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WADA Foundation Board Re-elects Witold Banka as President and Yang Yang as Vice President for Final Term.

Appointment | Dated: 03 Jun 2025

On May 29, 2025, the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), based in Montreal, Canada, held a virtual meeting and re-elected Witold Banka as the independent President and Yang Yang as the Vice President (VP) for their third and final three-year term. Their new tenure will run from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - Witold Banka is a former Polish athlete who represented Poland in the 400 metres from 2005 to 2012.
  • - He won a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay at the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) Yang Yang is a former Chinese short track speed skater and China’s first Winter Olympics gold medalist.
  • (ii) At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she won two gold medals (500m and 1,000m individual events) and one silver medal in the 3,000m relay.
  • (iii) WADA is an international independent agency, jointly composed and funded by the global sports movement and governments.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Who has been re-elected as the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recently?

Correct Answer: Witold Banka

🚀 Quick Recap:

About WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency)

  • President: Witold Banka
  • Headquarters: Montreal, Canada