Chris Turner, photo by PhotoRun.net
RunBlogRun opines: Chris Turner has been a great friend of our sport. Anyone who knows him knows he loves the discipline of the javelin. In 2012, Chris put together the Centennery exhibit, which was a tremendous task and well recieved! The ‘IAAF Heritage’ department is a perfect new opportunity for a real friend of the sport.
IAAF Heritage
In addition to the partnership with Elite Ltd, the IAAF is establishing a new department ‘IAAF Heritage’. The department’s goal will be to better employ Athletics’ history, its heroes & heroines, their artefacts and the documents, video and photographs that portray them, to engage with the stars and fans of the present and future. Chris Turner, who has been with the IAAF since 2002 and is currently Deputy Director of the Communications Department-PR will be taking the new position as director of IAAF Heritage starting in January 2018.
“In creating the IAAF World Rankings partnership with Elite Ltd and setting up IAAF Heritage, we are establishing structures to assist the understanding and promotion of Athletics for present and future generations. The Rankings will bring much needed clarity to what is today a confusing competition picture even for those from within the sport, while Heritage will be an important tool to help inform, inspire and engage interest through the extraordinarily story of Athletics,” commented IAAF CEO Olivier Gers.
