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CibbuanoCamplin joins Magpies
December 8th 2009 13:49
WINTER Olympic gold medallist Alisa Camplin has joined Collingwood's seven-member board of directors.
Camplin, who won an aerial skiing gold medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games before claiming a bronze medal at Turin four years later, is a senior executive at IBM and contributes to several sporting administrations including the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, the Australian Sports Foundation and is the Deputy Chair for the Australian Sports Commission.
"When the opportunity was there to combine somebody of Alisa's talents as a member of the AOC (Australian Olympic Committee), the Australian Sports Commission and as an Olympic veteran we jumped on it," Magpies president Eddie McGuire said.
"Throw in the fact that she is a senior executive at IBM and understands the corporate world better than any sportsperson I have ever met."
"Alisa has been somebody who has been a backroom contributor of the club for a number of years. Not only as a paid up member but also as somebody who has spoken at corporate events for us. She actually trained on the Lexus Centre floor with our players as part of her Olympic preparations."
"She is a recently retired Olympic athlete. We now have somebody who knows how to train here at the highest level and understands the team aspects."
A Pies supporter since the age of five, Camplin said she would bring a diversity of opinion to the club and believes a female’s perspective is important to be present at board level.
"To understand and work across all levels of an elite sports system gives me a unique insight into what's going on in sport in Australia and around the world and what is required to win at the highest level," Camplin said.
"Watching our last two grand final campaigns overseas, where we didn't get over the line, has made me all the more determined to get that premiership within the next two years. I am a very results driven lady."
Camplin fills the position vacated by Sally Capp who will move to London at the end of the year to serve as Victoria’s first female Agent-General.
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