— Published on August 24, 2017

Chesterman, new head of mission

Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has named its chef de mission for the Tokyo 2020 Games. His name: Ian Chesterman. A regular at the job, with one nuance: he has never led the Australian delegation to the Summer Games. A specialist in winter disciplines, Ian Chesterman has been chef de mission at every Winter Olympics since Nagano in 1998. He succeeds Kitty Chiller, chef de mission for Australia at the Rio 2016 Games.