IOC Young Leaders Programme

IOC Young Leaders 20 Apr 2022
Sustainability as the focus for IOC Young Leaders on latest episode of We Have a Goal podcast with Paralympian Amy Purdy

IOC Young Leaders 19 Apr 2022
IOC Young Leader Tania Lee is hoping to make sports leadership more inclusive

IOC Young Leaders 13 Apr 2022
IOC Young Leaders discuss inclusion with Paralympian Amy Purdy on latest episode of We Have a Goal podcast

IOC Young Leaders 06 Apr 2022
Inspiring IOC Young Leaders join Paralympian Amy Purdy on latest episode of “We Have a Goal” podcast on Peace-building

IOC Young Leaders 29 Mar 2022
IOC Young Leader Layana de Souza is Changing the Score for women

IOC Young Leaders 22 Mar 2022
IOC Young Leader Christel Saneh aiming for gender balanced portrayal of athletes in the media

IOC Young Leaders 15 Mar 2022
IOC Young Leader Pauline Msungu wants girls in Kenya to stand up and fight for their rights

Gender Equality 08 Mar 2022
IOC Young Leader and Olympian Jemima Montag inspiring young women to Play On

IOC Young Leaders 04 Feb 2022
IOC Young Leader Shiling Lin feeling "lucky and excited" to be part of Beijing 2022 Olympic Torch Relay

IOC Young Leaders 03 Aug 2021
IOC Young Leaders Programme and Panasonic extend their partnership through to 2024

Tokyo 2020 25 Jul 2021
IOC Young Leaders at Tokyo 2020

IOC Young Leaders 16 Jun 2021
Rania Rahardja: fencing for inclusion

IOC Young Leaders 07 Jun 2021
Waleed Abu Nada: building champions for life

IOC Young Leaders 28 May 2021
Jean-Claude Rugigana: learning through karate

IOC Young Leaders 11 May 2021
Adrián Ruiz: paddling towards his dream of well-being and a healthy environment

IOC Young Leaders 08 Apr 2021
Paniz Yousefi Mojtahedi: badminton without boundaries

IOC Young Leaders 01 Apr 2021
Rohith Maradapa: “It's the right of every woman to reach her potential”

IOC Young Leaders 26 Mar 2021
Gee Won Yoo: addressing the inclusion of young people through football

IOC Young Leaders 12 Mar 2021
Paulina Fritz: using basketball to break down barriers

IOC Young Leaders 09 Mar 2021
Rachel May: combating inequality by creating a safe and empowering environment

IOC Young Leaders 25 Feb 2021
Oluseyi “Seyi” Smith: protecting the environment as a project for an IOC Young Leader

IOC Young Leaders 08 Feb 2021
Erin Kennedy : changing the world with rugby

Meet the IOC Young Leaders 2021-2024

The IOC Young Leaders programme, launched in 2016, empowers talents to leverage the power of sport to make a positive difference in their communities.

With the support of seed-funding from the IOC and a network of mentors, these inspiring young people have delivered over 100 initiatives reaching over 30,000 individual participants.

As agents of Olympism they have also spoken at many international events spreading the message of sport for good and 17 IOC YLs are currently IOC Commission Members.

About IOC Young Leaders Programme

Launched in October 2020, the newly designed programme is seeing 25 young leaders imagine, design and realise their own sustainable sport-based social business. Over the four years, each participant will receive expert guidance on a myriad of topics from human-centred design to impact measurement and user testing, as well as seed-funding and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.

The final 25 candidates were selected from amongst 350 applicants, all with a clear passion for sport. The list of selected 25 Young Leaders is balanced in terms of universality and diversity, with 13 female and 12 male candidates, from 25 countries across 5 continents.

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