MUMBAI, Oct 17 — Malaysia’s Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee today. The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award — when...
MUMBAI, Oct 17 — Malaysia’s Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh was voted onto the International Olympic Committee today.Everything Everywhere All at OnceShe was one of eight new members voted in on the final day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India.She and the other newly elected members then took the Olympic oath.
Before the vote, Britain’s Princess Anne, the chair of the IOC’s member election committee, introduced Yeoh as “a Malaysia junior squash champion”.“Sadly, her other different skills took her away from her sporting life but a very fulfilled career and a lot of interest in sport throughout that.” She was voted in on Tuesday alongside Israel’s first Olympic medallist Yael Arad; Hungarian businessman and sports administrator Balazs Furjes; Cecilia Tait, a former Olympic medallist and politician from Peru; and German sports entrepreneur Michael Mronz.
Sweden’s Petra Soerling, head of the International Table Tennis Federation, and South Korean Kim Jae-youl, president of the International Skating Union, were also elected in regard to their roles with international sports federations.
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