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Auvita Rapilla

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Auvita Rapilla
Secretary General of the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born (1971-01-21) 21 January 1971 (age 53)

Auvita Rapilla (born 21 January 1971) is a Papuan woman who has been the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee's secretary general since 2011. She was named onto the International Olympic Committee in 2016.

Early life and education

Auvita Rapilla was born on 21 January 1971. Rapilla attended high school in Port Moresby and Sogeri National High School, Papua New Guinea.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts in public administration at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994. Rapilla furthered her education with certificates in sport management from the University of Lyon and AISTS. After she completed her master's degree in sports management at the University of Lyon, Rapilla received the Alberto Madella Award for top research project.[2]

Career

Rapilla started her career at an insurance firm located in Papua New Guinea in 1987. She remained in her position until 1993 when she moved to the Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee in 1994. Rapilla originally started as an executive assistant and was promoted to multiple positions ranging from operational manager in 1998 and secretary general in 2011.[2]

In August 2016, Rapilla was elected to the International Olympic Committee. Her appointment made her the first woman of the Pacific to be elected onto the IOC.[3] Other Olympic committees that Rapilla has been a part of include the Oceania National Olympic Committees and the Association of National Olympic Committees.[4]

Awards and honours

In 2009, Rapilla won a Woman and Sport award by the IOC.[5] Rapilla was named a Member of Logohu in 2015,[2] and was awarded the book My Walk to Equality by her PNGOC colleague Alurigo Ravusiro in 2017.[6]

References

  1. ^ "New IOC Member Reveals Untold Story". Oceania National Olympic Committees. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Ms Auvita Rapilla". olympic.ca. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ Ratuva, Anasilini (10 August 2016). "Rapilla Sets Pace For Pacific Women". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Rapilla made IOC member". The National. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Burundi's Nsekera wins IOC award". BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  6. ^ Winters, Max. "PNGOC secretary general presented with book on equality". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

External links

Auvita Rapilla at Olympics.com

This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 19:30
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