Correspondence regarding the petition by the "Heinonen Sixteen" on gender verification, March-April
- Reference:GB 248 UGC 188/8/25
- Dates of Creation:8 Mar 1994-26 Apr 1994
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:27 pages
Scope and Content
Includes correspondence between Ferguson-Smith and Professor Arne Ljungqvist, Dr Anke A Ehrhardt, Dr Myron Genel, Alison S Carlson, and Dr Joe Leigh Simpson, about how to approach and respond to the petition.
Administrative / Biographical History
In February 1994 sixteen of the world's top female Olympic athletes called for gender verification to be reinstated by the IAAF, and proposed new methods for so doing. Some felt the calls arose from suspicion attached to sudden improvements in performances of Chinese competitors.
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