Mrs Mikaela
COJUANGCO
JAWORSKI

PHI
Entry in the IOC

2013

Born

26 February 1974

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines); currently pursuing a Masters in Counselling Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)

Career

Board Member of Green Earth Movement (1991-1996); Commercial Endorser (1991-); President of the Provincial Youth Government of the Province of Tarlac (Philippines) (1992-1996); Provincial Board Member of the Province of Tarlac (1993-1996); TV, Movie Stage Actress and Host (1994-); Director of the Asian Center for Foreign Languages (2000-); Commissioner of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (2001-2005); Volunteer of the Gawad Kalinga Foundation for Nation Building (2003-); Member of the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. (2004-2007); Spokesperson of the AnakTV Foundation for Child Sensitive Television (2004-); Child Rights Ambassador for Plan-International (Philippines) (2008-2012); Adopted Member of the Philippine Military Academy, Class of 1992 (2011); Adopted Member of the Philippine National Police Academy Kapanalig, Class of 1997 (2011); Treasurer of Zlota Incorporated (2012-); Earth Hour Ambassador for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines (2012-); Climate Solutions Steward for WWF Philippines (2013)); Treasurer, Hotel Brizo Management, Inc. (2014-)

Sports practised

Equestrian, basketball, golf

Sports career

Bronze medallist at the 1995 South East Asian Games Team Jumping Competition, Chiang-Mai, Thailand; gold medallist for the Individual Jumping competition and silver medallist for the Team Jumping competition in the 2002 Asian Games, Busan,Republic of Korea; Chef d’Equipe and Coach of the Philippine Jumping Team to the 2005 Australian Youth Olympic Festival,Sydney, Australia; Gold medallist in the Team Jumping Competition at the 2005 South East Asian Games, Manila, Philippines; Chef d’Équipe of the Team Jumping Competition at the 2011 South East Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia; Champion of the 2011 FEI World Dressage Challenge in Elementary for FEI Zone 9 (FEI / International Equestrian Federation)

Sports administration

Director (1999-2006) and Secretary General (2003-2006) of the Philippine Equestrian Federation; Athlete Ambassador for the 23rd South East Asian Games (Philippines) (2005); Corporate Secretary of the Equestrian Association of the Philippines (2006-2014); Member of the Organising Committee of the 2013 Asian Games Centennial Festival (2011-2014); Member of the Athletes' Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) (2011-); Member, FEI Solidarity (2014-2018, 2022-); elected member of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Executive Council (2014-) ; Member, ANOC Events Working Group (2014-2019), OCA Peace Through Sport Committee (2018-); Vice-President, Equestrian Association of the Philippines (2018-2020); member for Asia ANOC Electoral Commission (2019-); President, Equestrian Association of the Philippines (2020-2022); elected member of the IOC Executive Board (2020-)

Awards and distinctions

Philippine Sportswriters Association Sportswoman of the Year (2002); Parangal ng Bayan (National Honor) Award for Excellence in Sports (2003); Ateneo de Manila University Alumni Association Hall of Fame Citation for Excellence in Sports (2003)

IOC History

Member of the Executive Board (2020- ); Member of the following Commissions: Coordination for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 (2014-2021), Women and Sport (2014-2015), Olympic Channel (2015-2021), Communications (2015-2018), Digital Engagement and Marketing Communications (2022-), Olympic Education (2015-) then Chair (2019-); Evaluation for the Games of XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 (2016-2017); Evaluation for the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad (2017); Coordination for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024 (2018-2024), Future Host Commission for the Games of the Olympiad (2019-2020); Coordination for the Games of the XXXV Olympiad Brisbane 2032 (2021-); Sustainability and Legacy (2022-); Esports (2023-)