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Athletes Committee
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| Chairperson: |
Miss Georgina Harland (GBR) |
| Members: |
Mr Sebastian Dietz (GER)
Mr Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
Miss Omnia Fakrhy (EGY) |
| Overview: |
The Athlete's Committee develops the relationship and maintains the communication with the athletes and represents their interests on the Executive Board. The Athletes Committee is constantly aware of decisions and guidelines given by the Executive Board and the UIPM Committee's (in particular Technical, Business Affairs, Medical and Marketing and Media) in order to inform the athletes of changes and proposals taken into consideration. Athletes meetings are scheduled during the main competitions (World Championships, World Cup Final) to discuss issues needing to be brought to the attention of the Executive Board. The Athlete's Committee is also involved in managing the distribution of equipment provided by UIPM Sponsors.
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Technical Committee
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| Chairperson: |
Mr José Maria Paula Santos (POR) |
| Secretary |
Prof Ivan Popov (BUL) |
| Members: |
Mr Walid Sayed (EGY)
Mr Endre Kovats Bonamie (ESP)
Mr Pedro Petrushinski (GER)
Mr Dong-Kook Chung (KOR)
Mr Peter Hart (GBR)
Dr Vladimir Miller (SVK)
Mr Carlo Passiatore (ITA)
Mr Janusz Peciak (USA) |
| Overview: |
The Technical Committee is comprised of members who have had extensive experience as international judges in all five disciplines of modern pentathlon or who have had high level experience in administration of the sport. The 10 member committee is chaired by the Sport Director who is an Executive Board member. The Committee overseas all the rules governing the sport and makes recommendations for changes to the rules, competition format and technical requirements to the Executive Board. The Committee appoints 2 members to attend each of the Category A competitions and other high level competitions to ensure that the competitions are conducted according to the rules and regulations.
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Business Affairs Committee
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| Chairperson: |
Mr John V.Helmick (USA) |
| Members: |
Mr Stefano Giommoni (ITA)
Mr Vaho Iagorashvili (USA)
Mr Tamas Varga (HUN)
Mr Malishev Viacheslav (GEO)
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| Overview: |
The Business Affairs Committee (BAC) is comprised of the Finance, Marketing and Media Commsisions. The BAC duties are to provide the UIPM Executive Board with proposals regarding the financial, marketing and media issues, and undertake projects related to financial, marketing and media issues as requested by the UIPM Executive Board. Some of the specific UIPM projects that the BAC oversees include the monthly UIPM newsletter, the bi-annual UIPM magazine, relationships with UIPM Sponsors, and the UIPM website. The BAC also seeks out new sources of financial support for UIPM.
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Medical Committee
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| Chairperson: |
Prof Fabio Pigozzi (ITA) |
| Members: |
Dr Natalia Ofitserova (BLR)
Dr Edouard De Rose (BRA)
Dr Joe Cummiskey (USA) |
| Overview: |
The Medical Committee is aimed at promoting the management of all sports medicine aspects of Modern Pentathlon. Specifically with regard to the application of UIPM Medical Rules at UIPM competitions, with special emphasis on:
- Prevention of any illness and injury
- Medical assistance in competition, with special attention to environmental conditions influencing the athletes’ health and safety
- Nutritional care in sports events
- Veterinarian care of horses
In addition the committee strives to support the scientific and medical in-depth investigation of biological, and physiological topics related to Modern Pentathlon. For the prevention and education of sports participants, the committee further works to improve the study of problems connected to the phenomenon of doping, and provides supervision and management of doping controls in and out-of-competition, with and without the assistance of WADA.
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