Greysia Polii Elected as Chair of the BWF Athlete Commission for the 2022-2025 Period

KOMPAS.com – Indonesian women’s doubles badminton player, Greysia Polii, has been elected as Chair of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes Commission. Greysia Polii assumes the task for the period 2022-2025.

BWF announced this through its official website, Thursday (17/2/2022).

Greysia, the gold medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Apriyani Rahayu, admitted that she wanted to bring new enthusiasm, energy and experience to the position she held.

“I want to help my teammates, the badminton players to achieve their dreams and help their requests when competing on the international circuit,” said Greysia.

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It was not easy for Greysia to get the position. The 34-year-old player must pass several stages of selection conducted by the BWF Vetting Panel, as required for all board members.

The Dutch badminton player, Robin Tabeling, was elected as deputy chairman by members of the commission. Other active players, Iris Wang (United States), Kim Soyeong (South Korea), Pusarla V Sindhu (India) and Zheng Si Wei (China) became members of the BWF Athlete Commission for this new period.

Introducing the new BWF Athletes’ Commission Chair:

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– BWF (@bwfmedia) February 17, 2022

The Chair of the Athletes Committee is a voting member at the level of the BWF Board, who is responsible for advising the Committee and the BWF Board on athlete-related matters.

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The Athlete Commission aims to represent the needs, voices and views of the athletes and then present them to the BWF Board and Committee.

The Athletes Commission also acts as the official liaison between athletes and BWF. They also ensure that athletes’ opinions can be heard at the federation level.

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