Neven Iván Ilic Álvarez is a Chilean engineer and sports official that was born on 4 April 1962 in

Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. After the Spanish American wars ...

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. He is a member of the

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(IOC).

Education

Ilic studied Civil Engineering at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

Career

Some of Ilic's most important achievements while in charge of the

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were the creation of the ADO Chile, the Association of Olympic Athletes of Chile, the creation of the Olympic Sports Channel (CDO) with 24-hour transmission; the construction of the Olympic Training Center in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

with more than 29,000 square meters and the Olympic Training Center for Canoeing and Rowing in Curauma,

Valparaíso Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago ...

; as well as the awarding of the hosting rights for the 2014

South American Games The South American Games (also known as ODESUR Games; Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos''), formerly the Southern Cross Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Cruz del Sur'') is a regional multi-sport event held between nati ...

, 2017

South American Youth Games The South American Youth Olympic Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Suramericanos de la Juventud''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos da Juventude'') is a regional multi-sport event organized by the Organización Deportiva Suramericana (ODESUR). The games a ...

and the 2023

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

to the Chilean capital of Santiago.

Sports career

Ilic was a member of the ''Network Stadium'' Commission, which studies the conditions of the different national stadium in order to improve their infrastructure. From 2000 to 2004 he was Director of the National Tennis Federation, as well as the Director of the High-Performance Center, National Tennis Federation. He was the chairman of the Olympic Athletes Association (ADO-Chile), a non-profit corporation whose goal is to position Chile as a top sporting nation. Ilic was a member of the Marketing Commission of the

Association of National Olympic Committees The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) is an international organization that affiliates the current 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Each year it gathers all its membe ...

(ANOC). In 2010, he was a member of the Evaluation Commission for the South-American Games,

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

. He was president of the Organizing Committee for the South-American Games, Santiago in 2014, and President of the Organizing Committee Beach Bolivarian Games,

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191,468 ...

in 2016. In 2017, he was President of the Organizing Committee for the South-American Youth Games, Santiago. From 2008 to 2016, he was a Member of the Executive Committee for the Pan-American Sports Organization (PASO), where in 2017 he was PASO President. In 2017 he was elected as member of the

(IOC). 2014 he was a member of the Evaluation for

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

, as well as in 2018 when he was a member of the Evaluation for the Youth Olympic Games 2022. In 2019, he was a member of the Coordination of the Games of the

2028 Summer Olympics The 2028 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, also known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28) is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from July 14 to July 30, 2028, in and around Los Angeles, Cali ...

, and in May 2020 he ran for re-election at the Panam Sports General Assembly in

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, where in October 2020 he was set to be re-elected with no votes against.

Awards

In 2018, Ilic received the IFBB Spirit of Sport.

References

International Olympic Committee members 1962 births Chilean engineers Living people Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni People from Antofagasta Chilean people of Croatian descent {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilic, Neven