Cho Sung-min, an athlete representative of the Korean Sports Council, has officially begun his campaign for a position on the Athletes' Commission of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
According to the Korean Sports Council on September 21, Cho visited the athlete village in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, where the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will be held. The OCA Athletes' Commission is responsible for conveying the opinions of Asian athletes to the OCA and advocating for the rights of athletes and improvements in their competitive environment.
During the event, four athlete representatives will be elected: one male from East Asia, one male from Central Asia, one female from West Asia, and one female from Southeast Asia. Cho will face competition from Naoto Tobe, a former national track and field athlete from Japan, and Yang Chun-han, a former national track and field athlete from Taiwan. Athletes will have a total of four votes, one for each region, regardless of their own region. The election results will be announced within 24 hours after voting concludes on October 2.
Cho is a former national yachting representative who has competed in the 2002 Busan Asian Games, the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, earning one silver medal and two bronze medals. He currently serves as an athlete representative for the Korean Yachting Association and the Korean Sports Council.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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