142nd IOC Session elects four athletes as new IOC Members
The 142nd Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concluded its meeting in Paris today with the election of four athletes as IOC Members.
Olympians Kim Bui (Germany, Gymnastics), Marcus Daniell (New Zealand, Tennis), Allyson Felix (United States of America, Athletics), and Jessica Fox (Australia, Canoe) were elected as IOC Members following their election by their peers to the IOC Athletes’ Commission (AC).
On 8 August, athletes competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 elected the four Olympians as members of the IOC AC for a term that will end at Brisbane 2032. All four athletes were then put forward by the IOC Executive Board (EB) for election as IOC Members by the Session during the final day of its meeting. Following their election, the new Members took the oath.
The outgoing members of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, whose terms as IOC Members have come to an end, are:
- Daniel Gyurta (Hungary, Swimming)
- Britta Heidemann (Germany, Fencing)
- Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia, Athletics)
- Seung-min Ryu (Republic of Korea, Table Tennis)
- Sarah Walker (New Zealand, BMX)
Sarah Walker was appointed as a member of the IOC AC and, based on this membership, had been elected as an IOC Member. Her term as an appointed member of the IOC AC will end on the day of the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, upon which time she will begin her term as an Independent Individual IOC Member, following her election alongside seven additional new Members on the second day of the 142nd IOC Session.
Women in IOC leadership roles
Today’s elections bring the number of IOC Members to 111 at the end of the Olympic Games Paris 2024: 48 women and 63 men (women now account for 43.2 per cent of IOC Members). With the election of three female Olympians and one male Olympian, the IOC membership now consists of 43 Olympians (24 women and 19 men).
The growth in the number of women in leadership roles within IOC governance structures is a direct result of the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5, both of which explicitly called for greater gender representation and balance in sports governance.