Country Representatives

Country Representatives

The Country Representative is responsible for the coordination of the IOAPA members and all the former participants of the IOA Sessions at the national Level.

Main activities of a Country Coordinator:

  • Maintain and expand an active national IOAPA network in order to work on different projects connected with the Olympic Movement in the native country;
  • Ensure continuous communication within the group with the goal of maintaining and building a network of IOA past participants;
  • Continuously improve activities of the national group (exchange good practices, principles, information and ideas);
  • Promote the Associations (international and national IOAPA) and recruit new members (ex - IOA Sessions participants);
  • In collaboration with NOA and NOC, work towards dissemination of Olympic ideals at national level.

We have Guidelines to help you manage your activities.

IOAPA Head of Country Coordinators manages the action among all the country coordinators, shares good practices within the network, collects the information from every country and puts it forward to be published in Arete, the IOAPA Newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact our Head of Country Coordinators with any questions or comments you may have.

The intellectual and working potential of IOAPA is exceptional. With the motivation, ambition, momentum and valuable experiences of these interested individuals, we can take big steps forward, to new successes, at home and around the world. Below is the list of the country representatives.  If your country has already a country representative and you would like to get in contact with him or her, IOAPA will be happy to assist you.

Application Process - 2024

The application call ended on Febrary 23st 2024.

If you are interested to fulfill the position for your country - if this one has no Country coordinator - please register here - Application form

ATTENTION : Please make sure that their is no representative for your country in the list below !

Country Coordinators Contact - 2024

Here you can find the update list of the country coordinators. If you want to contact one, please click on his/her name and you will have his/her email adress.

Argentina ARG Ms Elena Iniguez de Heredia
Armenia ARM Mr Arman Avetisyn
Armenia ARM Ms Anna Martirosyan
Australia AUS Ms Suzanne Grayson
Austria AUT Mr Robert Kaspar
Bangladesh BAN Ms Monika Gulnahar Mahbub
Barbados BAR Mr Solomon West
Botswana BOT Ms Kelebogile Matolela
Canada CAN Ms Lisa Muzzo
Canada CAN Ms Katrina Galas
Chinese Taipei TPE Mr Leo Hsu
Cyprus CYP Mr Christopher Papamichalopoulos
Finland FIN Mr Kimmo Niemisto
France FRA Mr Julien Buhajezuk
Georgia GEO Mr Giorgi Sulaberidze
Germany GER Ms Monika Zachau
Ghana GHA Ms Christiana Ashley
Great Britain GBR Ms Gillian Bartle
Guatemala GUA Mr Juan Diego Blas Fernandez
Hungary HUN Ms Ildiko Paska
India IND Mr Atharva Maid
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI Ms Helia Asghari
Israel ISR Ms Yarden Har Lev
Japan JPN Mr Yogo suzuki
Jordan JOR Mr Zaid Sami
Lebanon LBN Mr Christian Hajj
Lesotho LES Mr Fako Masupha

Lithuania LTU Ms Ramune Motiejunaite
Luxembourg LUX Dr Sandra Heck
Malaysia MAS Mr Nazroff Tunku
Mexico MEX Mr Gerardo Levi Lopez Mendez
Netherlands NED Ms Britt Van der Vegt
Norway NOR Ms Gyda Winther
Oman OMA Mr Hisham Al Adwani
Pakistan PAK Mr Shoaib Shafiq
Papua New Guinea PNG Ms Asiani Vagi
People's Republic of China CHN Ms Zehua Zhang
Peru PER Mr Ennio Cornejo
Poland POL Ms Karolina Pietraszek
Portugal POR Mr Sandro Lucio
Puerto Rico PUR Ms Marelisa Jimenez Luciano
Qatar QAT Dr Ali Albakri Alyafei
Republic of Korea KOR Ms Kyung Eun Lee
Senegal SEN Mr Amadou Diaw
Singapore SGP Mr Fred Quek
Slovenia SLO Mr Marko Levovnik
South Africa RSA Mr Gert Potgieter
Sri Lanka SRI Ms Dinkey Bandara
Sudan SUD Mr Amjed Mustafa
Togo TOG Mr Madji Jacques Ayassou
Tunisia TUN Mr Ahmed Allouch
Turkey TUR Ms Derya Sakalli
United Republic of Tanzania TAN Mr Muharam Mchume
Zimbabwe ZIM Ms Eugenia Mandeya