Know your rights

Empower yourself with knowledge and awareness related to Safe Sport, including how to recognise and respond to behaviours which have no place in sport. 

Treat others with respect

Be a Safe Sport role model. Learn about the role that you can play in fostering a safe sporting environment, and how your behaviour can impact others positively or negatively.

Work together

The athletes’ voice should be heard and reflected in the initiatives designed to protect you. Find out how, as athletes, you can use your voices to work together with entourage members and sports organisations to promote a safe sporting environment in every context.

Speak up

Witnessing harassment and abuse and not saying anything can give the impression that the behaviour is OK. If you’re experiencing or if you suspect someone else is suffering from harassment and abuse, report directly to your International Federation (IF), or if the incident happens during the Olympic Games please report to the IOC Integrity and Compliance Hotline here.

Consent is only yours to give

Athletes are people first, and it’s really important to know that you have the power to make your own decisions and set boundaries when it comes to your own body. Watch the Consent in Sport video and to learn more about your rights as a person and as an athlete.

Focus topics
LEARNING
Safeguarding athletes from harassment and abuse

Drawing on expert insights and first-hand experiences, the IOC Athlete Safeguarding Course will help you to better understand the signs of harassment and abuse, why it happens, and how you can play a role in safeguarding athletes.

Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport

Hear 9 real-life examples of what harassment and abuse in sport means, the forms it can take; how you can identify and prevent it

The Role of Entourage

Learn more about safeguarding Athletes from harassment and abuse in sport and your role and responsibilities in championing and fostering Safe Sporting environments.

Safe Sport Directory

Find the details of your International Federation’s safeguarding policy and reporting process through our online directory.

Through communication, education and raising awareness, athletes will be ready to speak up.
SEUNG-MIN RYU
TABLE TENNIS, IOC Athletes’ Commission
Athlete stories
Integrity
Empowering women through self-defence
Refugee athlete and Olympic wrestling hopeful Amir Al-Awad is providing self-defence classes to women – both in-person at his academy, and online through Airbnb Olympian Experiences – that are giving them the skills and confidence to deal with negative situations.
Integrity
Striving to safeguard athletes
Having competed at three Olympic Games, former South Africa hockey captain Marsha Cox knows all about the pressures and challenges of elite level sport, and here she explains how she and others are continuing to fight for athletes’ rights.
Integrity
Overcoming cultural barriers to a safe environment
Seung-min Ryu OLY, an Olympic champion and member of the IOC AC, explains how the IOC is improving education and communication around safe sport.
Integrity
“Never underestimate the power you have to make a difference”
Kikkan Randall OLY discusses the IOC’s work in fostering a safer sporting environment.
Integrity
Creating a safe environment
IOC Athletes’ Entourage Commission member Pedro Yang OLY talks about preventing abuse in sport.
Integrity
How to create an athlete-led safeguarding policy
Lenka Dienstbach-Wech discusses her work on the prevention of harassment and abuse in sport.
Integrity
Making sport a safe place
The steps we are taking across the Olympic Movement to make sport a safe place for you, the athletes.
Integrity
Creating a culture of respect and openness
World Rowing continues to expand on its athlete-led safeguarding policy, and AC Chair Frida Svensson discusses the culture of respect and ...
Integrity
What is consent?
Consent is a human right, and a vital part of your career as an athlete. Understand it better by watching our exclusive video.