Candidates for ISU offices at 2022 Congress Update: Elected

[Andrea82]

The elections will took place at ISU Congress from 6 to 10th June.

ISU president

Slobodan DELIC (Serbia)
Jae Youl KIM (South Korea)
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland)
Patricia ST. PETER (USA)

ISU Vice-President - Speed skating

Tron ESPEL (Norway)

ISU Vice-President - Figure skating

Alexander LAKERNIK (Russia) *valid only if proposal re Article 13 is passed (I guess it is the one proposing to raise the age limit for ISU office holders)
Benoit LAVOIE (Canada)
Tatsuro MATSUMURA (Japan)
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland)

ISU Council - Figure skating representatives
* 5 to be elected

Slobodan DELIC (Serbia)
György ELEK (Hungary)
Halina GORDON-POLTORAK (Poland)
Benoit LAVOIE (Canada) * Incumbent
Tatsuro MATSUMURA (Japan) * Incumbent
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland)
Maria Teresa SAMARANCH (Spain) * Incumbent
Patricia ST. PETER (USA) * Incumbent
Shoulong YUAN (China)
Rita ZONNEKEYN (Belgium)


Ice Dance Technical Committee

President
Halina GORDON-POLTORAK (Poland)
Shawn RETTSTATT (USA)

Members (3 to be elected)
Sergii BARANOV (Ukraine)
György ELEK (Hungary) * incumbent
David MOLINA (France)
Shawn RETTSTATT (USA) * incumbent
Hilary SELBY (Great Britain) * incumbent
Ingrid Charlotte WOLTER (Germany)

Single & Pair technical committee

President
Fabio BIANCHETTI (Italy)

Members (4 to be elected)
Julia ANDREEVA (Russia)
Fabio BIANCHETTI (Italy)
Emilie BILLOW (Sweden)
Feng HUANG (China)
Leena LAAKSONEN (Finland) * incumbent
Susan LYNCH (Australia) * incumbent
Yukiko OKABE (Japan) * incumbent
Robert ROSENBLUTH (USA)
Margaret WORSFOLD (Great Britain)

Speed skating and Synchro candidates are available at the following link

https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/28257-candidates-isu-office-2022/file

 

[4everchan]

Susanna for Prez and Benoit for VP gogogo !

 

[el henry]

How does it work with Susanna running for President and Vice President?

Who is best positioned to lead the "Anyone But Lakernik" ticket.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

As long as Lakernik and Molina don't get elected for anything I'm good.

 

[Andrea82]

How does it work with Susanna running for President and Vice President?

Election of the President is done first. So if somone running for both President and Vice-President positions wins the presidency, he/she will withtdraw from the vice-president before the VP vote takes place.
The order of elections is President, Vice Presidents, Council members.

Same thing with the Technical committees. First they elect the chair, then the members.

 

[gravy]

Susanna for Prez and Benoit for VP gogogo !

Agreed! It's time the ISU has figure skaters lead the federation. Also OK with Matsumura for VP but yes, I want Susanna for President!

 

[Lipinski boy]

Agreed! It's time the ISU has figure skaters lead the federation. Also OK with Matsumura for VP but yes, I want Susanna for President!

For too long, I feel like the iSU is run by people who don’t appreciate the breadth and depth of the sport. It certainly feels like the ISU is being held back from adapting with the times. I can see this everywhere:
1) competitions don’t have advanced camera systems or the kinds of “angles” modern sports have.
2) new “improved” scoring system still feels more of a knee-jerk reaction than an actual replacement to the (far superior) 6.0 system.
3) they are only now thinking about racial diversity?
4) lack of media tie-ins. (limited merchandising, no figure skating movies, tv specials? Etc.)

 

[Andrea82]

Results

ISU president

Jae Youl KIM (South Korea) 77 votes ELECTED
Patricia ST. PETER (USA) 24
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland) 13
Slobodan DELIC (Serbia) 5

ISU Vice-President - Speed skating

Tron ESPEL (Norway) Elected unopposed

ISU Vice-President - Figure skating

Round 1
Benoit LAVOIE (Canada) 45
Tatsuro MATSUMURA (Japan) 37
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland) 37

Round 2
Benoit LAVOIE (Canada) 55
Tatsuro MATSUMURA (Japan) 35
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland) 29

ISU Council - Figure skating representatives
* 5 to be elected
Round 1
Patricia ST. PETER (USA) * Incumbent. 77 votes ELECTED
Tatsuro MATSUMURA (Japan) * Incumbent 68 votes ELECTED
Susanna RAHKAMO (Finland) 63 votes ELECTED
György ELEK (Hungary) 60 votes ELECTED
Maria Teresa SAMARANCH (Spain) * Incumbent 59
Rita ZONNEKEYN (Belgium) 58
Halina GORDON-POLTORAK (Poland) 44
Shoulong YUAN (China) 18
Slobodan DELIC (Serbia) 8

Benoit LAVOIE (Canada) * Incumbent WD because elected VP.

