INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION
Communication No. 1637
53rd Ordinary Congress 2010

The 53rd Ordinary Congress of the ISU was held from June 14 to June 18, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
Countries whose Members were represented by delegates:
Andorra, Argentina (Speed an Figure Skating), Armenia, Australia (Speed and Figure Skating), Austria (Speed and FigureSkating), Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium (Speed and Figure Skating), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (Speedand Figure Skating), China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Czech Republic (Speed and Figure Skating), Denmark, D.P.R. Korea,Estonia, Finland (Speed and Figure Skating), France, Georgia, Germany (Speed and Figure Skating) Great Britain, Greece,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania (Speed and Figure Skating),
Luxembourg (Speed and Figure Skating), Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand (Speed andFigure Skating), Norway, Poland (Speed and Figure Skating), Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia (Speed andFigure Skating), Singapore, Slovak Republic (Speed and Figure Skating), Slovenia, South Africa (Speed and Figure Skating),
Spain, Sweden (Speed and Figure Skating), Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine (Figure Skating), U.S.A. (Speed andFigure Skating), Uzbekistan.
Countries whose Member were not represented:
Montenegro, Philippines, Serbia, Ukraine (Speed Skating).

Elected Positions
The 53rd ISU Ordinary Congress has elected the following Office Holders for the period until the Congress of the year 2014.

1. Council
President

Ottavio Cinquanta (ITA)

1st Vice President
Figure SkatingDavid M. Dore (CAN)

2nd Vice President
Speed Skating

Jan Dijkema (NED)

Members
Figure Skating

Marie Lundmark (FIN)

Speed Skating

György Martos (HUN)

Junko Hiramatsu (JPN)

German Panov (RUS)

Phyllis Howard (USA)Li Lan (CHN)

Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc (SLO)

Roland E. Maillard (SUI)

12. Technical Committees
Single and Pair Skating

Ice Dance

Chair

Alexander Lakernik (RUS)

Chair

Halina Gordon Poltorak (POL)

Members

Fabio Bianchetti (ITA)

Members

Robert Joseph Horen (USA)

Rita Zonnekeyn (BEL)

Gilles Vandenbroeck (FRA)

Susan Lynch (AUS)

Alla Shekhovtsova (RUS)

Patrick Meier (SUI)(appointed Skater)

Sylwia Nowak-Trebacka (POL)(appointed Skater)David Paul Kirby (USA)(appointed Coach)John Dunn (GBR)(appointed Coach)

Synchronized Skating
Chair

Christopher Buchanan (GBR)

Members

Mika Saarelainen (FIN)
Karen Wolanchuk (USA)
Philippe Maitrot (FRA)
Helena Johansson (SWE)(appointed Skater)
Catharine Ann Dalton (CAN)(appointed Coach)

Speed Skating

Short Track Speed Skating

Chair

Tron Espeli (NOR)

Chair

Andy Gabel (USA)Members

Nick Thometz (USA)Members

Stoytcho G. Stoytchev (BUL)

Alexander Kibalko (RUS)

Reinier Oostheim (GER)

Jae-Seok Choi (KOR)

Ji-Hoon Chae (KOR)

Christian Breuer (GER)(appointed Skater)

Satoru Terao (JPN
(appointed Skater) - Provisional
appointment pending confirmation

Jildou Gemser (NED)(appointed Coach)Nathalie Lambert (CAN)(appointed Coach)

3. Disciplinary Commission
Chair

Béatrice Pfister (SUI)

Members Speed Skating

Members Figure Skating

Fred Benjamin (USA)

Volker Waldeck (GER)

Egbert Schmid (AUT)

Allan Böhm (SVK)2

Honorary Members
The 53rd Ordinary ISU Congress elected Gerhard Zimmermann as Honorary Vice President, Courtney Jones, O.B.E.,
Myong-Hi Chang, James L. Hawkins, Gerhardt Bubník and Ulf Linden as Honorary Members.
The ISU Honorary Members are:
4. Honorary Members

Honorary
Vice Presidents

Hermann Schiechtl (GER)
Jean Heckly (FRA)
Lawrence Demmy M.B.E. (GBR)
Gerhard Zimmermann (GER)

Honorary Members
Donald H. Gilchrist (CAN)
Benjamin T. Wright (USA)Charles A. DeMore (USA)Jean Grenier (CAN)
Hans Kutschera (AUT)
Wolfgang Kunz (GER)
Joyce Hisey (CAN)
Walburga Grimm (GER)
Maria Bialous-Zuchowicz (POL)
Claire Ferguson (USA)
Monique Georgelin (FRA)
Myong-Hi Chang (KOR)
Courtney J.L. Jones O.B.E. (GBR)
Ulf Lindén (SWE)
Gerhardt Bubník (CZE)James L. Hawkins (USA)3

Appointed Positions
The Council re-confirmed/confirmed the following appointments:

5. Headquarters
Director GeneralFredi Schmid (SUI)

6. Treasurer
Ulrich Linder (SUI)
7. Legal Advisors

Vacant/TBA

8. Chair Sports DirectoratePeter Krick (GER)

9. Figure Skating Sports Director

Vacant - Function time being performed by Peter Krick

10. Speed Skating Sports Director
Hugo Herrnhof (ITA)
11. Medical Commission
ChairJane M. Moran (CAN)

Members

David Mitchell (GBR)
Sanda Dubravcic-Simunjak (CRO)
Joel C. Shobe (USA)Harm Kuipers (NED)
Hiroya Sakai (JPN)
Ruben Ambartsumov, M.D. (UKR)

12. Development Program Coordinator
György Sallak (HUN)
13. Event Coordinator Figure Skating
Mario Meinel (GER)
14. ISU Grand Prix Coordination Group (Junior and Senior series)
David Dore (CAN) (Coordinator)
Rita Zonnekeyn (BEL)
Halina Gordon-Poltorak (POL)
Peter Krick (GER)
Mario Meinel (GER)
Secretary:
Ms. Patricia Mayor (SUI) (ISU Sports Coordinator Figure Skating c/o ISU Secretariat)
415. Coordinator ISU World Cup Speed Skating
Jan Dijkema (NED)
16. Coordinator ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating
György Martos (HUN)

Milano,Ottavio Cinquanta, President
August 13, 2010

Lausanne,

Fredi Schmid, Director General5