Beatrice Allen

Beatrice Allen (born August 8, 1950 ) is a Gambian sports official .

Life

Allen holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Development, a Diploma in Gender and Development, and a Diploma in Gender Responsive Project Implementation, and earned a certificate in the training of gender trainers.

From 1974 to 1989 she worked in various functions at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in The Gambia. From 1990 until 2002 she was national advisor to UNDP and in 2003 advisor / coordinator to National Trade Fair. From 2004 to 2010 she was Executive Director at Trade & Investment Promotion.

Allen is Vice President of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), of which she has been a member since 2001, and a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to which she was elected on February 10, 2006. She was previously on the Board of Directors of the Gambian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). After successfully organizing the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) in Gambia in 2003, she succeeded Fatou Bensouda as Chair of the GNOC Committee on Women and Sport.

During the years she was active in the following IOC commissions: Women and Sport (2004–2015), Culture and Olympic Education (2008–2015), coordination for the XXXI Games. Olympic Games Rio 2016 (2010-2016), Olympic Education (2015-) and Women in Sport (2015-). She was appointed to the IOC Commission on Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport in 2017.

According to the IOC charter, her membership as an IOC member ends at the end of the calendar year in which she turns 70.

Memberships

Member of the Lions Club of Cape Point
Member of the Special Olympics (Gambia)
1st Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee of Gambia
Member of the Women's and Sports Commission of the Committee of Gambia
Honorary member of the Gambia Softball Association
Honorary member of the Gambia Golf Association
Honorary member of ANOCA Zone II
1st Vice President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation

Awards and honors

2012 - Lifetime Achievement Award from The Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia .
2021 - Honorary Member of the IOC and the Medal of the Olympic Order

Web links

Page (in English) by Ms. Allen on the official website of the Olympic Movement

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Mrs. Beatrice ALLEN - The Gambia National Olympic Committee, IOC Member since 2006. In: olympic.org. International Olympic Committee, 2020, accessed July 25, 2020 .
^ GNOC Vice President Elected IOC Member. In: thepoint.gm. February 16, 2006, archived from the original on January 2, 2007 ; accessed on July 24, 2020 .
↑ Sainabou Kujabi-Njie: Beatrice Allen named in IOC Commissions for 2012 - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. March 8, 2012, archived from the original on July 2, 2018 ; accessed on July 25, 2020 .
^ GNOC First Vice President Appointed to Four IOC Commissions - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. April 27, 2017, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed on July 24, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Muhammed Saidykhan: IOC elects Gambia's Beatrice Allen as Honorary Member - The Point. In: thepoint.gm. July 23, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 (American English).
↑ Gambian ioc member Allen Retires. In: standard.gm. July 29, 2020, Retrieved July 29, 2020 (American English).
↑ Adama K. Jallow & Cherno Omar Bobb: SJAG commemorates 4th edition of national sports award - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. September 3, 2019, archived from the original on September 4, 2019 ; accessed on July 25, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Allen, Beatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian sports official
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1950

[olympic-1] Mrs. Beatrice ALLEN - The Gambia National Olympic Committee, IOC Member since 2006. In: olympic.org. International Olympic Committee, 2020, accessed July 25, 2020 .

[thepoint20060216-2] GNOC Vice President Elected IOC Member. In: thepoint.gm. February 16, 2006, archived from the original on January 2, 2007 ; accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[thepoint20120308-3] Sainabou Kujabi-Njie: Beatrice Allen named in IOC Commissions for 2012 - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. March 8, 2012, archived from the original on July 2, 2018 ; accessed on July 25, 2020 .

[thepoint20170427-4] GNOC First Vice President Appointed to Four IOC Commissions - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. April 27, 2017, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed on July 24, 2020 .

[thepoint20200723-5] Muhammed Saidykhan: IOC elects Gambia's Beatrice Allen as Honorary Member - The Point. In: thepoint.gm. July 23, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 (American English).

[standard20200729-6] Gambian ioc member Allen Retires. In: standard.gm. July 29, 2020, Retrieved July 29, 2020 (American English).

[thepoint20120903-7] Adama K. Jallow & Cherno Omar Bobb: SJAG commemorates 4th edition of national sports award - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. September 3, 2019, archived from the original on September 4, 2019 ; accessed on July 25, 2020 .