The IFF has received 16 nominations to the IFF Athletes´ Commission – 8 female & 8 male – from 12 different countries.
Elections for the IFF Athletes´ Commission (ATC) will be held for the men´s nominees during the Men´s WFC 2016 in December in Latvia, while the women´s elections will be during the Women´s WFC Qualification events in February 2017.
The ATC has been established since 2007 and currently consists of 4 female & 4 male athletes plus the Committee Chair who also sits on the IFF Central Board. The ATC members provide a voice for the athletes and are involved in many different IFF activities, such as Game Rule changes, looking over the Competition Regulations and participate in the development of IFF Competitions. Other tasks for Athletes’ Commission members include, writing (once per year) for the Athlete’s Blog on the IFF website and contributing their personal experiences towards the content of the Athlete Career Program. Members are also involved in work on various IFF committees, such as Rules & Competition Committee & Referee Committee.
2016 Nominees
Athletes´ Commission Elections
As approved by the IFF Central Board in June 2016, a new election system will be introduced for the ATC. Beginning at these coming elections, ATC members will be elected for a term of 4 years and the elections will be moved from during the WFC Final round to the WFC Qualification events. In this way we ensure that a greater number of athletes have the opportunity to both nominate for, and vote, in the ATC elections.
Via the elections, the players will elect a minimum of three representatives, and the IFF CB can (if they choose), based on regional aspects, elect one member to the Athletes Commission.
To implement this new system completely, a progressive change-over system will be used:
Male Elections: During WFC 2016 (December 2016), 4 male representatives will be elected by the players from all participating teams at WFC 2016. These players will be elected to the ATC for the term of 1st January 2017 – 28th February 2020. Elections for the male representatives for the next term will be held during the Men’s WFC Qualifications in February 2020.
Female Elections: The next elections for the female representatives for the ATC will be held during the Women’s WFC Qualifications in February 2017. All players from the 31 teams participating in qualification events as well as Slovakia (WFC 2017 hots) will vote for the female representatives. Once elected, the term of these ATC members will be 1st March 2017 – 28th February 2021.
The announcement of the successful candidates for the ATC will be made in February 2017, once all of the votes have been collected.
Current Athletes´ Commission Members:
Magdalena Kotikova (Czech Republic) – ATC Chair
Eliisa Alanko (Finland)
Josefina Eiremo (Sweden)
Jill Roberts (Australia)
Lidwien Reehuis (Netherlands)
Tero Tiitu (Finland)
Karl-Johan Iraeus (Sweden)
Emanuel Antener (Switzerland)
Junoh Lee (Korea)
For more information on the IFF Athletes´ Commission and its work visit the IFF website.
