Japan's five-time Asian Championships Epee medalist MINOBE KAZUYASU has been elected to the FIE Athletes Commission in the elections held during the World Fencing Championships in Leipzig Germany of July 19 to 26, 2017. A total of 571 athletes voted in the electoral exercise where six candidates were elected.
Joining MINOBE are: Hungarian AARON SZILAGYI who was the Individual Saber Olympic champion in London 2012 and Rio 2016; American MARIEL ZAGUNIS who is the Individual Saber Olympic Champion in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008; Italian ALDO MONTANO who was the Individual Saber Olympic champion in Athens 2004; four time Olympic saber medalist from Ukraine OLGA KHARLAN; and YANNICK BOREL of the reigning French Olympic Epee Team champion.