Ioanna Karyofylli
ιωάννα καρυοφύλλη
City councillor of Nea Smyrni
Assumed office
2014
President of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee
In office
2000–2004
Personal details
NationalityGreek
Professioncouncillor

Ioanna Karyofylli is a city councillor of Nea Smyrni, Greece since 2014 and a former member of Greece's Ministry of Sport. Outside of politics, Karyofylli was the president of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee from 2000 to 2004 and general manager of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games for the preparation of the 2004 Summer Olympics. After the Olympics, Karyofylli was awarded the Paralympic Order in 2004.

Career

Karyofylli originally worked in finance for Greece's Ministry of Sport when she moved to the ministry's sports development section in 1999. The same year, Karyofylli was a representative for the Greek Ministry at the Salt Lake City General Assembly meeting held by the International Paralympic Committee. In 2000, Karyofylli was named president of the Hellenic Paralympic Committee and became the general manager for the preparation of the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1]

As a member of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, Karyofylli was a part of the planning to make transportation in Athens more accessible for Paralympic competitors.[2] In 2005, Karyoflli was elected as a member of the European Paralympic Committee.[3] In 2009, Karyofylli was nominated to be a member of the IPC, but she was not elected.[4] Outside of her career in sports development, Karyofylli was the head of mission for Greece at the 2013 Mediterranean Games.[5] In 2014, she was selected for a five year term as a city councillor for Nea Smyrni.[6]

Awards and honours

In 2004, Karyofylli was awarded the Paralympic Order.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ioanna Karyofylli: Athens will Stage Unique Games!". The Paralympian. Vol. 3. 2002. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Athens focused on task ahead". BBC Sports. 16 September 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "European Matters!" (PDF). The Paralympian. No. 3. 2005. p. 5. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "IPC Governing Board Nominations". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "«Μερσίνη 2013»: Αρχηγός αποστολής η Ιωάννα Καρυοφύλλη" ["Mersin 2013": Ioanna Karyofylli, Head of Mission]. Greek Paralympic Committee (in Greek). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Δημοτικό Συμβούλιο 2014 – 2019" [City Council 2014 - 2019]. Municipality Of Nea Smyrni (in Greek). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Paralympic Order". Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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