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INITIATION
Idea sparked in early 2017 and discussed among various Athletes’ Commissions. Its development
and delivery is part of the implementation of the IOC Athletes’ Commission Strategy.
ESTABLISH STEERING COMMITTEE
IOC Athletes’ Commission assembled a 20-person Steering Committee of athlete representatives
across the Olympic Movement
10 REPRESENTATIVES 5 REPRESENTATIVES
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATIONS
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3
REPRESENTATIVES
IOC ATHLETES’
COMMISSION
ASSOCIATION OF
NATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEES
INITIAL ATHLETE DISCUSSION
November 2017 – Discussion with a
diverse group of 100+ athletes at the
IOC International Athletes’ Forum
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REPRESENTATIVE
INTERNATIONAL
PARALYMPIC
COMMITTEE
1
REPRESENTATIVE
WORLD
OLYMPIANS
ASSOCIATION
SURVEY
/ 04 FIRST-STAGE
Distributed to Athletes’ Commissions
(ACs) and athlete representatives to
establish themes for the rights and
responsibilities to be included
COMPLETED BY
ALMOST
200 / / ACs & ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES
66 / / COUNTRIES
77 / / SPORTS DISCIPLINES
/ 05
ESTABLISH KEY THEMES AND RELEASE DRAFT
Initial components released by the Steering Committee as a draft document,
organised under five key themes, and stakeholders invited to provide feedback
INTEGRITY &
CLEAN SPORT
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GOVERNANCE &
COMMUNICATION
CAREER &
MARKETING
SECOND-STAGE SURVEY
Second survey released for elite athletes
globally to contribute their views, in
parallel with stakeholder consultation
COMPLETED BY
SAFEGUARDING
SPORTS
COMPETITION
AND RELEASE THE
/ 07 DRAFT
ATHLETES’ DECLARATION
Survey responses and stakeholder
feedback reviewed, collated and
turned into the Athletes’ Rights
and Responsibilities Declaration
4292 / / ATHLETES
190 / / COUNTRIES
120+ / / SPORTS DISCIPLINES (ACROSS OLYMPIC,
PARALYMPIC AND OTHER SPORTS)
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IOC SESSION PRESENTATION
Submitted to the IOC Executive Board and IOC Session for adoption and reference in the Olympic Charter.