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3 janvier 2012

Officials confirmed for XXX Olympic Games

The FIH is pleased to confirm the complete list of officials which will oversee the men’s and women’s hockey tournaments at the Olympic Games in London, which take place from 29 July to 11 August 2012.

On the men’s side, the honour of umpiring at “the greatest show on earth” has been given to the following officials: Christian Blasch (GER), Ged Curran (GBR), David Gentles (AUS), Marcin Grochal (POL), Colin Hutchinson (IRL), Nigel Iggo (NZL), Hamish Jamson, Hong Lae Kim (KOR), German Montes de Oca (ARG), Raghu Prasad (IND), Tim Pullman (AUS), Marcelo Servetto (ESP), Gary Simmonds (RSA), Nathan Stagno (GBR), Simon Taylor (NZL), Roel van Eert (NED) and John Wright (RSA). They will be managed by Ray O’Connor (IRL), Craig Gribble (NZL) and Philip Schellekens (NED).

The women’s on-field officials consist of Claire Adenot (FRA), Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS), Stella Bartlema (NED), Frances Block (ENG), Carolina de la Fuente (ARG), Elena Eskina (RUS), Amy Hassick (USA), Kelly Hudson (NZL), Soledad Iparraguirre (ARG), Michelle Joubert (RSA), Kang Hyun Young (KOR), Carol Metchette (IRL), Lin Miao (CHN), Irene Presenqui (ARG), Lisa Roach (AUS), Chieko Soma (JPN) and Wendy Stewart (CAN). The women’s Umpires Managers for the Games are Renee Cohen (NED), Sarah Garnett (NZL) and Minka Woolley (AUS).

As has been previously announced, the Technical Delegates for the tournament are Bjorn Isberg (SWE - men) and Laura Pigretti (ARG - women).

Isberg comes to London with one Olympic Games already under his belt having served as an Assistant Technical Delegate in Beijing in 2008. He also worked the 2004 Olympic Qualifier in Madrid as a Technical Officer, the 2006 World Cup Qualifier in Guangzhou, China in 2006 as a Tournament Director and the 2006 World Cup in Mönchengladbach, Germany as a Technical Officer, a role he also fulfilled at the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in New Delhi, India 2010. Most recently, he was the Tournament Director at the FIH Indoor World Cup in Poznań, Poland in February of last year.

For Pigretti, the London Games will be her third Olympic experience as an FIH tournament official. In 2004 in Athens, she started as Judge at the Olympic Games before taking the Assistant Technical Delegate role at Beijing 2008. Pigretti also worked at two World Cups, in 2006 in Madrid, Spain and in 2010 in Rosario in her native Argentina, as a Technical Officer. Pigretti’s experience also includes serving as the Tournament Director at the 2005 Champions Trophy in Canberra, the 2008 Olympic Qualifier in Vancouver, Canada and serving as the Tournament Director at the FIH World Cup Qualifier in 2010 in Santiago, Chile.

The full list of officials appointed for the London 2012 Olympic Games can be found below.

The FIH would like to offer sincere congratulations to everyone who has been appointed for the Games in London.

London 2012 Olympic Games - Appointments
(accurate on date of publication)

