Each country is responsible for selection of its own team. The selection process is coordinated by a “country manager.” The manager may be an agility organisation in that country, a committee, or an individual. Each potential team manager must submit a resume to the WAO organising committee for approval.
The country manager is responsible for writing a selection guidelines document that explains how people in the country can become members of the team. Each country’s team selection process must be non-discriminatory with regard to both handlers and dogs, and must be approved by WAO to meet this requirement. In addition, a country’s team selection process must allow for at least 1 (one) dog from each height to win its way onto the team, and to run in the Agility Biathlon and the Individual Agility Pentathlon. This must be stated in each country’s selection rules.
Other positions on the country’s team may be filled at the discretion of the country’s manager.
If a country is unable to travel with their own dogs due to the laws of the host country or excessive travel times and expense, substitute dogs may be provided by the host country. A country must make a request in writing to the WAO organising committee. Requests will be evaluated by the WAO committee on a case-by-case basis.
Country | Team Manager | Managers Email | Selection Document (English) | Selection Document |
Argentina | Jorge Esteban Ramos Salinas | |||
Australia | ||||
Austria | Cornelia Götzendorfer | |||
Belgium | Bart De Decker | |||
Brazil | Michel Freitas | |||
Canada | Angela Koop | |||
China | Jimmy Chen | |||
Colombia | Juliana Blanco | |||
Czech Republic | Karina Divišová | |||
Denmark | Martin W. Holst | |||
England | Becky Dixon | |||
Finland | Jessi Landen | |||
France | Sophia Tuis | |||
Germany | Anna Hinze | |||
Hungary | Zsofi Biro | |||
Israel | ||||
Italy | Massimo Perla | |||
Japan | Hisato Tanabe | |||
Jersey | Louise Eden | |||
Kazakhstan | Yekaterina Glushnyak | |||
Malaysia | Song Lin Koay | |||
Monaco | Elisa Richelmi | |||
Netherlands | Wendy Willemse | |||
Northern Ireland | Carron McCready | |||
Norway | Hanne W. Jørgensen | |||
Poland | Lila Zachwatowicz | |||
Portugal | Jorge Pires | |||
Republic of Ireland | Frieda Baragwanath | |||
Republic of San Marino | ||||
Romania | Norocel Negrea | |||
Scotland | Alan Short | |||
Singapore | Tan Meow Heong | |||
Slovakia | Petra Matušíková | |||
Slovenia | Janez Pirnar | |||
South Africa | Carolyn Chelchinskey | |||
South Korea | Ga Hye Kim | |||
Spain | David Molinas | |||
Sweden | Rebecka Hansson | |||
Switzerland | Bettina Stemmler | |||
Thailand | Nada Sibunruang | |||
USA | Ivette White | |||
Venezuela | Jose Manual Davila | |||
Wales | Aimee Kerton |