DUNSAR MEDIA COMPANY LIMITED - Key Persons
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- President of the Royal Moroccan Boxing Federation
Abdeljaouad Belhaj serves as the President of the Royal Moroccan Boxing Federation.
He has organised three African qualifiers for the Olympic Games in Morocco.
Belhaj has also worked as cabinet chief for Moroccan Ministers.
Abner Teixeira takes his seat on the IBA Board of Directors as an Athletes' Committee member.
He won a bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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- Member of the European Olympic Committees
- President of the Spanish Olympic Committee
Alejandro Blanco, the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.
Alessandra Perilli served as San Marino's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Beatrice Felici did so at the Closing Ceremony.
India has competed at all 17 editions of the Asian Games and has twice hosted the event in New Delhi - the inaugural edition in 1951 and the ninth edition in 1982. India has made the top 10 in 16 of its 17 appearances with the one exception coming at Beijing 1990, when they ranked 11th. At Incheon 2014, India finished eighth with 11 gold, nine silver and 37 bronze medals.
David Owen worked for 20 years for the Financial Times in the United States, Canada, France and the UK. He ended his FT career as sports editor after the 2006 World Cup and is now freelancing, including covering the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 World Cup and London 2012. He has written two books about horse racing, Foinavon: The Story of the Grand National's Biggest Upset and No Snail.
Sri Lanka's Dian Gomes has worked as President of the Boxing Association of Sri Lanka, as well as a vice-president of the country's National Olympic Committee.
He has also served as a Committee member with the Asian Boxing Confederation, as well as being the Honorary Consul of Georgia in Sri Lanka.
Gomes has also worked as a Chef de Mission for Sri Lanka, including at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Member of the European Olympic Committees
Djordje Visacki, the secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.
Mackay served as Editor-in-Chief from ITG's inception until October 31, 2023, when he and co-founder Sarah Bowron embarked on new ventures within the sports and media industries.
Job Titles:
- Reporter for Insidethegames.Biz
- Subeditor and Reporter
Emily Goddard is a subeditor and reporter for insidethegames.biz. She has broken a number of exclusives including that News International had lost their exclusive deal with London 2012 following the phone-hacking scandal that rocked Britain in 2011, Richard Caborn's future as chairman of the Amateur Boxing Association of England was in danger, and she was also the journalist to report the first comments from the IOC following the Russian anti-gay legislation.
George Yerolimpos of Greece is the secretary general of the International Boxing Association.
Job Titles:
- President of Milan Cortina
Giovanni Malagò, President of Milan Cortina 2026, has angrily blamed the Winter Olympics' body responsible for overseeing venue readiness, Società Infrastrutture Milano Cortina 2026 (SIMICO), for the crisis over the location of the sliding centre.
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- Chairman of the European Games Coordination Commission and an EOC ExCo Member, Added
Hasan Arat chairs the Coordination Commission for the 2023 European Games ©EOC
Hasan Arat, chair of the European Games Coordination Commission and an EOC ExCo member, added: "The European Games 2023 will feature more Olympic qualification events than previous editions and will act as a springboard to the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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- Armenian Olympic Committee Secretary
Hrachya Rostomyan, the Armenian Olympic Committee secretary general, served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Armenia was the only nation not to have an athlete flagbearer present at the Closing Ceremony with a figure in Baku 2015 uniform carrying out the duty.
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- President of the European Boxing Confederation
Ioannis Filippatos of Greece is the President of the European Boxing Confederation.
A doctor, he has worked as chairman of the IBA's Medical and Anti-Doping Committees.
He has been appointed as head doctor for IBA World Championships, as well as being the organisation's COVID-19 manager and serving in the Greek army.
Jacques Rogge, the former IOC President, the then President of the European Olympic Committees and the father of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), which was originally called the European Youth Olympic Days (EYOD), said: "This festival provides young European athletes with great motivation, as it gives sense to their careers from the very beginning."
Jinqiang Zhou is the President of the Chinese governing body for boxing, and he also heads the national organisations for wrestling, judo and weightlifting.
José Laureano, from Puerto Rico, is the President of the American Boxing Confederation.
A former boxer, he also has experience as a judge, referee and head coach.
He has served as President of the Puerto Rican Boxing Federation.
Kristy Harris is an Australian boxer who is currently still competing, and has her eyes set on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
She is a four-time national champion and won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 2018 Women's World Championships in New Delhi.
Harris was the first woman to represent Australia in boxing at the Commonwealth Games.
Job Titles:
- President of Czech Athletics
Libor Varhaník, the President of Czech Athletics and a European Athletics Council member, is in charge of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) project, a new mixed team format of athletics which will debut on a major stage at Minsk 2019.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Member of the European Olympic Committees
Liney Halldorsdottir, secretary general of the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.
