Marisol Casado Estupiñán

María de la Soledad Casado Estupiñán (born 11 October 1956) is a Spanish sports administrator and triathlete. She has been President of the International Triathlon Union since 2008, and as of 2017, she is the only female Spanish member of the International Olympic Committee. Marisol is the only woman to preside over an International Summer Sport Federation and one of (only) two in the entire Olympic program, the other being Kate Caithness of curling.

In 2004, she co-founded and assumed the presidency until 2009 of the Commission for Sport and Women of the Spanish Olympic Committee (SOC). In 1984, she was the winner of the first organized triathlon in Spain.

She was previously the Vice-President of the Spanish Triathlon Federation.

She defends the quotas in the National Triathlon Federations, and has advocated for an increase to 30%. "Very large steps have been taken in the last two years. All the federation codes of governance are being reviewed and in the IOC Agenda 2020 there is a specific section dedicated to gender equality. Almost all federations [have] positions for women. At the moment, through quotas, that is the fastest way [to achieve this]. In the hope that when they reach 30% [quotas] will be eliminated. I have defended them for many years and now they give me the reason. [In truth, woman only make up about 10% of the governing body board of directors], we are [likely] around 10%. Many interpretations can be made. When the IOC says that there are 33% women in commissions, it must be taken into account that someone like me is in four." - Marisol Casado, March 2016.

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