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Skeet shooter elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission
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24-08-2012 4:49pm#1Bit of a feather in the cap for the sport, this. From the ISSF website (with permission):BARTEKOVA ELECTED TO THE IOC ATHLETES’ COMMISSION
The Slovakian Olympic medalist was the most voted. She will represent the athletes at the IOC for a 8-year term.
The Skeet Olympic Bronze medalist Danka Bartekova from Slovakia has been elected to the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) together with James Tomkins from Australia (rowing), Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe (aquatics) and Tony Estanguet from France (canoe-kayak) by their peers at the London 2012 Olympic Games for a term of eight years. During this period, she will also serve as IOC members, bringing the athletes' voice to the heart of the Olympic Movement.
The election was held from 16 July to 8 August 2012 in the Olympic Village in London. Bartekova was elected with 2,295 votes, and turned out to be the most voted candidate. Some 6,924 athletes – 64 per cent of all eligible voters – chose from among 21 candidates from the same number of countries. The votes had to be cast for four different athletes from four different sports. In order to be eligible, the candidates had to have participated either in the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 or in London in 2012, and have never been found guilty of a doping offence during their sports career.
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So shooting was the fourth largest sport in the Games this year, we give out the first medal, and now a shooter goes on to be the most popular choice to represent all athletes to the IOC. Nice
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