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Mr Andres Botero Phillipsbourne: Colombia
2011/12 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index Columbia ranking: 143 out of 179
countries
2011 Transparency International Corruption Perception Index Columbia ranking: 80 out of 182
countries
IOC Membership: 2007-Present
Member of the following Commissions:
• Marketing (2008-);
• Sport and Environment (2008-);
• Evaluation of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 (2008-2010); and
• Coordination for the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in 2014 (2010-)
Olympic Sporting Background: water skiing (demonstration sport only)
• 1972 Munich, 12 th slalom
Sports Administration Background:
• Medellin Water Ski Club President at the age of 16;
• Representative of the athletes to the Global Technical Committee (1970-1971),
• President of the Colombian Federation of Water Ski (1972-74), World Championship
Organizing (Bogotá-1973),
• President of the Pan American Ski-Berkeley;
• (1980), Impeller skiing in Latin America and promoter of Latin American championships;
• President of the International Water Ski Federation, Villach (Austria) -91;
• ARISF President (Association of the IOC Recognized Sports (1993-1994);
• Received skiing recognition in the Pan American Games in Mar del Plata (Argentina);
• Member of the COC (1995);
• Promoter Professional World Cup (1996);
• Organizer of the National Air Meeting (Santa Fe de Antioquia-88), creator of the race of the
Magdalena River;
• President of the Colombian Olympics Committee (COC) between 1997 and 2009;
• Organised the Central Bolivian Games, prepared for the South American Games 2010 and has
been leading the process for nomination of Medellin (his home city) to host the Youth Olympic
Games 2018;
• Founded Colombia Ski Team with Hanspeter Denzler (2007);
• Member of the River Marathon Sub-commission in the UIM (Union Internationale
Motonautique) 2009/2010;
• Vice president of ODESUR (South American Games); and
• Became Director of Coldeportes (Colombian Institute of Sport) in January 2012 after being a
member for 12 years.
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