{"id":276811,"date":"2017-09-08T05:48:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T12:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=276811"},"modified":"2017-09-08T05:48:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T12:48:59","slug":"ipc-elects-brazils-andrew-parsons-as-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ipc-elects-brazils-andrew-parsons-as-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"IPC Elects Brazil&#8217;s Andrew Parsons as New President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrew Parsons<\/strong> of Brazil was elected as the International Paralympic Committee\u2019s (IPC) new President\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1229935838\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(8 September) following one round of voting at the 18th IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, UAE.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons was chosen ahead of fellow presidential candidates <strong>Patrick Jarvis<\/strong>, <strong>John Petersson<\/strong> and <strong>Haidi Zhang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely delighted and I don\u2019t know what to say. I would like to thank the IPC membership for their trust\u201d said Parsons, who becomes only the third President in IPC history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my campaign I think I have explained what I plan to do as IPC President and the membership understood and gave me their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it is time to roll up the sleeves and work really hard with the membership and the new Governing Board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the election, winning in the first round, shows very strong support from the membership.\u00a0 It shows they trust me and I am really delighted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing forward the relationship with the IOC is going to be key.\u00a0 We have some very important decisions ahead; sport is at a difficult moment at this time and we have many things in common that we have to fight for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is fundamental that we work together, co-operate and I am sure we will do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new President also paid tribute to his predecessor <strong>Sir Philip 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will make a fantastic team and I think that is important for the Movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>President election voting results:<\/h3>\n<p>Round &#8211; 1<br \/>\nPatrick Jarvis &#8211; 12<br \/>\nAndrew Parsons &#8211; 84*<br \/>\nJohn Petersson &#8211; 19<br \/>\nHaidi Zhang &#8211; 47<\/p>\n<h3>Vice President election voting results:<\/h3>\n<p>Duane Kale &#8211; 81*<br \/>\nJohn Petersson &#8211; 79<\/p>\n<h3>Members at Large:<\/h3>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Debra Alexander<\/strong> (ITU)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Mohammed Alhemeli<\/strong> (UAE)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Muffy Davis<\/strong> (USA)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Rita van Driel<\/strong> (NED)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Sung Il Kim<\/strong> (KOR)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Luca Pancalli<\/strong> (ITA)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Leonel da Rocha Pinto<\/strong> (African Paralympic Committee)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Tim Reddish<\/strong> (GBR)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Juan Pablo Salazar<\/strong> (COL)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Yasushi Yamawaki<\/strong> (JPN)<\/p>\n<p>The above 10 member at large\u00a0were elected by the IPC Membership after six rounds of voting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsey Gotell<\/strong>, the IPC Athletes\u2019 Council Chairperson, who also forms part of the IPC Governing Board, said: \u201cI would like to congratulate all the members of the new IPC Governing Board on their election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to working with the new President and the new Board to ensure the IPC is an athlete centred organisation and the athlete voice is heard at the executive table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Governing Board will serve a four-year term with elections next held in 2021.\u00a0 It will hold its first informal meeting\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" 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