Canadian women’s Olympic gold medal winner and two-time world champion Jill Officer is joining a different kind of team.
The World Curling Federation (WCF) Athlete Commission announced they are adding two new members to its commission, Officer, who is from Manitoba, and Czech Republic’s women’s skip Anna Kubeskova.
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Officer and Kubeskova join a list of top international curlers who use their experience and knowledge of the game to help the interests of curlers across the globe.
“I am very excited about this opportunity and extremely honoured to have been chosen by my peers to represent them,” Officer said in a statement.
“I look forward to working with the rest of the commission and the World Curling Federation to grow our game for everyone.”
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The athlete commission election was held over a two-week period, according to the WCF. Athletes who competed in curling or wheelchair curling events at the Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games, the men’s, women’s, mixed doubles or wheelchair curling world championships in the last eight years were eligible to vote.
The athlete commission is an independent and consultative body acting as the voice for elite curlers to the WCF Executive Board, Competitions and Rules Commission, as well as the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission.