World Triathlon names Nowra-born Jonathan Goerlach on prestigious athletes committee

Joining Tokyo Paralympian Goerlach on the committee will be Great Britain's Non Stanford, Japan's Kenji Nener , Switzerland's Nicola Spirig, Belgium's Claire Michel, Slovakia's Richard Varga, Hungary's Tamas Toth, United States' Allysa Seely, Morocco's Mehdi Essadiq and Egypt's Basmla Elsalamoney - who were all voted in by their peers.

"Athletes have been an integral part of the decision-making process since World Triathlon was founded," said World Triathlon president and IOC member Marisol Casado in a statement.

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"I'm very pleased to see such a diverse range of athletes on the committee, with a wide breadth of experience, from athletes coming from developing countries to double Olympic medallists.

"The whole World Triathlon executive board and I are really looking forward to working with them to make our sport even better."

The role of athletes in the decision-making process of World Triathlon has been a fundamental principle of their organisation since its creation in Avignon, France, 1989.

The inclusion of two members of the athletes committee on the World Triathlon executive board has strengthened the role of the athletes and is an integral part of our continued success as an International Federation striving to be 'athlete centered'.

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In 2012, the constitution of World Triathlon was amended.

This included a modification to the make-up of the Athletes Committee to include Para triathletes.

According to the current constitution, the committee is composed of five athletes of each gender, at least one member shall come from each of the five continents, two members shall be para triathletes with one from each gender and eight shall be elite athletes with four from each gender.

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