Marta Forcén Celaya is a lawyer who currently works with the Spanish Boxing Federation.
She specialises in sports law, including drafting regulations, financial advice and preparation of budgets.
One of Celaya's goals is the promotion of women's boxing worldwide.
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- Member of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Mike Rowbottom, one of Britain's most talented sportswriters, covered the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics as chief feature writer for insidethegames, having covered the previous five summer Games, and four winter Games, for The Independent. He has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian.
Ilham Aliyev, was elected as the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in October 2003 and was re-elected in 2008, and again in 2013.
In 1994-2003, he was the vice-president, and later the first vice-president of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). He had been actively involved in the implementation of the successful oil strategy of the whole nation's leader of Azerbaijan late President Heydar Aliyev. President Ilham Aliyev is an author of numerous research works on geopolitical aspects of oil strategy of sovereign Azerbaijan. He holds a degree of doctor of political sciences.
In 1995 and 2000, he was twice elected to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2003, he stopped his activity as a Member of Parliament due to his appointment to the post of Prime minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Mr. Ilham Aliyev, who has also been the President of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan since 1997, was praised for his great contribution to the development of sports and Olympic Movement when he was awarded the highest order of International Olympic Committee (IOC) and "Grand Cordon" Order of Merit of International Military Sport Council.
Nataša Ritonija is the director of the EYOF and Sašo Polič is chief operating officer.
Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2013, Butler has travelled to a variety of major global sporting events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as the most recent editions of the Asian, European and Pan American Games in Incheon, Baku and Toronto. He has also attended the last four International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sessions and has particularly enjoyed tackling the politics and diplomacy of the Olympic Movement.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Organisation
Job Titles:
- President of the National Olympic Committee
Niels Nygaard, the President of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.
Swimmer Mona McSharry served as Ireland's flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony.
Former European Olympic Committees President Patrick Hickey is from Ireland and was one of he key figures behind the creation of the European Games.
Pearl Dlamini has been both President and secretary general of the Swaziland Boxing Association.
The Eswatini official has also worked as a vice-president of the country's National Olympic Committee, and as a Board member of the African Boxing Confederation.
Job Titles:
- President of the Badminton World Federation
Poul-Erik Høyer, President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), has reiterated the importance of the sport continuing to remain "free of corruption and manipulation from external forces" at its Annual General Meeting in Dongguan.
Job Titles:
- ONOC President
- President of the Oceania National Olympic Committees
Robin Mitchell, President of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC), has hailed International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach's visit and said it has brought new opportunities for sport in the region.
Job Titles:
- Member of the European Olympic Committees
- President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Sergey Bubka, President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.
Job Titles:
- EOC President
- President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee
Spyros Capralos, President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC), has been honoured with the A G Leventis Excellence Award in recognition of his more than two decades of work supporting Greek sport and Olympism.
Steve Smith has returned to the top of the International Cricket Council's Test batting rankings despite still serving a 12-month ban from the sport.
Job Titles:
- President of the Oceania Boxing Confederation
Tauhiti Nena is the President of the Oceania Boxing Confederation.
Having broken away from Indonesia in May 2002, Timor Leste, also known as East Timor, first participated at the Asian Games in 2006 in Doha.
The country has since been ever-present, but has yet to win a medal.
Umar Kremlev was first elected as the International Boxing Association President on December 12, 2020.
The Russian was re-elected by acclamation in May 2022 and his Presidency was confirmed at an IBA Extraordinary Congress in September 2022.
He also served as secretary general of the Russian Boxing Federation between 2017 and 2021.
Other roles he has taken include chairman of the IBA Marketing Commission and first-vice president of the European Boxing Confederation.
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- Head of Belarusian Railways, Sai
Vladimir Morozov, head of Belarusian Railways, said in November 2018 that the 2019 European Games will be used as a test for the event in two years' time, in terms of rail passenger transportation capacities.
Job Titles:
- First Vice President
- IBA VICE - PRESIDENT
- President of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation
Volodymyr Prodyvus is the President of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation and a former two-time national champion boxer.
He is an Executive Committee member of the European Boxing Confederation.
Prodyvus has also served as a member of parliament in Ukraine.
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- President of the Qatar Boxing Federation
Yousuf Al-Kazim is the President of the Qatar Boxing Federation.
He is also in post as a vice-president of the Asian Boxing Confederation.
Al-Kazim was previously secretary general of his national body.
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- General Secretary of the Hungarian Boxing Association
Zsuzsanna Toth is the general secretary of the Hungarian Boxing Association.
She is a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and has worked as vice-chair of the IBA Competition Committee.
Toth has also been President of the Hungarian Professional Boxing Federation.