The Athletes Committee aimed for the olympic dream.
Gian Luca Beeler and Agata, Floorball representative from Poland, during the Athletes Forum.
The 12th International Athletes Forum (IAF) in Lausanne, Switzerland had over 400 athlete representatives. This time, Bandy was officially represented by the Vice-Chair of the Athletes Committee (AC) of the FIB. Gian Luca Beeler participated for two days at different panels, and discussions with many other members of different Athletes Committees.
Thomas Bach, who is president of the IOC till the 23th of June 2025, answered once again questions from all the athletes representatives. Also, the new President of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, spoke about their future plans and she emphasized the importance of the athletes. The Special guest this time was Rafael Nadal, two-time gold medal winner at the olympics. He spoke about sportsmanship and about his feeling to represent his country.
The Athletes Committee could proudly show, that bandy has an active athletes community. The AC is a group of five elected athletes from different countries, levels, gender and ages. During the last World Championship in 2025 all the athletes elected these members. Like that the interest and needs of the athletes can be collected in one group. And more important, the Chair of the AC, Rebecca Draper, has a seat in the Executive Committee. For example, the AC created a survey during the World Championship and shared the results and their thoughts with the Executive Committee.
Thomas Back on the stage answerting athletes questions.