AIPS announces candidates for Rome 2022 election

Details: Published: 06 July 2022

LAUSANNE, July 5, 2022 - The 84th AIPS Congress to be held in Rome, Italy from 2-6 of October 2022 will see the election for positions on the association’s Executive Committee.

Below is the list of candidates for the different positions as announced on July 5, 2022, sorted in alphabetical order of country:

PRESIDENT

Gianni Merlo (Italy), USSI (Unione Stampa Sportiva Italiana)

1st VICE PRESIDENT

Esat Yilmaer (Turkey), TSYD (Turkish Sports Writers Association)

TREASURER

Jura Ozmec (Croatia), CSJA (Croatian Sports Journalists Association)

VICE PRESIDENT (15 candidates)

Nargiz Mahmudzada (Azerbaijan), ASJA (Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association)

Vicente Dattoli (Brazil), ABRACE (Brazilian Sports Journalists Association)

Jie Zhou (China), CSPA (China Sports Press Association)

Marc Ventouillac (France), UJSF (Union des Journalistes de Sport en France)

Ioannis Daras (Greece), PSAT (Greek Sports Journalist Association)

Zsuzsa Csisztu (Hungary), HSJA (Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association)

Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi (Iran), ISJA (Iranian Sports Journalists Association)

Evelyn Watta (Kenya), SJAK (Sports Journalists Association of Kenya)

Hee Don Jung (Korea), KSPU (Korea Sports Press Union)

Sattam Alsehali (Kuwait), KSMC (Kuwait Sports Media Committee)

Mohamed Ould El Hassan (Mauritania), ACSM (Association des Commentataires Sportifs Mauritanienne)

Mitchell Obi (Nigeria), SWAN (Sports Writers Association of Nigeria)

Amjad Aziz Malik (Pakistan), PSWF (Pakistan Sports Writers Federation)

Mohammed Hiji Ali (Qatar), QSPC (Qatar Sports Press Committee)

Ernesto Ortiz Gomez (Uruguay), CPDU (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos del Uruguay)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (24 candidates)

Josef Langer (Austria), SMA (Sports Media Austria)

Nargiz Mahmudzada (Azerbaijan), ASJA (Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association)

Fernando Nurnberg Zambrana (Bolivia), CPDB (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos en Bolivia)

Vicente Dattoli (Brazil), ABRACE (Brazilian Sports Journalists Association)

Nayden Todorov (Bulgaria), BASJ (Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists)

Jie Zhou (China), CSPA (China Sports Press Association)

Jura Ozmec (Croatia), CSJA (Croatian Sports Journalists Association)

Marc Ventouillac (France), UJSF (Union des Journalistes de Sport en France)

Ioannis Daras (Greece), PSAT (Greek Sports Journalist Association)

Zsuzsa Csisztu (Hungary), HSJA (Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association)

Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi (Iran), ISJA (Iranian Sports Journalists Association)

Hiroshi Takeuchi (Japan), JSPA (Japan Sports Press Association)

Mohamed Ould El Hassan (Mauritania), ACSM (Association des Commentataires Sportifs Mauritanienne)

Morad Moutaouakkil (Morocco), AMPS (Association Marocaine de la Presse Sportive)

Mitchell Obi (Nigeria), SWAN (Sports Writers Association of Nigeria)

Salim Saleem Alhabsi (Oman), OJA (Oman Journalists Association)

Amjad Aziz Malik (Pakistan), PSWF (Pakistan Sports Writers Federation)

Mohammed Hiji Ali (Qatar), QSPC (Qatar Sports Press Committee)

Emanuel Fantaneanu (Romania), APS (Romanian Sports Press Association)

Abdoulaye Thiam (Senegal), SSPA (Senegal Sports Press Association)

Adel Al Zahrani (Saudi Arabia), SPMF (Saudi Sports Media Federation)

Jose Zidar (Slovenia), DŠNS (Slovenian Sports Press Association)

Juan Antonio Prieto Rodriguez (Spain), AEPD (Asociación Espanola de Prensa Deportiva)

Ernesto Ortiz Gomez (Uruguay), CPDU (Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos del Uruguay)

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AIPS Europe announces officially the candidates for the General Assembly Elective Congress due to be held on the 4th October 2022 during the 84th AIPS Ccongress to be held in Rome.

AIPS Europe 2022 - 2026 Election Candidates:

PRESIDENT

Camenzuli Charles (Malta)

Ventouillac Marc (France)

SECRETARY

Agca Murat (Turkey)

TREASURER

Miltiadous Erodotos (Cyprus)

MEMBER

Balog Stjepan (Croatia)

Bolhar Gasper (Slovenia)

Coppola Gianfranco (Italy)