Elite Athlete Health Insurance

I.                    ELITE ATHLETE HEALTH INSURANCE (EAHI)

A.  Number of EAHI Slots allocated:  18                                                     

B.     Eligibility and Criteria Approved for EAHI:

Fencers will be evaluated in six-month intervals.  First evaluation date will be April 15^th, 2007 and the second review will occur on October 15^th, 2007. 

Eligibility will be determined by the US Senior Rolling Point Standings on the evaluation date.  The top 3 athletes in each weapon per gender on the US Senior Rolling Point Standings on the evaluation date will be offered the Elite Athlete Health Insurance.

Should one of these fencers decline the insurance, the slot will be offered in the following manner:

The highest-ranking US fencer on the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Senior Rankings as of the evaluation date that does not already have EAHI or has not already declined will be offered the slot regardless of weapon or gender. Should this athlete decline the insurance, the next highest-ranking US fencer regardless of gender on the FIE Senior Rankings will be offered, etc.

Should a tie in the FIE Senior Rankings occur the US Senior Rolling Point Standings will be used to break the tie.  A tie after this point will be broken by the High Performance Director, and the athlete with the highest potential for medals based on previous international results will be nominated.

 No fencer ranked lower than 5^th on the US Senior Rolling Point Standings as of the evaluation dates will be offered EAHI. No weapon shall have more than 4 athletes per gender enrolled in EAHI.

Athletes will have 45 days to enroll in EAHI by completing and returning the EAHI enrollment forms provided by the USOC.  Athletes will be considered to have declined EAHI if the athlete’s enrollment forms are not completed and returned to the USOC within 45 days of receiving notification from US Fencing. Using the above criteria, that slot will be awarded to the next eligible athlete.

All remaining slots after using the above criteria will go unused.

REVISED: Sunday, November 05, 2006 05:35:32 PM