Short of any commitment, the final statement of the 1973 Olympic Congress in Varna, Bulgaria, stated that “The IOC, the International Federations and the National Olympic Committees should consider the inclusion of women in their membership and commissions”. Pape (2020) summarises that, compared to inclusion in events, ‘considerably less noise was made in relation to women in leadership. While Intl Federation leaders at times acknowledged the underrepresentation of women in the leadership of Olympic sports, such as in formal speeches during the Olympic Congresses of 1972 and 1981, they did not lead a sustained push in this area or raise the issue behind closed doors with IOC leaders as they had in the case of athletes. Much of the advocacy for women leaders came instead from individuals within the Olympic Movement, many of them women’. One such individual was Monique Berlioux, director of the IOC from 1971 until 1985. Following the Olympic Congress in 1973, Berlioux conducted a study of women in international sports administration.