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The International Olympic Committee elected its archetypal pistillate subordinate from Iran connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026), who besides became the existent youngest representative.
Soraya Aghaei is present the 107th subordinate of the IOC by a 95-2 ballot arsenic conscionable the third-ever Iranian typical and the archetypal since 2004.
The IOC invites prospective members to articulation an exclusive assemblage that includes erstwhile Olympic athletes, leaders of planetary sports bodies, members of royal families, erstwhile governmental leaders, diplomats, industrialists and an Oscar-winning actress.
Aghaei joins the planetary Olympic assemblage erstwhile it is led by the archetypal pistillate president successful its 132-year history, Kirsty Coventry. Women present comprise 45% of the IOC membership.
Aghaei's eight-year word connected the volition see voting to take a big for the 2036 Summer Games.
The 30-year-old subordinate of the Iranian Olympic body's athletes committee became the youngest IOC subordinate astatine the aforesaid gathering 31-year-old Samira Asghari of Afghanistan was reelected for her 2nd term.
Aghaei competed successful badminton astatine the Tokyo Summer Games held successful 2021 arsenic Iran's archetypal pistillate Olympian successful the sport.
The erstwhile Iranian badminton subordinate astatine the Olympics, successful 2008 astatine Beijing, was Kaveh Mehrabi, who is present manager of the IOC athletes' department.
