 2024: Allyson Felix (Athletics, USA), Kim Bui (Gymnastics, Germany), Jessica Fox (Canoe, Australia) and Marcus Daniell (Tennis, New Zealand). They will each serve eight-year terms that will end at the Olympic Games Brisbane 2032.
Włoszczowska replaces Korean table tennis Olympian Ryu Seung-min, who was elected to the IOC AC at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and then the Vice-Chair position at Tokyo 2020.
Other members leaving the Commission include Nadin Dawani (Taekwondo, Jordan).
