MUMBAI, Oct 17 — Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, has become an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member after being voted in on Tuesday’s final day of the 141st IOC Session.
The 61-year-old Malaysian, formerly a junior squash champion, is among eight newly elected members.
Joining her on the Olympic body are Israeli judoka Yael Arad, Hungarian businessman Balasz Furjes, Peruvian former volleyball player Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, and German entrepreneur Michael Mronz, reported Xinhua.
All five had been proposed as individual members by the IOC Executive Board in September.
Sweden’s Petra Sorling, president of the International Table Tennis Federation, and South Korea’s Kim Jae-youl, president of the International Skating Union, were also elected thanks to their function as heads of international federations.
Mehrez Boussayene, president of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, was elected for a function within the National Olympic Committee (NOC).
— Bernama
