AFF’S ANATOL KOTAU APPOINTED TO THE WDSF ETHICS COMMITTEE

We are thrilled to announce that on October 27, 2024, at the Annual General Meeting of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), Anatol Kotau, Director of International Relations at Athletes for Freedom Foundation, was appointed to the WDSF Ethics Committee.

The WDSF Ethics Com­mit­tee plays a vital role as an inde­pen­dent body with­in the Fed­er­a­tion, respon­si­ble for inves­ti­gat­ing alleged vio­la­tions of the WDSF Code of Ethics and pro­vid­ing expert guid­ance on issues aris­ing from its imple­men­ta­tion. The Com­mit­tee upholds integri­ty in Dance­S­port by review­ing and updat­ing eth­i­cal stan­dards when nec­es­sary.

Ana­tol joins a dis­tin­guished group of inter­na­tion­al pro­fes­sion­als on this com­mit­tee:

Chair

- The Hon­or­able San­dra Nori (AUS) — For­mer Aus­tralian Min­is­ter for Tourism and Sport and Recre­ation

Mem­bers

- Thomas Eriks­son (SWE), Pres­i­dent of The Inter­na­tion­al Floor­ball Fed­er­a­tion and Board Mem­ber of the Swedish Sports Con­fed­er­a­tion

- Bri­an Nook (USA), Asso­ciate Dean of Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs at Palmer Col­lege of Chi­ro­prac­tic West

- Vik­tori­ja Tom­ic (SLO), Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor, MD, PhD, and spe­cial­ist in clin­i­cal micro­bi­ol­o­gy

Sub­sti­tute

- Gor­don E. Peter­son (CAN)

Anatol’s appoint­ment is a well-deserved recog­ni­tion of his com­mit­ment to eth­i­cal stan­dards and his ded­i­ca­tion to advo­cat­ing for ath­letes’ rights on an inter­na­tion­al lev­el. We extend our heart­felt con­grat­u­la­tions to Ana­tol and look for­ward to the pos­i­tive impact he will bring to the WDSF Ethics Com­mit­tee and to the sports com­mu­ni­ty world­wide!