Aljaz Pegan elected as President of FIG Athlete*s Commission

Aljaz PEGAN (SLO)

Slovenia’s Aljaz PEGAN (47) has been elected as President of the FIG Athletes’ Commission.
The 1994 and 2004 European and 2005 World champion on the high bar will defend the athletes’ voices at the top level of Gymnastics governance until the end of 2025.
Pegan succeeds Liubou Charkashyna (BLR), who had chaired the Commission since February 2017 and was elected to the Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee during the FIG Congress in November 2021. At the 50^th Worlds of Artistic Gymnastics in October 2021 in Kitakyushu Pegan was re-elected for a second term as athlete spokesman.

Pegan: ..."installed competence!"

After voting at the first online commission meeting, former high bar specialist, European and World champion and multiple World Cup winner Aljaz PEGAN (47) said:

“One of my other highest priorities is to promote a safe environment for gymnasts and to help to spread FIG awareness campaigns, including the 10 Golden Rules of Gymnastics.
We always hear that the athletes are at the top of the FIG pyramid. It should not be only words.
The time has come to give them more financial support for the energy and the years they invest in the sport, and that comes with higher prize money.”

As the ones who know best the needs of the athletes and what the sport requires, the athletes’ representatives are key players. Each representative takes part in meetings of the technical committee of their respective discipline, where they can play an integral part in the development and implementation of decisions and regulations.

The Commission President has true power in the FIG decision-making process, as he sits on the Executive Committee and the Council with voting rights.
* Source: f i g news

* Aljaz PEGAN (SLO): Study of a world-class athlete for more than 1 1/2 decades - from his first European Championship title in 1994 in Prague to his World Championship gold in 2005in Debrecen on the horizontal bar and beyond - in 7 World Championship horizontal bar finals, two more silver medals and one bronze medal at the World Championships, so he wrote impressive gymnastics history with numerous World Cup victories on his special apparatus!
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In Pegan's view, today's athlete representatives are key players because they know best the needs of the athletes and the demands of the sport. Each athlete representative participates in technical committee meetings of their respective discipline, where they can be instrumental in the development and implementation of decisions and regulations.
The Commission President has real power in the FIG decision-making process as he sits on the Executive Committee and Council with voting rights, according to Pegan, a former world-class athlete and a real authority on his discipline.
* Source: f i g - new