General Information

Every four years at the European Athletics Championships staged in non-olympic year, a new European Athletics Athletes’ Committee is elected.

The European Athletics Office has compiled a detailed presentation of the which will be available online. In addition, all accepted candidates will have the opportunity to display an information sheet (one page) at the hotels’ welcome desks.

The European Athletics Athletes’ Committee represents European elite athletes participating in the European top events. The main task of the Committee is to address and discuss all matters which are of concern to elite athletes in Europe.

The appointed Chairperson is ex-officio member of the European Athletics Council with voting right. One member (ideally the Chairperson, for more consistency) will also be appointed to represent the Committee in the Event & Competition Commission.

Thus, the Athletes Committee is the voice of and for all elite athletes in Europe.

Therefore, make your vote count!

The election will be handled the following way:

Six (three women & three men) members of the Athletes’ Committee, are to be elected by European Athletes during the European Athletics Championships.

All athletes accredited for the European Athletics Championships 2022 will have the opportunity to cast their votes from 14 to 20 August 2022 via an Online Platform. The process to use the platform will be explained at a later stage.

The three female and three male candidates with the highest number of votes are the elected members of the Athletes Committee. In case that among the first three female and first three male candidates there are two Athletes of the same country (max one Athlete per country), the candidate with more votes will be chosen. In such a case, the next best ranked female or male candidate would then be elected.

The results of the election will be announced on Sunday, 21 August 2022.