{"id":507950,"date":"2022-06-29T11:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=507950"},"modified":"2022-06-29T11:31:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T18:31:45","slug":"fina-announces-inaugural-athletes-committee-led-by-alia-atkinson-jack-laugher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-announces-inaugural-athletes-committee-led-by-alia-atkinson-jack-laugher\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA Announces Inaugural Athletes’ Committee, led by Alia Atkinson, Jack Laugher"},"content":{"rendered":"
FINA Announces Inaugural Athletes’ Committee, led by Alia Atkinson, Jack Laugher<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

FINA has today announced its inaugural elected Athletes\u2019 Committee for the 2022-2026 period, following a ceremony on the sidelines of the 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n

The gender and discipline-balanced Athletes\u2019 Committee, made up of athletes from swimming, diving, high diving, water polo, artistic swimming and open water swimming, will play a major role in ensuring that all voices are at the heart of aquatics are heard and represented equally.<\/p>\n

\u201cAthletes are the heartbeat of aquatics. There is no sport without athletes. This is why I am so proud to be part of these historic elections today. With equal gender representation and athletes from all six continents across all disciplines, I have no doubt that those elected will strengthen and promote the athletes\u2019 voice for the benefit of the entire aquatics community,\u201d said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday marks another significant step forward for both FINA and all aquatics athletes. The Athletes\u2019 Committee will act as a critical link between athletes and FINA. Having the athlete community choose those who represent them in important decisions is critical for the future development of our beloved sport,\u201d said the new FINA Athletes’ Committee Chair Alia Atkinson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Alia Atkinson (JAM) and Jack Laugher (GBR) were confirmed as the new FINA Athletes’ Committee Chair and Vice-Chair respectively. The full elected\u00a0FINA Athletes\u2019 Committee for the 2022-2026 period is as follows:<\/p>\n

Athletes\u2019 Committee Chair<\/strong> – Alia Atkinson (JAM)<\/p>\n

Athletes\u2019 Committee Vice-Chair<\/strong> – Jack Laugher (GBR)<\/p>\n

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