Dick Fosbury
was Elected
President of
the World
Olympians
Association
during the
4th Elective
General
Assembly in
Lausanne,
the Olympic
capital on
October
5-6th
2007. With
his
appointment,
Dick will
serve a
four-year
term as the
head of the
worldwide
Olympian
organization.
�I am
thrilled and
honored to
be elected
to this
position
with the WOA,
�said Dick
Fosbury. �I
am committed
to work hard
and with my
best efforts
to build
this
association
and develop
a new strong
relationship
with the
International
Olympic
Committee
and the
federations.�
Dick is an American Olympian who revolutionized the high jump using a back-first technique, now known as the Fosbury Flop. His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve and leap backwards over the bar. Dick won the gold medal and set a new Olympic record at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The Fosbury Flop quickly gained popularity, and it is almost exclusively used by modern high jumpers. To see a video of Dick winning the gold see the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id4W6VA0uLc
Dick is an
officer with
the U.S.
Olympians
Association.
Also newly
elected was
the position
of Secretary
General
formerly
filled by
Dr. Liston
Bochette.
The new
Secretary
General of
the World
Olympians
Association
is Anthony
Ledgard from
Peru who
competed in
the 1992
Summer
Olympic
Games in
Barcelona,
Spain.
Additional
members of
the newly
elected
World
Olympians
Association
Executive
Committee
are:
Vice
President,
Charmaine
Crooks �
CAN
Vice
President,
Stefka
Kostadinova
� BUL
Treasurer,
Joel Bouzou
� FRA
Executive
Member,
George
Andreadis �
GRE
Executive
Member,
Kieren
Perkins �
AUS
Executive
Member, El
Hadj Amadou
Dia Ba � SEN
Executive Member, Daichi Suzuki � JPN
I was honored and privileged to attend this event in Lausanne and broke bread with many old and new friends.
I congratulate my good friends Dick Fosbury and Anthony Ledgard, and extend my congratulations to the additional members of the new executive board.
As always, don't forget to spread the word about the Olympians Communication systems. Tell your Olympian friends to go to http://www.olympian.org and sign up for their own FREE [email protected] email address. Also don't forget to download the new WOA Messenger. Simply click on "download our software" when you are on the olympian.org web page and follow the instructions.
Olympian Regards,
Nick V.
Olympian Insight
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