Flor Isava Fonseca

Isava Fonseca in 1997.

Flor Isava Fonseca (20 May 1921 – 25 July 2020)[1] was a Venezuelan sportswoman, journalist and writer. She was the vice president of the Venezuelan Red Cross.

In 1981, Isava-Fonseca and Finnish Pirjo Häggman were the first women to be elected to the International Olympic Committee.[2] She was the first woman to be on the executive board in 1990.[3]

Fonseca died on 25 July 2020, aged 99.[1]

References

[change | change source]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fallece Flor Isava, la eterna dama del olimpismo venezolano (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ International Olympic Committee Factsheet, June 2012 Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly (2002). Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement. p. 441. ISBN 9780313322785.