40% of Olympic Games referees are women

Yesterday we knew the list of UEFA for the next one European Cup. But FIFA The list of referees who will attend next summer’s Olympic event in Paris in both the men’s and women’s competitions has also been announced. And where the Spanish arbitration will be represented by the specific arbitrator of VAR and former international referee, the Madrid native Carlos del Cerro Grande.

The Madrid native is among the twenty referees of VAR who will compete in the Olympic event next summer. A list in which there are 21 field referees and in it there are five UEFA referees like the Frenchman Letexier, Swedish Nyberg and the swedishto Tess OlofssonThe English Rebecca Welch next to Norwegian Espen Eskas. A total of 42 make up the list of assistants who will accompany the field referees. Then there are specific VAR referees and this includes the former Madrid referee From Cerro Grande and currently specific referee for these functions in the Spanish league from this 2023-2024 season. The extensive list of picks for the coming summer in Paris is completed with six support referees. A total of 89 representatives of the arbitration group will attend the new Olympic meeting in Paris for men’s and women’s soccer tournaments.

UEFA will bring up to nine female representatives from a total of 25

In this case, up to 35 will be women, either as referees, assistants, in the VAR room or substitute referees. Starting with Korean Kim Yujeong or the Japanese Yishimi Yamashita of the AFC. As assistants in the Asian confederation this is Makoto Bozono, Joana Charaktis, Misuk Park, Naomi Teshirogi. The Australian was appointed as VAR Kate Jacewicz. A total of seven in this Asian confederation.

In the African Confederation, the Moroccan Bouchara Karboubi will be the referee representative among the three referees appointed by FIFA. Diana Chikitesha and Fatiha Jermoumi will be in attendance.

Naa CONCACAF The referee will be represented by the Mexican Katia García and the North American Tori Penso which was appointed for the final of the last World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Mexicans Karen Díaz Medina and Sandra Ramírez also attended along with North Americans Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt. The VAR was completed on Tatiana Guzman and Jamaican Odette Hamilton as substitute referee. Eight will therefore attend on behalf of CONCACAF.

Naa CONMEBOL There will also be eight women starting with Brazilian referee Edina Alves along with Venezuelan Emikar Calderas. Brazilians will also attend as assistantsNeuza Back and Fabrini Bevilaqua in addition to the Colombian Mary Blanco and the Venezuelan Migdalia Rodríguez. The Brazilian is also on VAR Diane Muniz. Also in this confederation the substitute referee is a female representative, the Uruguayan Anahi Fernández.

And finally there is UEFA with nine female representatives led by the English Rebecca Welch and the Swedish Tess Olofsson. The English Emily Carney, the Italian Francesca Di Monte, the Dutch Franca Overtoom and the Swedish Almira Spahic will attend as attendees. The Romanian Katalin Kulcsar is on VAR and the Serbian Jelena Cvetkovic and the Danish Frida Klarlund as substitute referees.