World ParaVolley Athletes’ Fee member Ivan Cosic has been re-elected to the World Anti-Doping Company’s (WADA) Athlete Council Group 2i for 2025-2027.
The election was held just about through a web based voting platform between 10-12 December 2024 and was obtainable solely to Worldwide Federation (IF) Athlete Commissions (ACs) that had been registered and deemed eligible to vote. A complete of 55 out of 60 IF ACs voted (91.7% participation fee). Cosic was amongst eight profitable candidates, from a gaggle of 26 nominatoins.
WADA President Witold Bańka mentioned: “On behalf of WADA, I wish to lengthen our congratulations to the eight athletes which have been elected to Group 2 of the Company’s Athlete Council for 2025-2027. I’m assured that these eight members, each returning and newly elected, will apply their ardour for clear sport and their dedication to amplifying athlete voices to make sure WADA stays targeted on being athlete centered. I look ahead to attending to know the brand new members and to persevering with our collaborative work with the Athlete Council.”
Cosic has a prolonged sport resume, which incorporates:
- Captain of the Croatia Sitting Volleyball workforce
- 4 World championships participation
- 8 European championships participation
- A number of nationwide championship and cup titles
- 2 occasions winner of finest attacker within the European championships (2017, 2019)
- Chair of the ParaVolley Europe Athletes’ Fee since 2019
- Board Member of World ParaVolley since 2019, Member of the World ParaVolley Athletes’ Fee since 2019, and Vice-chair of the World ParaVolley Athletes’ Fee since 2023
- Member of the WADA Athletes’ Council since 2023
Cosic started enjoying sitting volleyball on the worldwide stage in 2006. Being a part of the competitors and seeing the high-level of play of European groups impressed him to develop his personal enjoying and management abilities. His wonderful communication abilities paved the way in which for his involvement in workforce administration and challenge administration.
He has been main the Croatian workforce as captain for a number of years now and is a helpful member of the World ParaVolley Athletes Fee, and of the World ParaVolley Board of Administrators.