Tournament	Men	XXX Olympic Games
Venue		London (ENG)
Participants		GBR / PAK / GER / NED / BEL / AUS / NZL / ARG / ESP
		plus 3 from the Olympic Qualifiers
Date		29 July / 11 August 2012
Appointment	Appointed By	Name	Country
Appeal Jury	FIH	READ, Ken (President)	AUS
Both Women & Man	FIH	AHMED, Seif	EGY
	FIH	AZLAN SHAH, HRH Sultan	MAS
	FIH	DILLON, Annabel	SIN
	FIH	ELGAR, Pam	NZL
	FIH	FLEUREN, Marijke	NED
	FIH	GOTHERIDGE, Martin	ENG
	FIH	NURSE, Gordon	GBR
	FIH	STUPER, Pam	USA
	FIH	VON ONDARZA, Tony	VEN
Technical Delegate	FIH	ISBERG, Björn	SWE
Assistant TDs	FIH	DEVADAS, Mathavan	SIN
	FIH	McCRACKEN, Jason	NZL
	FIH	QUAYE-KUMAH, Nii	GHA
Judges	FIH	AGUILERA, Antonio	ESP
	FIH	BRACA, Guido	ITA
	FIH	BUDEISKY, Alberto	ARG
	FIH	CORNOFSKY, Larry	AUS
	FIH	DE SALES, Claudius	IND
	FIH	KOSHIKO, Ryuichi	JPN
Medical Officer	FIH	WEFERS BETTINK, Peter (Dr.)	NED
	FIH	GREEN, Michael (Dr.)	GER
Media Officer	FIH	HUCKENDUBLER, Yan	FIH
Umpires Managers	FIH	O'CONNOR, Ray	IRL
	FIH	GRIBBLE Craig	NZL
	FIH	SCHELLEKENS, Philip	NED
Umpires	FIH	BLASCH, Christian	GER
	FIH	CURRAN, Ged	GBR
	FIH	GENTLES, David	AUS
	FIH	GROCHAL, Marcin	POL
	FIH	HUTCHINSON, Colin	IRL
	FIH	IGGO, Nigel	NZL
	FIH	JAMSON, Hamish	GBR
	FIH	KIM, Hong Lae	KOR
	FIH	MONTES DE OCA, German	ARG
	FIH	PRASAD, Raghu	IND
	FIH	PULLMAN, Tim	AUS
	FIH	SERVETTO, Marcelo	ESP
	FIH	SIMMONDS, Gary	RSA
	FIH	STAGNO, Nathan	GBR
	FIH	TAYLOR, Simon	NZL
	FIH	VAN EERT, Roel	NED
	FIH	WRIGHT, John	RSA

Tournament	Women	XXX Olympic Games
Venue		London (ENG)
Participants		GBR / CHN / KOR / NED / GER / NZL / AUS / USA / ARG
		plus 3 from the Olympic Qualifiers
Date		29 July / 11 August 2012
Appointment	Appointed By	Name	Country

Technical Delegate	FIH	PIGRETTI, Laura	ARG
Assistant TDs	FIH	BROWN, Sheila	RSA
	FIH	ELLIS, Janet	CAN
	FIH	RUTTEN, Edna	NED
Judges	FIH	BUCKLEY, Peri	AUS
	FIH	MORROW, Sheila	GBR
	FIH	PARKS, Paula	CAN
	FIH	PETITJEAN, Sylvie	FRA
	FIH	RINALDINI, Lorena	ARG
	FIH	SHIN, Jung Hee	KOR
Medical Officer	FIH	MÜLLER-EISING, Wiebke Dr.	GER
Media Officer	FIH	WIEDEKE, Jenny	FIH
Umpires Managers	FIH	COHEN, Renée	NED
	FIH	GARNETT, Sarah	NZL
	FIH	WOOLLEY, Minka	AUS
Umpires	FIH	ADENOT, Claire	FRA
	FIH	ASHTON-LUCY, Julie	AUS
	FIH	BARTLEMA, Stella	NED
	FIH	BLOCK, Frances	ENG
	FIH	DE LA FUENTE, Carolina	ARG
	FIH	ESKINA, Elena	RUS
	FIH	HASSICK, Amy	USA
	FIH	HUDSON, Kelly	NZL
	FIH	IPARRAGUIRRE, Soledad	ARG
	FIH	JOUBERT, Michelle	RSA
	FIH	KANG, Hyun Young	KOR
	FIH	METCHETTE, Carol	IRL
	FIH	MIAO, Lin	CHN
	FIH	PRESENQUI, Irene	ARG
	FIH	ROACH, Lisa	AUS
	FIH	SOMA, Chieko	JPN
	FIH	STEWART, Wendy	CAN