Rebecca Adam

Rebecca Adam
10th president of Comite International des Sports des Sourds
In office
2018–2021
Preceded byValery Rukhledev

Rebecca Adam is an Australian lawyer and business executive.[1] She was President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) between 2018 and 2019, who also served as a former President of Deaf Sports Australia.[2] On 1 August 2018, she was appointed as the 10th ICSD president replacing Valery Rukhledev who was found guilty of embezzlement from the All-Russian Society of the Deaf and was sacked from May 2018.[3] The appointment of Rebecca Adam created further controversy among the deaf sports authorities which cautioned to sue against ICSD in International Olympic Committee.[4][5] She became only the second woman after Donalda Ammons to be elected as President of International Committee of Sports for the Deaf.

  1. ^ "New chair of the ICSD Women in Sports Commission". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Presidents". deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "President of All-Russian Society of the Deaf arrested for embezzlement". en.crimerussia.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Deaf sports crisis deepens after almost 50 countries oppose appointment of new ICSD President". www.insidethegames.biz. August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "ICSD (Deaflympics) Board Presidential Coup "Unacceptable" AccordingTo ICSD Members". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.