TEHRAN – Iranian Para powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami is among the candidates for the Athlete Liaison election at the Tbilisi 2021 World Championships.
The Athlete Liaison will serve a four-year term (2022-2025) on the Sport Technical Committee (STC) liaising between the athletes and the World Para Powerlifting Management Team.
The mission of the Athlete Liaison is to represent the views of the whole Para powerlifting athlete community, including all impairment types, looking for equal gender representation and making sure that athletes’ voices are heard within World Para Powerlifting, Paralympic.org wrote.
The election will take place online from November 26 to December 4 via the World Para Powerlifting Athlete Liaison website.
The four candidates are: Ali Jawad (Great Britain), Sherif Osman (Egypt), Rouhallah Rostami (Iran) and Sedric Roussel Watchou Kouokam (Hungary).