Athlete Commission
The current members of the Commission are:
Chair: Jill Officer (Canada)
Tyler George (United States)
Anna Kubeskova (Czechia)
Harri Lill (Estonia)
Rune Lorentsen (Norway)
Benoit Schwarz-van Berkel (Switzerland)
The role of the Athlete Commission is to communicate the interests of high-performance curlers and to act as the collective voice for those curlers. It works in cooperation with World Curling to achieve its mission.
The Athlete Commission acts as the link between high performance athletes, the Board, the Rules and Competition Commission as well as the IOC Athletes Commission.
The Athlete Commission strives to have diversity among its members. It comprises athletes of both genders and from all curling disciplines – women, men, world rankings mixed doubles and wheelchair.
When elected, members of the commission will serve terms of four year, unless specifically noted in the Commission Terms of Reference.
The Chair of the Commission now holds a non-voting position on the World Curling Board for their term.
The Athlete Commission can be contacted by email, [email protected]
Election Information
If you have not played in a World Championship or Olympic Games in the last 5 years, World Curling does not have your contact information to send out voting information. This year, if you finish in the top 25 on World Curling Team Rankings (Male, Female, Mixed Doubles), you will be eligible to vote. Also if you have played at PCCC (A or B), ECC (A, B, or C), World Wheelchair – B Division in the prior five years, you are also eligible to vote.
Commission Eligibility
To be eligible to run for the Athlete Commission you must have represented your Member Association in a World “A” Championships or Olympic/Paralympic Games in the prior five years in any of the four Olympic and Paralympic medal disciplines (Women’s, Men’s, Mixed Doubles and Wheelchair). For the World Curling Team Rankings positions, an athlete must be on a team that is ranked within the top 25 of the rankings at the end of the season preceding the elections.
Voting Database
The voting database includes those who are eligible to run plus any athlete who has represented their Member Association at the Pan Continental Championships C (A or B-Division), the European Championships (A, B or C-Division), world wheelchair championships (A or B-Division), the world mixed doubles championship, the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event and anyone ranked inside the top 25 at the end of the season on the World Curling Team Ranking System for men’s, women’s and mixed doubles.
Please fill out the form at the link below to ensure your information is added to the World Curling Athlete Commission elections database.
https://forms.gle/XmMZ9u3FN4Jb6g8K6
