Aïcha Garad Ali

Aïcha Garad Ali
Aïcha Garad Ali
Aïcha Garad Ali (2020)
President of the Djibouti National Olympic and Sports Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
2005
Vice President of the Djibouti Handball Federation
In office
1987–1993
Personal details
Born (1966-12-28) 28 December 1966 (age 58)

Aïcha Garad Ali (born 28 December 1966) is a Djiboutian member of the International Olympic Committee since 2012. Garad Ali is the incumbent President of the Djibouti National Olympic and Sports Committee as of 2005 and was the vice president of the Djibouti Handball Federation from 1987 to 1993.

Early life and education

Aïcha Garad Ali was born on 28 December 1966. She was certified as a gym teacher at Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1987.[1]

Career

Garad Ali started her sports career as a post-secondary gym teacher in 1987. She proceeded to becoming a faculty advisor in 1993 and a sports school director in 1994. Outside of her teaching career, Garad Ali has captained and coached the Djibouti national handball team and became a technical advisor for Djibouti's Ministry of Youth and Sport.[1]

Garad Ali has been a member of several sports organizations and commissions. From 1987 to 1993, she was the vice president for the Djibouti Handball Federation.[1] Subsequently, Garad Ali became the president for the Djibouti National Olympic Committee in 2005 with further reelections in 2013 and 2017.[2]

After her appointment to the International Olympic Committee in 2012, Garad Ali joined several IOC committees including Olympic Education and Women in Sport.[1] Also in 2012, Garad Ali was named a board member of the World Taekwondo Council,[3] and was reelected in 2017.[4]

Apart from her board membership, Garad Ali awarded medals at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics to the winners of the girls' handball event.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ms Aïcha Garad Ali". olympic.org. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Comité National Olympique et Sportif Djiboutien: ANOC". ANOC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ "WTF appoints Aïcha Garad Ali as new council member". AIPS. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Two Vice Presidents, Four Council Members Appointed to World Taekwondo Council". Around the Rings. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Gold for Korea and Slovenia – summary of the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing". International Handball Federation.

Aïcha Garad Ali at Olympics.com