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Ms Irena Szewinska: Poland
2011/12 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index Poland’s ranking: 24 out of 179 countries
2011 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index Poland’s ranking: 41 out of 182
countries
IOC Membership: 1998-present
Member of the following Commissions:
• Coordination for the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens in 2004 (1998-2004),
• Sport for All (1999-),
• “IOC 2000” (1999),
• Coordination for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (2005-);
• Member of the International Olympic Truce Foundation (2005-)
Olympic sporting background: Track and Field (Athletics)
• 1964 Tokyo (4x100 m gold medal, 200 m silver medal, long jump silver medal)
• 1968 Mexico City (200 m gold medal, 100 m bronze medal)
• 1972 Munich (200 m bronze medal)
• 1976 Montreal (400 m gold medal)
• 1980 Moscow 1980
Sports administration background:
• Vice-President of the NOC (1988-);
• Vice-President of the Polish Olympian Association (1995-);
• President (1997-2009) then Honorary President (2009-) of the Polish Athletic Association;
• President of the Polish Women’s Sport Association (1994-2002) then Honorary President
(2002-);
• Vice-President of the World Olympians’ Association (WOA) (1995-1999) then Executive Board
Member (1999-2003);
• Council Member of the European Athletics Association (1995-2007) then Honorary Member
(2007-);
• Member of the IAAF Women’s Committee (1984-2007);
• President of Irena Szewinska’s Foundation “Vita Activa” (1998-2010); and
• Member of the EOC European Union Commission (2005-2009).
Education: Master’s Degree in Economics, University of Warsaw.
Work experience: None reported
Criminal issues: None reported
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