JAMAICAN SPRINTER ELECTED TO IAAF ATHLETES’ COMMISSION

Photo: Michael Frater

The 2005 World Championship 100 meters silver medallist Michael Frater was today appointed by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council to the IAAF Athletes’ Commission.

His appointment was confirmed at Thursday’s IAAF Council meeting, following on the heels of his failed attempt in being elected to the commission by his peers in March.

Frater who currently serves as the third Vice President of the JAAA was nominated among sixteen 16 athletes vying for the 18 available seats on the IAAF Athletes’ Commission that was announced in March 2015.

The Athletes’ peers elect 12 of the 18 members who comprise the IAAF Athletes’ Commission while the IAAF appoints the other six.

All athletes accredited for IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 were given the right to vote in the elections, which took place during the championships between 23 and 29 August in the official team hotels.

The other new members who have been appointed to join the Athletes’ Commission for the period 2016-2019 are Brazilian Fabiana Murer, Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, Alina Talay of Belarus, American Ashton Eaton, and Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya.

The six elected members of the commission will begin their mandate on 1 January 2016.