Wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani becomes UNICEF Ambassador in Georgia
The fencer said it was a “great honour and also a great responsibility for me to carry this status”. Photo: UNICEF Georgia
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Irma Khetsuriani, Georgia’s two-time wheelchair fencing World Champion, European Champion and winner of 22 World Cup gold medals, has been designated the new Ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund in Georgia.
The Georgian Paralympic Committee on Wednesday said Khetsuriani had been nominated by the UNICEF as one of its Ambassadors.
The fencer said it was a “great honour and also a great responsibility for me to carry this status”.
Both as the Ambassador of UNICEF and as a para-athlete, all activities related to protection of children's rights are important [...] I am ready to take care of the future of our children”, she said in reaction to the news.
The Committee stressed UNICEF ambassadors played a “vital role” in advocating children's rights, encouraging a healthy lifestyle and increasing public awareness around their needs.
Tatia Aptsiauri, the Vice President of the Georgian Fencing Federation and member of the Referee Commission at the International Wheelchair Fencing Federation, has been appointed as a referee delegate for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
Georgian female fencers have won one gold and two silver medals a the ongoing Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Washington.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani claimed gold at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Nîmes, France on Friday.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani won a gold medal at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup 2022 hosted in São Paulo, Brazil.
The United Nations Children's Fund in Georgia and the Embassy of France on Wednesday launched a partnership initiative to strengthen children’s rights across the country through expansion of capacity of children’s rights experts, support for professionals in providing quality services for children and strengthening of children’s rights centres.