Flor Isava Fonseca (20 May 1921 – 25 July 2020) was a

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n sportswoman, journalist, writer and TV presenter as well as prominent member of Venezuelan society. For a number of years, she was the vice president of the Venezuelan

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, following in the footsteps of her mother, who had been appointed president of this institution years before. She is also an active member of the Venezuelan associated press committee and has devoted much of her time and effort in helping the poor, the blind and prisoners from all over the country. She was twice married, first to Venezuelan media personality

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, with whom she had three children and afterwards to Domingo Lucca Romero. In 1981 Isava-Fonseca and Finnish

Pirjo Häggman Airi Pirjo Maritta Wilmi-Rokkanen (née Wilmi, formerly Häggman; born 8 June 1951) is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Häggman was a member of the Finnish silver medal 4 × 400 m relay team at the 1974 European Athl ...

were the first women to be elected to the

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. She was the first woman to serve on the executive board in 1990.

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1921 births 2020 deaths Venezuelan sportspeople Venezuelan women writers International Olympic Committee members Recipients of the Olympic Order {{Venezuela-bio-stub