Announcement of the 2020 IPC Athletes’ Council Election Candidates

Following the confirmation of the eligibility of the nominations received for the Tokyo 2020 IPC Athletes’ Council Election, the IPC would like to announce 22 athletes have been accepted as candidates to fill the six summer representative positions on the IPC Athletes’ Council:

List of candidates (in alphabetical order)

No.	Name	NPC	Sport
1	CAIRONI, Martina	Italy	Para Athletics
2	COETZEE, Louzanne	South Africa	Para Athletics
3	COOKE, Carol	Australia	Para Cycling
4	DIAS, Daniel	Brazil	Para Swimming
5	DURAND ELIAS, Omara	Cuba	Para Athletics
6	EJIKE, Lucy	Nigeria	Para Powerlifting
7	KANOVA, Alena	Slovakia	Para Table Tennis
8	KHETSURIANI, Irma	Georgia	Wheelchair Fencing
9	KRAVCHENKO, Vladyslava	Malta	Para Swimming
10	MILLER, Stephen	Great Britain	Para Athletics
11	MENDAK, Joanna	Poland	Para Swimming
12	NOZDRUNOV, Iurii	RPC	Para Table Tennis
13	OSMAN KHALIFA, Sherif	Egypt	Para Powerlifting
14	RODRIGUEZ GACIO, Susana	Spain	Para Triathlon
15	SCHIFFLER, Michelle	Germany	Sitting Volleyball
16	SUZUKI, Takayuki	Japan	Para Swimming
17	VANHOVE, Tom	Belgium	Goalball
18	VARGA, Katalin Eszter	Hungary	Para Canoe
19	VISSER, Jitske	Netherlands	Wheelchair Basketball
20	WALBY, Tony	Canada	Para Judo
21	WANG, Yanzhang	China	Para Athletics
22	ZAHRA, Nemati	Iran	Para Archery

The IPC Athletes’ Council Elections will take place from 19 August to 3 September during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in the Proud Paralympian area in the Main Dining Hall. There will also be additional voting booths for Para Cycling athletes at the Izu La Foret hotel from 22 to 25 August and at Fuji International Speedway from 27 to 30 August.

We would like to take this opportunity to re-emphasise that the participation of all Aa accredited athletes in the voting process is crucial and we ask you to actively educate your athletes on this process and encourage them to cast their vote during the Games.