Question: Recently who has been elected as the new Chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission?
(a) Dennis Oswald
(b) Thomas Beck
(c) Anita De Frank
(d) Angela Ruggiero
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- American ice hockey Olympic champion Angela Ruggiero was elected as the new Chair of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission.
- IOC President Thomas Bach officially appointed Ruggiero during joint meeting between the IOC athletes’ commission and the IOC executive board.
- She will replace Claudia Bokel.
- She played 256 games for the U.S. Women’s National Team over the course of 15 years which is the most in the team’s history.
- She is the current Vice-Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
- She is a 1998 Olympic gold medalist, 2002 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 Olympic bronze medalist and 2010 Olympic silver medalist.
Reference:
https://www.olympic.org/news/angela-ruggiero-to-head-ioc-athletes-commission
https://twitter.com/iocmedia/status/760114589853945856
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/olympics2016/story/angela-ruggiero-international-olympic-committee-athletes-commission/1/729627.html
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/career-by-the-numbers-hhof-inductee-angela-ruggiero/