WAKO President, Mr. Borislav Pelevic, WAKO vice-presidents Mr. Roy Baker and Mr. Espen Lund with Mr. Stephan Fox, President of the AIMS
A historical memorandum of understanding has been signed between the IOC represented by IOC President Dr. Thomas Bach and AIMS represented by its counterpart Stephan Fox. The signing ceremony was witnessed by 4 Vice Presidents from the IOC, and IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; this is a testament of the importance of the signing.
AIMS, the umbrella group of 23 international sport federations, which are members of SportAccord, now have the right to be included in the “Olympic Movement Directory”. AIMS proudly supports and promotes the vision and mission of the Olympic movement by sustaining and developing sports, importantly through the education of youth through sport and to continue to be credible in sport through applicable principles of the Olympic Movement.
WAKO President, Mr. Borislav Pelevic and WAKO vice-president and WAKO Europe Acting President, Mr. Roy Baker with Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the IOC
The IOC acknowledges the role and leadership of AIMS, and its valuable contribution to support the Olympic Movement.
“I must thank the IOC President Dr. Bach for his vision, for his mission and for his support of sport and for the international federations which are striving to gain individual recognition by the IOC whom nevertheless work towards good governance and the overall development of sport for the good of society. Today, 23 international sport federations showed their gratitude to the IOC for the acknowledgement and for opening the doors to the non-Olympic recognised
sports. A special thank you must also go to the IOC Sport Department for their professionalism, especially IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell and Head of the IOC Sports Partnerships Jenny Mann. ”– Stephan Fox, AIMS President.
Kickboxing Recognition Comes at last in First Steps
WAKO President, Mr. Borislav Pelevic and WAKO vice-president and WAKO Europe Acting President, Mr. Roy Baker with Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the IOC
“What a historic day for our sport. WAKO is proud to announce that as and from today under the auspices of AIMS which we are a member of, WAKO is now part of the IOC family under the auspices of AIMS. AIMS today signed
a memorandum of understanding with IOC and has become an officially recognised partner within the IOC alongside ARISF, AIOWF and ASOIF.
Congratulations to all our members we are now an official part of the Olympic movement of sports with all the associated support services available to us and our members. Please like and share this wonderful and exciting news.
Congratulations to you all especially our team in Lausanne and all the teams before them preparing the road for success. Bravo! ”
Roy Baker
Wako Europe Acting President
Name: WAKO Europe