Board of Directors

Shaun Hamilton

President

Shaun Hamilton began his jump rope/rope skipping career as a young athlete in 1989. As an athlete he claimed US national titles in 1999 and 2003 and a FISAC-IRSF World Championship title in 1999 St. Louis, Missouri.  Shaun has served as coach for a local club, US board member, committee chair and Team USA Head Coach.  In 2009 Mr. Hamilton co-founded the World Jump Rope Federation and served as its Chair since 2010.

Takashi Ogawa

Executive Vice President

Takashi Ogawa started his rope skipping team in 1998 as part of the Jump Rope for Heart program in Sydney, Australia. His involvement in the state body and Skipping Australia (then Australian Rope skipping Association) began in 2008. Takashi has been serving for the sport in the international level since 2015 as a FISAC-IRSF continental representative (2015), Senior Vice President (2015-2016) then FISAC-IRSF President (2016-2019). 

Michael Chan

Vice President - Asia

Michael Chan began career of jump rope/rope skipping from 2012 as co-founder of China Rope Skipping Organisation (CRSA), authorized by The General Administration of Sport of P.R.China. Michael focus on promotion of jump rope/rope skipping all over China.

Luke Winstanley

Vice President - Oceania 

Luke has been involved with Rope Skipping in Australia for over 10 years; the first two years as an involved parent, and the remaining years as a combination of committee member at the local, regional, national and/or international level.

Since 2012, Luke has held Executive member positions within Skipping Australia and in 2016 was elected to the position of Vice President – Oceania for FISAC-IRSF. Luke brings a working knowledge of sports administration, business process and systems governance and best practice to assist with organisational development, business process improvement and strategic planning. He believes there are untold opportunities for development of our sport across the globe and would like to be involved in that development.

Maria del Sol Rodriguez Lopez

Vice President - Pan America

Maria is licensed in Sports and Recreation Administration and holds a Master of Science in Family Education and a Master of Science in Physical Activity. She is passionate about the Olympic and Paralympic movement and is an international promoter of physical culture and recreation.

Kirralee Larkin

Board Member - Australia

As a dedicated member of the Jump Rope community in Australia, Kirralee has immersed herself in this sport since her child joined 10 years ago. She is President of her local club and has held various positions on the executive committee of Skipping Australia since 2015, assuming the position of Skipping Australia Co-President in 2022.  Since 2020, she has served on the IJRU Technical Committee, and in 2021, joined the IJRU Board of Directors. Kirralee brings valuable expertise in event organisation, branding and marketing along with operational and change management.  Her unwavering commitment lies in fostering and expanding the sport's growth across Australia, Oceania and the globe.

Kurt Moens

Board Member - Belgium

The first time I used a skipping rope was during football practice. At the same time I was always fascinated by music. Surprisingly the two came together 1997 when my daughter started skipping at the local club, ROM Skippers Mechelen. Flabbergasted by our incredible sport, I immediately got involved in the organization. My professional experience in working on projects, my involvement in other sports as football and athletics, combined with my political mandate in the city council made it possible to take big steps forward for our sport. After the Belgian Rope Skipping Federation was founded I became a member of the Board a few years later. Because of a new law there was a fusion with the Gymnastics Federation where I was asked to join the Board of Directors as a representative of our sport, until today still hold that position. Recently I joined the Board of Directors of the European Rope Skipping Organization. My message as a member of the Board of IJRU. If we all work together I am sure that our amazing sport will be practiced and recognized all over the world. Let’s spread the rope.

Nadia Aidi

Board Member - France

Rochelle Boggs 

Co-secretary General 

Rochelle’s initial interest in jump rope began when her daughter’s became involvement  with the local team. She soon found herself helping in the gym with music and choreography assistance, judging  and coaching. Rochelle has coached jump rope for 22 years, and is the current coach of Jump Company USA. She has developed clinics, and workshops, and founded the International Arnold Classic Jump Rope events currently over 5 continents. Her teams have competed in multiple US National Championships, 5 FISAC-IRSF and 8 WJRF World Championships. Rochelle has served on the BOD for USAJR, and as Secretary General of WJRF since 2016. Rochelle believes that the best of jump rope is yet to come.

Janet Locke 

Co-Secretary General

Janet's involvement with jump rope began in fourth grade elementary school in the U.S. on a demonstration team, and began to really take off in 2003 after moving to Japan. Since then she has had the privilege of assisting with major rope skipping competitions domestically in Japan, and internationally in Asia and around the world, serving as a judge, announcer, organizer, interpreter, head of delegation for Japan, board member, competitor, workshop instructor, performer, etc. Janet has long-served as a board member of the Japanese Rope Skipping Federation (JRSF), Asian Rope Skipping Federation (ARSF), and International Rope Skipping Federation (FISAC-IRSF).