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IOC Session: Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh voted onto International Olympic Committee as member

agence france-presse • October 17, 2023, 14:32:35 IST
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Michelle Yeoh was one of eight new members voted in on the final day of the 141st IOC session at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai.

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IOC Session: Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh voted onto International Olympic Committee as member

Malaysia’s Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award – when she scooped best actress for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” earlier this year – was elected by 67 votes to nine, with one abstention. She was one of eight new members voted in on the final day of the 141st IOC session at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai. Nita Ambani's IOC journey: From Olympic dream in 2004 to key decisions taken in Mumbai 2023 When the result was announced, Yeoh stood up and placed her hand on her heart. She and the other newly elected members then took the Olympic oath.

The 141st IOC Session elected eight new IOC Members - four women and four men - bringing the proportion of women on the IOC membership to 41.1%.

This is in keeping with the IOC’s ambition to lead by example and increase female representation in governance structures.

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— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) October 17, 2023

The 61-year-old, who has been accompanied in Mumbai by her husband Jean Todt, the former president of motorsport governing body the FIA, then received an IOC member medal from Bach. IOC Session: Cricket at Olympics, how it made a comeback and impact on global growth Before the vote, Britain’s Princess Anne, the chair of the IOC’s member election committee, introduced Yeoh as “a Malaysia junior squash champion”. “Sadly, her other different skills took her away from her sporting life but a very fulfilled career and a lot of interest in sport throughout that.” Yeoh’s Hollywood breakthrough came when she was cast in 1997’s Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” opposite Pierce Brosnan, and she made her reputation in martial arts movies including “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”. Read | Why it’s the perfect time to host the IOC Session and India’s rise as a sporting power She was voted in on Tuesday alongside Israel’s first Olympic medallist Yael Arad; Hungarian businessman and sports administrator Balazs Furjes; Cecilia Tait, a former Olympic medallist and politician from Peru; and German sports entrepreneur Michael Mronz. All five had previously been proposed as individual members by the IOC’s executive board in September. Sweden’s Petra Soerling, head of the International Table Tennis Federation, and South Korean Kim Jae-youl, president of the International Skating Union, were also elected in regard to their roles with international sports federations. Mehrez Boussayene, president of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, was also elected as an ex-officio member. “These candidates bring added value to the work of the IOC because of their experience and diverse expertise in different walks of life,” said Bach when the eight were proposed in September.

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