Kim Nam-i, secretary-general of the Korea Sports Association, has been nominated for the first time in the history of the 女
Mar 12, 2025
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The Korea Sports Association, led by new chairman Yoo Seung Min, appointed Kim Nam-mi, former vice chairman of the International Biathlon Federation, as the secretary-general and Kim Taek-soo, former general manager of Mirae Asset Securities' table tennis team, as the head of the Jincheon National Training Center on the 11th.
Kim Nam-i, the new secretary-general-designate, is a former ski national team member who has served as an athlete, leader, administrator, and international sports diplomat for 40 years from participating in the first Winter Sports Festival in 1978 to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. After serving as the secretary general of the Sports Human Resources Development Foundation after serving as a member of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, vice chairman of the Korea Triathlon Association, and director of the Korea Sports Association for the Disabled, he became the first Asian woman to serve as vice chairman of the International Biathlon Federation (IBU) for three consecutive terms in recognition of his outstanding global communication skills and leadership. As a representative female athlete and sports administrator, she is evaluated as the right person with leadership that encompasses policy planning and organizational operation, field and administration. Above all, it is meaningful that the first female secretary-general was born 105 years after the launch of the Korean Sports Council. It is an unconventional personnel appointment that reflects the philosophy and wisdom of the president of the Korea Sports Council, Yoo Seung Min, who made the keywords of 'women, winter, athletes, and professionalism' and efficiency of personnel.
Kim Taek-soo, the new president-designate of the national team, is a leader and administrator with extensive field and administrative experience, serving as a certified men's table tennis legend and national team coach, technical director of the Korea Table Tennis Association, Gyeonggi director, executive director, working vice president, former general manager of Mirae Asset Securities Table Tennis Team, and senior vice president of the Asian Table Tennis Association (ATTU). Chief Kim, a world-class technician who won the gold medal in the men's team event at the 1990 Beijing Olympics, the bronze medal in men's singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and the gold medal in men's singles at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, is a player and leader who has experienced 24 years of experience in Taeneung and Jincheon National Training Center and has a strong sense of field and smooth communication skills. Chairman Yoo Seung Min's trusted 'table tennis senior' accompanied him as a coach at the Athens Olympics gold medal scene, and when Chairman Yoo was president of the Korea Table Tennis Association, he accompanied him as working vice chairman and secretary-general of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, proving his administrative capabilities.
Chairman Yoo Seung Min said "Secretary-General Kim Nam-i, who is an expert in winter sports and has continued close exchanges with various figures in the international sports community, will play a major role in the development of the Korean Sports Council and the promotion of major projects in the future based on his abundant capabilities. In addition, Kim Taek-soo, the head of the athletes' village, who has many years of administrative experience as well as leadership experience, expressed expectations, saying, "He is the right person to take the national team's village to the next level."
The new secretary-general and the nominee for the president of the athletes' village go through the process of appointing them by the chairman with the consent of the board of directors of the Korean Sports Council. The term will be two years each, and the KOC will hold its first board meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on the 27th to deal with major agendas such as the appointment of executives,
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
