Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Panel Discussion on Sport for Diplomacy and Promoting Gender Equality http://www.ypfp.org/

1. A Global Voice for Equality in Olympic Canoeing
Pam Boteler, President
For Young Professionals in Foreign Policy Panel Discussion
November 2014

2. PAM BOTELER
Athlete Career Highlights Sprint Canoe 2000-2010
 2000 - First woman in the U.S. to compete at the U.S. National Championships in sprint canoe, competing
against the men. Gold and Bronze medals.
 2001 – Ranked 8th in the U.S. in Men’s Canoe. Gold medal Men’s C4 (4-person canoe) 1000m event U.S.
National Championships.
 2002-2003 - First woman to compete at the U.S. National Marathon Canoe/Kayak Trials (30K) in sprint
canoe, competing against the men.
 First woman (and only known woman) in the world to compete in an ICF sanctioned marathon event in an
Olympic-class C1 (singles canoe). (Women have been banned from competing at the Marathon World
Championships. 2015 will be first year allowing women).
 11 international medals.
 Participated in 3 World Championships (2003, 2009, 2010) and 5 Pan American Championships (2001, 2002,
2006, 2009, 2010).
 32 U.S. National Championships titles.
 Undefeated in women’s C1 1000m event. Current American record holder C1 1000, C1 500, C2 200.
 Undefeated in women’s C1 500 & 200m events 2000-2008.
 Retired in 2010, age 42

3. PAM BOTELER
Athlete Career Highlights - Other
 1989 NCAA Division III National Women’s Basketball Champion, Elizabethtown College (PA), Regional All-
American and All-Conference Cross Country
 Sports Hall of Fame – Elizabethtown College – Basketball (Individual and Team), Cross-Country
 1992 – World Swanboat Championships - Silver medal
 1994 – World Dragonboat Championships – 6th
 2001 – World Swanboat Championships – Gold - Mixed crew; silver Men’s crew.
 2011 – World Dragonboat Championships – 4 gold, 2 silver
CURRENT
Still compete in paddlesports with Washington Canoe Club:
• Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing, marathon canoe, ocean surfski
Sports enabled me to see and understand the world better. Friendships for life via Sport.

4. Roberta Gibb – 1966 3:21 Kathrine Switzer – 1967 4:20
"I think it's time to change the rules."
~Katherine Switzer

5. Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs “Battle of the Sexes” - 1973

6. 1992 – A League of
Their Own - Movie

7. 1998 – Poster from
Toronto, Canada bid
campaign for 2008
Olympics. Women’s
Canoe included as part
of bid.
Sheila Kuyper –
Canada. Women’s
Canoe Pioneer.

8. 2000 USA
Canoe/Kayak
National
Championships
1st year women
allowed to race in
Canoe –
in the Men’s class
Gold – Men’s
Intermediate C2 500
w/Heather McNie
Bronze – Men’s
Intermediate C1 500

9. (Old) Definition – Canoe Paddler:
“A man holding a single blade.”
BEARD
PONYTAIL
Can we leave
now?
Their blades
were bigger
than our
blades.
2000 USA Canoe/Kayak National Championships

10. WHAT WE CARE ABOUT
London 2012 Olympics
Number of Athletes and Events
* No Changes for Canoeing for 2016
MEN WOMEN TOTAL
Difference
Women-
Men % Women
TOTAL #
ATHLETES* 6,068 4,835 10,903 -1,233 44%
CANOEING 221 111 332 -110 33%
TOTAL #
EVENTS* 166 136 302 -30 45%
CANOEING 11 5 16 -6 31%
* Source: THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS: A GENDER EQUALITY AUDIT - University of Toronto, Centre
for Sport Policy Studies, Peter Donnelly (Director, CSPS, University of Toronto) and Michele K. Donnelly
(University of Southern California)

11. London 2012 Summer Olympic 26 “Core” Sports
February 2013 IOC Voting on
Removal of One Sport for 2020
1 Archery 14 Judo
2 Athletics (track and field) 15 MODERN PENTATHLON
3 Badminton 16 Rowing
4 Basketball 17 Sailing
5 Boxing 18 Shooting
6 CANOEING 19 Swimming
7 Cycling 20 Table tennis
8 Equestrian 21 TAEKWANDO
9 Fencing 22 Tennis
10 Football (soccer) 23 Triathlon
11 Gymnastics 24 Volleyball
12 Handball 25 Weightlifting
13 HOCKEY (FIELD HOCKEY)
“IOC Bottom 5”
26 WRESTLING
HORSES

12. OLYMPIC SPORT: CANOEING
DISCIPLINES: Sprint & Slalom
SUB-DISCIPLINES: Canoe & Kayak
# EVENTS: 16
SPRINT (12) SLALOM (4)
MEN’S
KAYAK
(K)
MEN’S
CANOE
(C)
MEN’S KAYAK
(K)
MEN’S
CANOE
(C)
K1 1000 C1 1000
K2 1000 C2 1000 K1 C1
K4 1000
K1 200 C1 200
K2 200 C2
WOMEN’S
KAYAK
WOMEN’S
CANOE
WOMEN’S
KAYAK
WOMEN’S
CANOE
K1 500
K2 500 K1
K4 500
K1 200
?
? ? ?

13. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
SPORT LEADERSHIP
INTERNATIONAL CANOE FEDERATION
2014 ICF CONGRESS:
220 out of 248
participants Men

14. READY FOR RIO!

15. ICF MOTTO
“ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD”

16. ICF MOTTO
“ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD”

17. WHERE WE STARTED
AND
CURRENT STATUS
• 1995 – 1 country with women’s canoe at the national level
(Canada) – Sprint discipline only
• 2000-2002 – 2 countries (USA and Brazil – Sprint)
• 2014 – 50 countries in Sprint and Slalom disciplines
competing and/or developing (*source ICF)
o 22-29 countries competed at Sprint and Slalom World
Championships (Junior/U23 and Senior)
o More would be participating if National Federations
would enter/support qualified athletes
• IOC will vote on 2020 Olympic Program December 5-7, 2014
o Vote to add Women’s Sprint C-1 200 and Slalom C1, and
eliminate Men’s Sprint K-2 200 and Men’s Slalom C2

19. “Like” us on Facebook and share:
Vote Yes for Women’s Canoe C1 & C2
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vote-YES-for-Womens-Canoe-
C1-C2/122318487824846
Twitter: @WomenCANIntl
Email: pamcanoe2016@gmail.com
Website: www.womencanintl.com

20. Organizations/People/
Initiatives/Other Links Links
Women Win https://www.facebook.com/WomenWin?fref=photo
www.WomenWin.org
Champion Women www.ChampionWomen.org. Sign up for CW newsletter. Follow Nancy Hogshead-
Makar on Twitter (@Hogshead3Au) and Facebook.
Right to Play http://www.righttoplay.com/moreinfo/newsevents/Pages/latest-news.aspx
Intl Working Group on Women and
Sport
http://www.iwg-gti.org
https://www.facebook.com/IWGWomenSport
2014 IWG Presentations http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/AboutICF/Gender-equity/
main/0/text_files/file3/IWG%20Conference%20Materials%2020140612.pdf
Women’s Sports Foundation http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/home/advocate/title-ix-and-issues/
history-of-title-ix/history-of-title-ix
https://www.facebook.com/WomensSportsFoundation
Muhammad Ali Center Sport for Social Change http://www.alicenter.org/
Brighton Declaration on Women
and Sport
http://www.sportsbiz.bz/womensportinternational/conferences/brighton_declarati
on.htm
http://www.usdeafsports.org/news/2013/jan/31/usadsf-signs-brighton-declaration/
http://www.fia.com/fia-signs-brighton-declaration-women-and-sport
WomenSport International https://www.facebook.com/groups/256383997740445/
http://www.sportsbiz.bz/womensportinternational/
Beyond Sport Sport for social change. http://www.beyondsport.org/Home
The Girl Effect
Write to The Girl Effect and ask them to include Sport as a Goal. Recognition that
Sport is a driver across the spectrum.
http://www.girleffect.org/2015-beyond/the-declaration/

21. Organizations/People/
Initiatives/Other Links Links
Women and Sport in the
America’s Region
https://www.facebook.com/groups/408045455884094/
Africa Women and Sport https://www.facebook.com/groups/408045455884094/
Girl Power Egypt https://www.facebook.com/GirlPowerEgypt
Cambodian National Volleyball
League, Disabled https://www.facebook.com/CNVLD2
Peace Players International http://www.peaceplayersintl.org/
https://www.facebook.com/peaceplayersintl
Also country specific groups.
The British Psychological Society
study
Male-female equality is a win-win.
The British Psychological Society study authors said their "results contradict the
argument that striving for equality for women means that men will lose out. Rather,
gender inequality is likely to hurt both women and men by encouraging stereotypes
that limit their ability to reach their full potential as individuals.”
"...perhaps female success in sport helps societies combat gender nequality."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/11215511/Olympic-medals-
Countries-with-greater-gender-equality-win-more.html
Betsey Stevenson NY Times – “As Girls Become Women, Sports Pay Dividends” - lifelong improvements
to educational, work and health prospects.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/as-girls-become-women-sports-pay-dividends/?_
r=0

22. Organizations/People/
Initiatives/Other Links Links
Media Coverage and Female
Athletes – Tucker Center
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/multimedia/mediacoverage.html 40/4 --
40% of all sports participants are female, yet women’s sports receive only 4% of all
sport media coverage and female athletes are much more likely than male athletes to
be portrayed in sexually provocative poses.
Gina Davis Institute on Gender in
Media
If She Can See It, She Can Be It PSA
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10151525118176227
Seejane.org
Sport and Development article –
Tegla Loroupe
http://www.sportanddev.org/en/newsnviews/news/?7591%2F1%2FFrom-running-barefoot-
to-school-to-being-an-ambassador-for-peace--a-portrait-of-Tegla-Loroupe
Human Rights Watch Olympics (sample articles – issues we are following with canoeing)
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/22/olympics-host-city-contracts-will-include-rights-
protections . The IOC is still above the law.
o http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=12810438&itype=ngpsid
o http://www.wsjusa.com/olympic-inclusion/
o http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/archives/story.html?id=c08db46a-
6615-4b18-a85c-4563d92ccc8a&p=2
London 2012 Gender Equality
Audit - University of Toronto
http://www.playthegame.org/news/news-articles/2013/the-london-2012-olympics-a-gender-
equality-audit/