Marisol Casado re-elected as President of World Triathlon

Marisol Casado has received the overwhelming support of the organisation’s National Federation members participating at the XXXIII World Triathlon Congress and elections, winning the Presidential election by 86 votes against 43 of her opponent Mads Freund, from Denmark. The elections came to a close on Sunday evening, with 136 National Federations voting. A week of meetings covering all aspects of triathlon governance was held virtually for the first time, concluding with elections for all positions within the sport’s governing body.

"I am delighted to receive this vote of confidence from our members that is an acknowledgment of all the hard work we have been doing to ensure triathlon’s rightful place among the most popular and fastest growing sports in the world. This past week has shown that the solidarity and integrity of our organisation, our National Federations, our committee and commission members and our athletes continues to define us."

"I know that Mads Freund shares my passion for our sport and I promise to take on board the points that his candidacy raised as well as everything that has come out of the discussions with National Federations and Continental Confederations. Working with the new Executive Board, we are ready to make World Triathlon even stronger. Congratulations to all those elected today and my thanks and admiration for everyone who stood for and has served on the dozens of positions that are essential to this great organisation. Thank you to the staff for their enormous effort behind the scenes in putting together this virtual Congress. I look forward to being part of a historic 2021 with you all."

Results of the Elections:

President:

Marisol Casado (ESP) 86 - ELECTED

Mads Freund (DEN) 43

Vice-Presidents:

Shin Otsuka (JPN) 98 - ELECTED

Debbie Alexander (RSA) 92 - ELECTED

Ian Howard (GBR) 74 - ELECTED

Antonio Alvarez (MEX) 73 - ELECTED

Alan Beckford (JAM) 49

Ria Damgren Nilsson (SWE) 43

Majid Amahroq (MAR) 26

Executive Board members:

Gabriela Gallegos (USA) 87 - ELECTED

Bernard Saint-Jean (FRA) 87 - ELECTED

Miles Stewart (AUS) 81 - ELECTED

Leslie Buchanan (CAN) 69 - ELECTED

Karen Araujo (TTO) 52

Shanelle Barrett (NZL) 38

Alan Beckford (JAM) 26

Longman Keshavarz (IRI) 18

Elected members of the Audit Committee

Victoria Brumfield (USA)

Beth Friberg (SWE)

Boubacar Gaye (SEN)

Jamie Gordon (GBR)

Narayana Ramachandron (IND)

Elected members of the Credentials Committee

Eligio Cervantes (MEX)

Jo-Annie Charboneau (CAN)

Maryia Charkouskaya-Tarasevich (BLR)

Xiaoran Chen (CHN)

Mahdi Goudarzi (IRI)

Elected members of the Legal & Constitution Committee

Nasser Alsaied (SYR)

Gale Bernhart (USA)

Patrice Brunet (CAN)

Stuart Corbishley (AUS)

Johan Druwe (BEL)

Jan Sterk (RSA)

Suzanne Tang (MAS)

Elected members of the Medical & Anti-Doping Committee

Marie-Claude Gregoire (CAN)

Doug Hiller (USA)

Yasser Hosny (EGY)

Ryoji Kasanami (JPN)

Claude Marble (FRA)

Sergio Migliorini (ITA)

Angela Pedro (POR)

Elected members of the Multisport Committee

Alicia Garcia (ESP)

Jianqiu Qin (CHN)

Melody Tan (MAS)

Brian Hinton (AUS)

Tim Yount (USA)

Diane Henderson (TTO)

Ahmed Allouch (TUN)

Elected members of the National Coaches Committee

Claudia Beristain (MEX)

Philippe Fattori (FRA)

Rodrigo Milazzo (BRA)

Kate Murray (RSA)

Stephen Sheldrake (NZL)

Rick Velati (GBR)

Hideki Yamame (JPN)

Elected members of the Paratriathlon Committee

Martin Breedijk (NED)

Beryl Campbell (RSA)

Grant Darby (CAN)

Lofti Labaied (TUN)

Neil Andrew MacLeod (ITA)

Christine Palmquist (USA)

Masamitsu Tomikawa (JPN)

Elected members of the Technical Committee

Jaime Cadaval (MEX)

Jorge García (ESP)

Lyndell Murray (AUS)

Ricardo Neves (BRA)

Kiriyo Suzuki (JPN)

Bela Varga (HUN)

Howard Vine (GBR)

Elected members of the Women’s Committee

Michelle Cooper (AUS)

Anne-Charlotte Dupont (FRA)

Bernard Hanratty (IRL)

Josefa Martinez (CHI)

Tomoko Wada (JPN)

Eva Werthmann (GER)

Elected members of the World Triathlon Tribunal

Monique Houten (BEL)

Barry Lipp (AUS)

David Markham (CAN)

Angelo Rigopoulos (ITA)

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