MUMBAI: Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, has become an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member after being voted in on the...
: Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian actress to win an Oscar, has become an International Olympic Committee member after being voted in on the final day of the 141st IOC Session here on Tuesday.Joining her on the Olympic body are judoka Yael Arad, who won Israel’s first Olympic medal, Hungarian businessman Balasz Furjes, Cecilia Roxana Tait Villacorta, a former Olympic volleyball medalist of Peru, and German entrepreneur Michael Mronz, reported Xinhua.
Mehrez Boussayene, president of the Tunisian Olympic Committee, was elected for a function within a National Olympic Committee .-Bernama
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