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Votes
Votes cast: 264
Spoilt papers: 5
Percentage vote: 37.24%

Elected
SAMSONOV, Vladimir (BLR) 250 votes (94.70%) ; JOO, Se Hyuk (KOR) 213 votes (80.68%) ; SAIVE, Jean-Michel (BEL) 211 votes (79.92%) ; TÓTH, Krisztina (HUN) 207 votes (78.41%) CARNEROS, Alfredo (ESP) 183 votes (69.32%)

Not Elected
HENZELL, William (AUS) 180 votes (68.18%); BEH, Lee Wei (MAS) 76 votes (28.79%)

Para Table Tennis Representative: Alena Kanova of Slovakia

The ITTF will apparently appoint five additional UNELECTED members.

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Can they appoint those who were not elected initially??

Henzel did not miss out by much!

I'm sure sure what this commission actually does?

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ITTF ATHLETES COMMISSION

Pursuant to the recommendation of the IOC 2000 Reform Commission that “athletes should be well represented at all levels of the sports movement”, the IOC encourages IFs to form their own athletes’ commissions.

1. MISSION

The mission of the ITTF Athletes’ Commission (hereafter “Commission”) is to represent the views of the athletes and make their voice heard within the ITTF.

2. OBJECTIVES

2.1 The objectives of the Commission are to:
2.1.1 consider issues related to athletes and provide advice to the ITTF
2.1.2 represent the rights and interests of athletes and to make related recommendations
2.1.3 maintain contact with the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
2.2 The Commission shall have the following specific tasks and activities:
2.2.1 to establish a means of seeking athletes’ opinion on issues of major importance in TT
through as wide a network of enquiry as possible;
2.2.2 to keep the ITTF BOD regularly informed of athlete opinion on issues of major
importance in TT;
2.2.3 to report to the ITTF BOD on organisational issues that may arise in connection with
athlete participation at the different competitions organised under the ITTF umbrella;
2.2.4 to provide opinions on specific issues of athlete interest that may be entrusted to it by
the ITTF;
2.2.5 to promote a “healthy image” and “fairplay”;
2.2.6 to be the link between active athletes and ITTF;
2.2.7 to liaise and consult with other Committees and Commissions, where appropriate;
2.2.8 to contribute to the promotion and fostering of the worldwide development of TT.

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Thanks MNNB!

Does not look like they have any powers at all.

Good to see Joo chosen anyway!

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They meet once a year.

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After the elections, the Executive Committee can appoint five active or retired players with the qualification that they have taken part at least at one world championship. This is supposedly to ensure a fair balance in terms of continents, gender equity etc. (or to make sure there are an equal number of "Adham guys" on the panel).

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I do not see why it should not be ALL ELECTED people.

Meaning that for each ELECTED member there is a counter-balancing ITTF-appointed UNELECTED member specially handpicked by the ITTF and beholden to the ITTF for their position on the panel.

It would be better if the players actually picked their own representation rather than have half of it dictated to them.

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Same thing I meant by my post.

Pipped at the post guys - story of my tournament! We'll see who the ITTF appoints for the remaining 5 positions - I'm not sure how the appointment process works.

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I'm curious why you wanted to be in the commission William, and what you think you could achieve if you were in there?

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A string of poor decisions (let's just mention frictionless pips ban, booster witch-hunt and service rule to start with) have frustrated me over the past years. I don't want to be a person who just talks about how bad things are but does nothing when the opportunity presents itself to become involved and influence important changes to our sport. I applaud the ITTF for getting the Athletes Commission running and it shows a will to improve.

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I sure wish you were on there. Hopefully the ITTF will take note of the close vote and the need for geographic representation from Oceania and appoint you.

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Since when does the ITTF care about any styles being represented other than loopers? They want other styles gone.

If players were making the decision on all ten, William would already be elected. Let's see what happens now. If the ITTF appoints players like William who understand the pulse of table tennis at all levels and want to make a difference, then the ITTF will have made an intelligent decision. However, if the appointees all end up being Adham's cronies or ITTF 'yes men' with the ulterior motive of canceling out the elected players' votes if necessary, then no good. The sad fact is often political appointees are given positions as payback for favors, past and future. A free all-expenses trip to the GAC Championship every year for attending one meeting would be a pretty sweet enticement.

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