ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES

Para athletes play a major role in the governance and management of the Paralympic Movement.

Here you can find the athlete representative for every Paralympic sport, Regional Organisation and IPC Standing Committee.

Interested in becoming an athlete representative, or having your organisation develop athlete representatives? The IPC Athletes' Council have provided a helpful tool below:

• Athletes’ Council Athlete Representative Guidelines
• Conseil des athlètes Directives des représentants des athlètes
• Consejo de Atletas Directrices del Representante de Atletas
• Guide to creating and establishing an effective Athletes' Council (English only)

International Federation Athlete Representatives

SPORT	INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION	ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
Para alpine skiing	World Para Alpine Skiing (WPAS)	Mitchell Gourley - [email protected]
Para archery	World Archery (WA)	Eric Bennet - [email protected]
Para athletics	World Para Athletics (WPA)	Stephen Miller MBE - [email protected]
Para badminton	Badminton World Federation (BWF)	Richard Perot - [email protected]
Para biathlon	World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS)	Mark Arendz - [email protected]
Boccia	Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed)	Kwan Hang Wong - e mail to be updated
Para canoe	International Canoe Federation (ICF)	Tim Lodge - [email protected]
Para cross-country skiing	World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS)	Mark Arendz - [email protected]
Para cycling	Union Cycliste International (UCI)	Colin Lynch - [email protected]
Para equestrian	Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI)	Dr. Angelika Trabert - [email protected]
Football 5-a-side	International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)	Gael Riviere - [email protected]
Goalball	International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)	Ana Carolina Duarte - [email protected]
Para ice hockey	World Para Ice Hockey (WPIH)	Andrea Macri - [email protected]
Para judo	International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)	Nicolina Pernheim - [email protected]
Para powerlifting	World Para Powerlifting (WPPO)	Sherif Osman - [email protected]
Para rowing	World Rowing Federation (FISA)	Moran Samuel - [email protected]
Shooting Para sport	World Shooting Para Sport (WSPS)	Aki Taguchi - e mail to be updated
Sitting volleyball	World ParaVolley (WPV)	Jose Rebelo - [email protected]
Para snowboard	World Para Snowboard (WPS)	Bibian Mentel-Spee - e mail to be updated
Para swimming	World Para Swimming (WPS)	David Smetanine - [email protected]
Para table tennis	International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)	Alena Kanova - [email protected]
Para taekwondo	World Taekwondo (WT)	Lisa Standeven - [email protected]
Para triathlon	International Triathlon Union (ITU)	Jonathan Goerlach - [email protected] / Sally Pilbeam - [email protected]
Wheelchair basketball	International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)	No athlete representative at the moment
Wheelchair curling	World Curling Federation (WCF)	Patrick MacDonald - [email protected]
Wheelchair fencing	International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS)	Chui Ye (Alison) Yu - [email protected]
Wheelchair rugby	International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)	Jens Sauerbier - [email protected]
Wheelchair tennis	International Tennis Federation (ITF)	Benjamin Weeks - [email protected]

 

Regional Organisations Athlete Representatives

REGION	NAME	E MAIL
African Paralympic Committee	No representative
Americas Paralympic Committee	Ileana Rodriguez	[email protected]
Asian Paralympic Committee	Jeongmin Lee	[email protected]
European Paralympic Committee	No representative
Oceania Paralympic Committee	Georges Langa	[email protected]

 

Standing Committees Athlete Representatives

COMMITTEE	NAME	E MAIL
Anti-Doping	Pippa Britton	[email protected]
Audit and Finance	Michelle Sitwell	[email protected]
Classification	Moran Samuel	[email protected]
Education	Yu Chui Yee	[email protected]
Legal	To be confirmed
Medical	Manos Bogdos	[email protected]
Paralympic Games	Cyril More	[email protected]
Women in Sport	Sini Pyy	[email protected]