Rozle Prezelj of Slovenia is the new Chairman of the IAAF Athletes’ Commission, replacing Namibia’s Frank Fredericks. Prezelj represented Slovenia in the high jump at three Olympics and four IAAF World Championships. A European under-23 champion in 2001, Prezelj set a national record of 2.32m in 2012 before retiring in 2014. Britain’s marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe was nominated Vice Chairwoman of the commission.

Fredericks, who reached the end of his term as chair of the Athletes’ Commission, is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and has been named as chairman of the IOC’s Evaluation Commission for the 2024 Olympic Games bidding race earlier this week.

Did You Know?

• The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.
• It was founded on 17 July 1912 as the International Amateur Athletics Federation by representatives from 17 national athletics federations at the organization’s first congress in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Since October 1993, it has been headquartered in Monaco.
• The IAAF’s president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 2015 congress before the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.