IJRU has been approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as an official Signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code.  This announcement is a major milestone for IJRU and is the latest step in the ongoing development of the sport of jump rope.  

As the governing body for jump rope/ rope skipping, we are excited to work closely with WADA, to develop and implement policies in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and International standards.

WADA was founded to bring consistency to anti-doping policies and regulations within sports organisations and Anti-Doping Organisations around the world and oversees and works in cooperation with each stakeholder groups to ensure the protection of clean athletes. Approval as a Code Signatory is also a further step for GAISF Membership and paves the way for the continued progression of IJRU in the journey within the Olympic movement and family.  

IJRU President, Shaun Hamilton said:

“IJRU is excited to become a World Anti-Doping Code Signatory and to join the global community in the fight against unhealthy and unethical practices in sport.  We aspire to protect the integrity of sport and to permit athletes to compete fairly in a doping-free environment. We are determined to ensure a level playing field for all athletes and be a sport that follows WADA’s vision where athletes can participate in a doping-free sporting environment. We are grateful for the continued support of WADA, the ITA and GAISF, whose experience and expertise has been essential to IJRUs development of a robust anti-doping program.” 

The International Jump Rope Union (IJRU) made a big splash at the 2019 Sportaccord Convention on the beautiful Gold Coast, Australia.

Five IJRU executives and three athletes attended to showcase the wonderful sport of Jump Rope/ Rope Skipping and made further connection with other international federations, multi-sport games and major city representatives throughout the SportAccord Convention where over 100 sport Internationals federations were present.

An enormous thank-you to the Australian athletes, Luke Boon, Lilly Barker and Ben Cooper who displayed Jump Rope/ Rope Skipping at the convention. The extraordinary skills in their demonstrations utterly impressed other sport federations and representatives including Mr Raffaele Chiulli who is newly elected as GAISF President.

The local athletes from Cleveland Air Magic and Hot Shots of Queensland, Australia, took part in the United Through Sport/ Gold Coast Sport Festival. This was the very first opportunity for the sport to be showcased in such event where GAISF, AIMS, IOC representatives as well as the 8th Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon attended. The Queensland athletes made great engagement with local students and general audience at the event and made the Jump Rope/ Rope Skipping communities all proud.

IJRU will continue advancing Jump Rope/ Rope Skipping for the athletes by making further engagement with GAISF and other IFs at the future SportAccord Conventions.