Nat Indrapana

Biographical information

RolesAdministrator
SexMale
Full nameNat•Indrapana
Used nameNat•Indrapana
Born6 March 1938 in Krung Thep (Bangkok), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (THA)
Died6 August 2018 in Krung Thep (Bangkok), Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (THA)
NOC Thailand

Biography

Nat Indrapana became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1990. Indrapana held degrees in physical education from Sydney Teachers’ College (AUS), California State University (USA), and the University of Alberta (CAN). He also received honorary doctorates from three universities in Thailand: Srinakharinwirot (Physical Education), Chulalongkorn (Sports Science) and Burapha (Sports Science).

Indrapana was on staff at Srinakharinwirot University in Thailand, where he served as dean of the faculty of physical education from 1975-77, and vice-president from 1977-87, and was on the council starting in 2007. He was also on the council at two other Thai universities: Mahidol (1990-94) and Thammasat (1995-97). From 1996-2007, Indrapana was Vice-President of Singha Corporation.

On the IOC Indrapana was a member of the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission from 2015, after serving on many other Commissions, namely Eligibility (1992-98), Radio and Television (1993-96, 2002-04), Culture and Olympic Education (1999-2015) and the Olympic Programme (2005-13). He sat on the Coordination Commissions for Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, Rio 2016 and the 1st Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010, in addition to taking part in the Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Games in 2013. Indrapana was Vice-President of the World Taekwondo Federation from 1999-2009.

Indrapana held multiple administrative positions in Thai and Asian sport. He served as Deputy Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand; Chairman of the Sports Development and Improvement Committee at the Southeast Asian Federation; President of the Asian Trap and Skeet Shooting Federation; a Council member of the Asian Games Federation and of the Olympic Council of Asia; and was a member of the University Sports Board of Thailand. He was also Vice-Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (1989-96), a member of the Board of the Sports Authority of Thailand (2002-06) and Vice-Minister of Tourism and Sports (2007-08). Finally he had been Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Organizing Committee for the 1978 Asian Games, Chairman of Venues for the 1995 Southeast Asian Games, and a member of the Organizing Committee for the 1998 Asian Games Bangkok.

Organization roles

Role Organization Tenure NOC As
Member International Olympic Committee 1990—2018 THA Nat Indrapana

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