Athletes Commission

The mission of AIBA’s Athletes Commission is to:

Represent the views and opinions of the athletes and ensure their voice is heard within AIBA
Inform athletes about AIBA activities (i.e. educational tools, rules and regulations, qualification guidelines…)
Work with and support AIBA in its mission to develop and promote the sport; and
Support a boxing athlete to be a member of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.

The objectives of the Commission are to:

Consider issues and projects related to athletes and to provide advice to AIBA;
Engage actively with initiatives and projects that protect and support clean athletes on and off the field of play;
Represent the rights and interests of athletes and make related recommendations (for example, the appointment of arbitrators by the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS);
Consult with athletes in the evaluation of the rules and regulations of boxing and subsequently provide feedback to AIBA; and
Maintain contact with the IOC Athletes’ Commission
Be the spokesperson of AIBA to athletes.

Athletes’ Commission Election

Election Schedule

	Actions	Dates
1	The Election Committee publishes the approved AIBA Athletes’ Commission Election Procedure	On 16 April 2019
2	Calls for Nominations	§ From 25 April 2019 to 5 June 2019 § National Federations shall submit the required documents by email to Commissions@aiba.org under the subject Nomination for Athletes’ Commission Election § The application email received after midnight on 5 June 2019 (GMT+2) will not be considered.
3	The list of candidates selected as per AIBA bylaws published on AIBA Web	By latest 3 July 2019
4	Election dates and venues	A. September 6 – 9, 2019 Yekaterinburg, Russia at AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships 2019 B. September 29 – October 2, 2019 Ulan-Ude, Russia at AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2019 The time periods for voting will be further specified.

Election Procedure Download

Application Form Download

Nomination Form Download

Letter of Clearance for Doping Violations

Below is the current list of candidates for AIBA’s Athletes’ Commission. The list is subject to: (a) further review of the supporting documents for each candidate; and, (b) additional candidates requested by the Athletes’ Commission Election Committee from the African, Americas and Asia Confederations. Ideally, the Athletes’ Commission will be composed of a male and female athlete from each of the five Confederations. The Election Committee remain on track to elect the members of the Athletes’ Commission at the Mens’ and Womens’ World Championships scheduled for later this year. – Athletes’ Commission Election Committee.

#	First Name	Last Name	Confederation	Gender
1	Julio	La Cruz	AMBC	Men
2	Oleksandr	Khyzhniak	EUBC	Men
3	Luliia	Tsyplakova	EUBC	Women
4	Irma	Testa	EUBC	Women
5	Clemente	Russo	EUBC	Men
6	Annemarie	Stark	EUBC	Women
7	Laishram Sarita	Devi	ASBC	Women
8	Caitlin	Parker	OCBC	Women
9	Ramla	Ali	AFBC	Women

The Members of the Election Committee for 2019 are:

Mr Jost Schmid, Ethics Commission
Mr Dennis O’Connell, Disciplinary Commission
Mdm Hana Agnes Kendi, Women’s Commission

Interim Athletes Representatives

Function	Last Name	First Name	Country	Mandate
Interim representative	Stark	Annemarie	Germany	9 February 2019 until the conclusion of the inaugural Athletes’ Commission Election
Interim representative	La Cruz	Julio Cesar	Cuba	9 February 2019 until the conclusion of the inaugural Athletes’ Commission Election