Masomah Ali Zada, who competed in road cycling as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team Tokyo 2020 and is a member of the Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has been named as the Chef de Mission for the Refugee Olympic Team Paris 2024.
She is joined by Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, Deputy Director of the Division of International Protection at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, as Deputy Chef de Mission. This follows a decision by the IOC Executive Board (EB).