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local Tuesday 3 January 2023

The president of the IOC will visit Aruba

Recently in newsletter, the even as Chief of Mission for
Aruban Olympic Commit- several editions of regional
tee announced that the and continental Games.
president of the Interna- The position of Treasurer
tional Olympic Commit- was previously held by Mr.
tee will be visiting Aruba in Giovanni Bermudez, who
March. had to resign earlier this
year due to health reasons.
The President of the Inter-
national Olympic Commit- In the newsletter, president
tee, Mr. Thomas Bach, will of COA, Wanda Broek-
visit Aruba on March 10th sema reminisced on the
and 11th, 2023, as part of achievements of the COA four events, our athletes an audit process, as part back and will consider your
a visit to the different IOC in 2022. were able to win a medal of an integral monitoring suggestions as we plan fu-
Members in the Carib- “COA has had a successful in each one of the events process of all NOCs that ture workshops.
bean region. This visit was year with several exciting in which they participated. Olympic Solidarity applies
announced by Mrs. Ni- sporting events, including annually. In August, we “Looking ahead to 2023,
cole Hoevertsz to the COA the South American Youth “However, we also recog- organized three evenings we remain optimistic and
members during the COA Games (Rosario), the Ca- nize the need to continu- of workshops on impor- believe that there are
General Assembly this past ribbean Games (Guade- ally improve and identify tant topics such as the role great opportunities ahead
December. loupe), the South American areas for growth. In 2023, of “Stichting Sportsubsidie for COA and the federa-
Games (Asuncion), and the we have four major games Aruba” (Aruba Sport Sub- tions. As always, we will
In preparation for this visit, Caribbean Sea and Beach on the horizon, including sidy Foundation), financial maintain the Olympic Val-
the beautification proj- Games (Santa Marta). the South American Beach administration, leadership, ues as our guiding principle
ect of the COA offices Games in Santa Marta, branding, and marketing. as we continue to support
has been made a priority “We are proud to report the Central American and We received positive feed- sports in Aruba.q
for 2023. The President of that at the South American Caribbean Games in San
PanAm Sports, Mr. Neven Games in Asuncion, our Salvador, the World Beach
Ilic, will be accompanying athletes won 3 gold and Games in Bali, and the Pa-
President Bach during the 3 silver medals, placing nAmerican games in San-
entire tour of the Caribbe- Aruba as the 10th highest tiago.
an region. medal earner out of the 14
participating countries. In “Additionally, we have
Mrs. Juelle Thodé elected November, we also com- ongoing projects such as
as COA’s new treasurer peted in the Central Ameri- the visit of IOC President
At the COA General As- can and Caribbean Beach Thomas Bach in March and
sembly, held on December Games and earned a gold the redesign and reopen-
17th, the Member Federa- medal in iQFoiling. At the ing of our offices, a project
tions unanimously elected first edition of the Carib- which we call “All Hands
Mrs. Juelle Thodé as the bean Games, where COA on Deck”. It is important to
new Treasurer of COA. Mrs. participated with a small note that funding remains
Thodé has a long history delegation, consisting of a challenge. While we are
of involvement in sports, only two female athletes proud to have signed an
having served as President (in swimming and in open agreement with the Aruba
of the Aruba Cycling Fed- water swimming), the re- Tourism Authority (ATA), we
eration, as well as Board sults were outstanding. are actively exploring fur-
member of the COA, and Participating in a total of ther to find ways to secure
the necessary resources.

“We must continue to cul-
tivate a culture of inspira-
tion and motivation as we
work together to advance
sports in Aruba.This year,
the new leadership at COA
has faced a number of
challenges. This includes
the resignation of our col-
league Mr. Giovanni Ber-
mudez for health reasons,
and the undertaking of