Justine Bowden Email & Phone Number

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Vaud, Switzerland

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Cycling is the third biggest sport at the Summer Olympic Games with a total of five disciplines, 22 medal events and 528 athlete quotas for Tokyo 2020. My role at the UCI Sports department is to manage all transversal sport elements of all cycling disciplines at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games and the new combined UCI Cycling World Championships. - Promoted to a manager role and appointed UCI Sports Lead for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. - Management of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, a new combined event held every 4-year.

Vaud, Switzerland

Olympic and Paralympic Games- Responsible to coordinate and monitor the sport planning and delivery of the 5 Olympic Cycling disciplines - Liaison with the IOC Sports department and the Organizing Committee for all sport aspects related to the Olympic Cycling disciplines - Management of IF services, such as accreditation, accommodation, ticketing, transportation for 85+ people prior to and during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. - Preparation of UCI’s proposal to the IOC Programme Commission for the Cycling event programme for Paris 2024 - UCI representative during site visits and test event Combined UCI Cycling World ChampionshipsIn 2023, the UCI will organize the first combined World Championships bringing several disciplines together. - Coordinate sport transversal elements for all 13 Championships and ensure the overall alignment of the event- Be the main point of contact with the Organizing Committee Sport and Operations teams- Monitor that the milestones set in the Long Form Agreement are delivered as per the agreed timelinesFirst ever 2020 Zwift UCI Cycling Esports World Championships- Develop the first UCI Cycling Esports Regulations- Coordinate the first ever 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships concept, competition format, qualification pathway, National Federation registration process, Information sharing with National Federations, main sport contact with the organizer and platform provider.

Montreal, Canada Area

My role in the Games department is to contribute to the preparation of Team Canada ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 as well as participate in the delivery of Team Canada's games operations at the Pan American Games Lima 2019. Below are some main projects and deliverables carried out in my role:- Collaborate with the Games Manager in the planning & evaluation of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 for Team Canada.- Work with the Games Logistics Team in the planning and coordination of the Out of Village Accommodation, Village Management and Site Visits of Team Canada for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.- Support in the organisation, running and debriefing of a COC Olympic Performance event designed for athletes ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.- Be the Content Lead for the Team Canada Operations & Preparation Seminar for the Pan American Games Lima 2019. This role required me to coordinate and prepare 400+ bilingual slides and 25+ one-pagers presented to 200+ attendees. In addition, I was responsible for the Run of Show of all plenary sessions. Finally, I co-managed (from the back-end) the COC Event App for all attendees.- Member of Team Canada Mission Team at the Pan American Games Lima 2019. My games-time role as an Outfitting Officer required me to deliver Welcome Session speeches (both in FR & EN) to Canadian athletes and officials at the Village and at the Satellite Villages. Our Outfitting Team also delivered the following: warehouse and outfitting area setup, packing of 800+ bags and running all outfitting & welcome sessions for Team Canada.

Pully, Lausanne

3.5-month extension with a contract change to Project Coordinator in the Summer Sports section of the IOC Sports departmentDuring this time, my main responsibilities were the following:- Supported continuously in the engagement with 32 Summer International Federations in the preparation of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018.- Volunteered at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 for Triathlon and Cycling. Assisted in the Athletes' Lounge and Preparation Area with queries from athletes, team officials and international technical officials during familiarisation and competition days.- Supported in the preparation of the debrief of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires2018.- Coordinated the development of guidelines (in EN & FR) on authorised identications for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. This project led me to liaise with all Summer International Federations to revise, update and pre-approve all sport-by-sport Rule 50 guidelines and visuals.

Pully, Switzerland

A 12-month internship in the Summer Sports section of the IOC Sports Department. My role consisted in supporting the overall Sport Functional Area for Summer Olympic and Youth Olympic Games. During my internship, my main responsibilities were there following ones:- Performed various tasks related to sport entries, sport publication, sport presentation, sports programme and International Federation services.- Co-organised and facilitated sport operational meetings for 32 International Federations ahead of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. These four meeting days consisted of plenary sessions and one-to-one meetings with representatives of the Organising Commitee, the International Federations and IOC departments.- Produced and assembled Sport Memorandums for the IOC President's Cabinet for the Winter Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 and the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018.- Prepared IOC Board decision papers on a Tokyo 2020 related matter.- Assisted with International Federations services, more precisely with ticketing and accreditation requests for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.- Coordinated an 8-month research project in collaboration with students of an International Academy. I acted as the liaison and facilitator between the IOC departments and the students by providing content, research reports, feedback and organising meetings. The project deliverables were as follow: a written report, a one-pager with key findings and a presentation by the students to the Academy Jury and to the IOC.

Martigny, Switzerland

Part-time internship (40%) while completing my Master's degree, during which I performed the following tasks:- Produced a strategic plan for the Ice Hockey Club.- Organised the annual business lunch for 200+ guests. This included coordinating and managing the registration, sponsoring, budget, logistics and catering of the event.- Managed the selection and the launch of the club's season merchandise and preset the onlineFanshop.- Exhibitor at the 2016 International Sport Convention (SIC).

Master Of Science (Msc) In Human Movement And Sports Sciences, Orientation Sport And Leisure Management

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) In Political Science