Ian Andrew Chesterman (born 17 April 1959) is an Australian sports administrator serving as the current President of the
Australian Olympic Committee
Australian(s) may refer to:
Australia
* Australia, a country
* Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
** European Australians
** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
** Aboriginal Aus ...
(AOC), succeeding
John Coates. He previously served as a Vice President of the AOC, and the Chef de Mission of the Australian Team for the
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Chesterman was first elected to the AOC Executive in 2001, and became vice president in 2016.
He was the Chef de Mission (the head of the Australian delegation) at six Olympic Winter Games –
1998 Nagano,
2002 Salt Lake City,
2006 Torino,
2010 Vancouver,
2014 Sochi and
2018 PyeongChang. He was the General Manager at the
1994 Lillehammer Games, being Deputy to
Geoff Henke
Geoffrey "Geoff" John Henke, Order of Australia, AO is a former Australian ice hockey player and Australian Olympic Committee official. He was the chef de mission of the Australian Winter Olympic delegations from 1976 until 1994, and is credited ...
.
Australia has won five gold, five silver and four bronze medals under Chesterman's leadership and come of age as a winter sports nation.
Chesterman was appointed as Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in 2017, becoming the first Australian to head both a summer and winter Olympic Team, and the first to lead a total of seven Olympic teams. Geoff Henke led six winter teams (1976–1994) and John Coates six summer teams (1988–2008).
Chesterman was Chef de Mission of the Australian Team to the 2016 Olympic Youth Winter Games in Lillehammer.
He was made a Life Member of the Australian Olympic Committee in May 2018.
Currently a resident of Launceston, Tasmania, Chesterman is managing director of Sportcom Pty Ltd, a communications and events company he founded in 1988.
He ran in the election for the Presidency of the AOC in April 2022, against
Mark Stockwell. Chesterman won 67-26.
See also
*
Australia at the Winter Olympics
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
Notes
References
*
*
*
*
*
''Australian Olympic Committee Annual Report'' 2018(and previous annual reports).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chesterman, Ian
1959 births
Living people
Australian sports executives and administrators
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian International Olympic Committee members
Australian Olympic Committee administrators