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30 Young Sports Makers selected to shake up the future of sport at Global Sports Week 2021

By Global Sports Week Friday, 27 Nov 2020 10:57

Global Sports Week has revealed 30 Young Sports Makers selected to play a key role in the 2021 edition of the event as the voice of the next generation. The group representing the Generation Z includes athletes, social entrepreneurs, students and young professionals from across the world. The finalists have been chosen with the support of Yunus Sports Hub, global social business network creating solutions to local problems in and through sport.

Sixteen nationalities are represented among the finalists, with nineteen females and eleven males forming the squad. Reflecting the variety of the global sport economy, diverse profiles - from an aspiring sports integrity officer to an accomplished triathlete, a co-founder of a sports management firm or an entrepreneur promoting access to physical activity for women - can be found among the new Young Sports Makers.

Part of the group will be four IOC Young Leaders, alumni of the IOC Young Leaders programme, who will play a special role as mentors to the rest of the Young Sports Makers, sharing their instrumental roles in spreading the Olympic values globally, and also actively creating a positive dynamic between the groups assigned to different hubs.

The Young Sports Makers were one of the breakout successes of the inaugural edition of Global Sports Week in February 2020 as they brought the voice of the next generation to the heart of the event. The YSMs participated directly throughout the programme, voicing opinions and challenging received ideas through on-stage interactions with global leaders.

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This year, a core group based all over the world will be involved in the event through the Global Sports Week Digital Platform, with further squads dedicated to each of the six GSWParis hubs – Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Milan, Dakar and Los Angeles. The Young Sports Makers will continue carrying the voice of the GenZ during the event and will also channel the questions from the participants on the digital platform to feed the discussions happening on the ground across the six hubs.

The programme is aimed at young people aged between 18 and 25. The YSM were selected over a two-phase selection process involving an individual application, following which more than 100 applicants representing 28 nationalities were invited to a virtual workshop co-hosted by Global Sports Week and Yunus Sports Hub earlier this month. The workshop included a challenge for the aspiring Young Sports Makers as they were asked to work in groups to design the sport of the future.

The sport of the future will be part of the Global Sports Week event programme in February 2021. The 30 selected Young Sports Makers will delve further into the subject as they are going to participate in a series of workshops delivered together with the Young Sports Makers Special Partners over the next year, before and after the main event. 

Limited Super Early Bird passes for Global Sports Week are still available, for more information:

https://www.globalsportsweek.com/pass

MEET THE YOUNG SPORTS MAKERS 2021

GSWParis Digital Platform Squad:

      Waleed Abu Nada, Jordan

      Jairath Chugh, India

      Kimberly Fernandez, India

      Jesmar Frendo, Malta

      Samrat Ghosh, India

      Shawni Renata Latuheru, Netherlands

      Rounak Majumdar, India

 

GSWParis Central Hub:

      Louise Amsili, France

      Marion Clausse, France

      Nathalie Deutsch, Thailand / Belgium / Great Britain

      Marie Halna du Fretay, France

      Sophie Hertfelder, France

      Belén Martín, Spain

      Renee Meurs, Netherlands

      Mathieu Muller, France

      Livia Peltrera, Netherlands

      Denise Robrade, Germany

      Anna Semenova, Russia

      Alexandre Valois, France

 

GSWParis @ Tokyo:

      Paulina Fritz, Germany

      Zeb Lee, China

      Jindo Morishita, Japan

 

GSWParis @ Beijing:

      Lorna Li, China

      Ryann Shi, China

 

GSWParis @ Milan:

      Manuel Franchi, Italy

      Francesca Manganella, Italy

 

GSWParis @ Dakar:

      Amadou Diaw, Senegal

 

GSWParis @ Los Angeles:

      Chang Liu, China

      Sarah Nelson, USA

      Melissa Zhang, USA


About Global Sports Week Paris

Global Sports Week Paris is an annual international forum that brings together leaders and disruptors from sport, business, culture, media, government and society. Its agenda is focused on the future of sport at the intersection of business and society.

The inaugural edition, help under the patronage of UNESCO and the high patronage of M. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, took place at the Louvre in Paris in February 2020, gathering more than 2,000 delegates from 70 countries.

In 2021, GSWParis will return from February 1st - 5th. It will boast a new, multi-country format, mixing physical and digital experiences, with events in six cities worldwide.

More information: www.globalsportsweek.com | #GSWParis

About Yunus Sports Hub

Led by Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Yunus, father of micro-credit and social business, Yunus Sports Hub is the global social business network creating solutions to local problems in and through sport. The Yunus Sports Hub activates its network in over 100 countries to:

   promote the social business concept in the sport world;

   help organizations to implement social business and sport;

   support social business entrepreneurs in the field of sport.

 


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