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44 FAST FACTS Key facts and fi gures about gender equality within the Olympic MovementTokyo 2020 will have thehighest proportion of female athletes in Olympic historyFemale participation at the Olympic GamesFemale participation at the Olympic Winter GamesIn 2017, female representation on IOC commissions has risen to 38 per centSeven IOC commissions are currently chaired by womenIncluding 18 mixed events, twice as many as at Rio 2016In 1981, Flor Isava-Fonseca and Pirjo Haeggman became the fi rst female IOC MembersBy September 2017 IOC Members numbered 30 women Gender equality will be achieved for the fi rst time at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 (1,999 women, 1,999 men)PyeongChang 2018 will stage 44 women’s events, the most in Olympic Winter Games history19811838%2.2%9.5%23%45.2%4.3%15.7%21.5%40.3%Chamonix 1924Oslo 1952Sarajevo 1984Sochi 2014Paris 1900London 1948Los Angeles 1984Rio 201682 OLYMPIC REVIEW * INFORMATION SOURCED FROM IOC REPORTS AND OLYMPIC.ORG