Round 2
Maria Teresa SAMARANCH (Spain) * Incumbent 36 ELECTED
Rita ZONNEKEYN (Belgium) 29
Halina GORDON-POLTORAK (Poland) 14
Shoulong YUAN (China) 4
Slobodan DELIC (Serbia) 2

ISU Council Athlete Representative

Eric RADFORD (Canada) 74
Evan BATES (USA) 45

Ice Dance Technical Committee

Chair
Halina GORDON-POLTORAK (Poland) withdrew before the vote
So Shawn RETTSTATT (USA) elected unopposed

Members (3 to be elected)

Hilary SELBY (Great Britain) * incumbent 47
David MOLINA (France) 45
Ingrid Charlotte WOLTER (Germany) 35
Sergii BARANOV (Ukraine) 29

György ELEK (Hungary) * incumbent WD because elected to ISU Council
Shawn RETTSTATT (USA) * incumbent WD because elected Chair.

Single & Pair technical committee

Chair
Fabio BIANCHETTI (Italy) elected unopposed

Members (4 to be elected)

Round 1

Leena LAAKSONEN (Finland) * incumbent ELECTED 40 votes
Yukiko OKABE (Japan) * incumbent ELECTED 37 votes

Round 2
Emilie BILLOW (Sweden) ELECTED 33
Susan LYNCH (Australia) * incumbent ELECTED 30
Julia ANDREEVA (Russia) 20
Artem KNYAZEV (Uzbekisthan) 11
Margaret WORSFOLD (Great Britain) 11
Feng HUANG (China) 4
Robert ROSENBLUTH (USA) 4

Fabio BIANCHETTI (Italy) WD as elected Chair

Synchronized Skating

Chair
Philippe Matiront (France) 43 votes
Christopher Buchanan (Great Britain) 23

Members
Petra Tyrbo (Sweden) * incumbent 46 votes ELECTED
Lois Long (USA) * incumbent 44 votes ELECTED
Nina Bischoff (Switzerland) 39 votes ELECTED
Uliana CHIRKOVA (Russia) * incumbent 31

 

[humbaba]

Thanks for posting this, @Andrea82. It's helpful to see all the results in one place

 

[Anna K.]

So... Who are these newly elected people and what should we expect from them?

I recognize a bunch of names but I only remember them as skaters. I know nothing about them as officials. Can anybody tell something more, please?

 

[cosmos]

So... Who are these newly elected people and what should we expect from them?

I recognize a bunch of names but I only remember them as skaters. I know nothing about them as officials. Can anybody tell something more, please?

Kim was the president of KSU. A business man and sports administrator.

 

[Anna K.]

Kim was the president of KSU. A business man and sports administrator.

Thank you. I was just about to ask "and who's Kim?" Could have googled him though

His CV seems to be rather impressive. Maybe this is good news that he became the president, I don't know

 

[4everchan]

So... Who are these newly elected people and what should we expect from them?

I recognize a bunch of names but I only remember them as skaters. I know nothing about them as officials. Can anybody tell something more, please?

Benoit Lavoie is great. https://skatecanada.ca/2022/06/canadian-benoit-lavoie-elected-as-isu-vice-president-figure-skating/

 

[el henry]

Benoit Lavoie is great. https://skatecanada.ca/2022/06/canadian-benoit-lavoie-elected-as-isu-vice-president-figure-skating/

Lavoie seems like a good choice.

With the added benefit of not being Lakernik

 

[Anna K.]

Benoit Lavoie is great. https://skatecanada.ca/2022/06/canadian-benoit-lavoie-elected-as-isu-vice-president-figure-skating/

Good! We need more great people... because we have great problems

 

[Andrea82]

Technical Commitees include an "appointed skater" and an "appointed coach". The positions are not elected but they are appointed by the ISU Council

Last week, ISU Council decided

Single and Pair Technical Committee

Apppointed skater: left pending (incumbent was Fedor Klimov)
Appointed coach: Patrick Meier (who was the incumbent)

Ice Dance Technical Committee

Apppointed skater: Kaitlyn Weaver (replacing Alper Ucar)
Appointed coach: Alper Ucar (replacing Maurizio Margaglio)

Synchronized Skating Technical Committee

Appointed Skater: Ida Hellström (new but I don't follow Synchro too much and so I can't recall who held this position in the previous term).
Appointed Coach: Cathy Dalton (re-appointment)

 

[Andrea82]

Technical Commitees include an "appointed skater" and an "appointed coach". The positions are not elected but they are appointed by the ISU Council

Last week, ISU Council decided

Single and Pair Technical Committee

Apppointed skater: left pending (incumbent was Fedor Klimov)
Appointed coach: Patrick Meier (who was the incumbent)

Last week ISU Council appointed Han Cong as the Single & Pair skater representative on Technical Committee.