Panam Sports President meets with new Chilean Sports Minister prior to Santiago 2023
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- 05 Apr 2023
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Neven Ilic, the President of Panam Sports, met with new Chilean Sports Minister Jaime Pizarro as the pair look to work more closely in organising the Santiago 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games.
The two discussed infrastructure, operations within the Organising Committee and the best method to ensure the biggest event in the country since the 1962 FIFA World Cup will be a success.
"It is a great pleasure to reunite with Neven," said Pizarro, who represented Chile in football from 1987 to 1993, making 53 appearances.
"Now we are looking forward to this tremendous challenge of delivering the Pan American and Parapan American Games.
"We recognize that Panam Sports is a very important ally for us.
"It is a privilege, but at the same time it’s a personal and professional challenge as well as a challenge for our country and for sport.
"I have had the opportunity to meet with athletes and when I ask them how they feel, they tell me they are anxious.
"Because surely being in your country, competing in your country and feeling the support of your family, your people and your compatriots is a tremendously outstanding milestone.
"I am very happy for this moment and I hope that everything continues to progress in a very good way."
Between 2007 and 2009, Ilic and Pizarro led sport in Chile together.
Ilic was President of the Chilean Olympic Committee while Pizarro was the Undersecretary of Sports during the first Government of Michelle Bachelet.
Together they inaugurated the Santiago Olympic Training Center and have maintained a close relationship ever since.
"It is a tremendous pleasure," said Ilic.
"To see him working again in sport and knowing that is what he likes and what he is passionate about.
"It is an honour for me to take on the Pan American Games with him. Read More…
