Aïcha Garad Ali was born on 28 December 1966. She was certified as a gym teacher at Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1987.[1]
Career
Garad Ali started her sports career as a post-secondary gym teacher in 1987. She proceeded to becoming a faculty advisor in 1993 and a sports school director in 1994. Outside of her teaching career, Garad Ali has captained and coached the Djibouti national handball team and became a technical advisor for Djibouti's Ministry of Youth and Sport.[1]
Garad Ali has been a member of several sports organizations and commissions. From 1987 to 1993, she was the vice president for the Djibouti Handball Federation.[1] Subsequently, Garad Ali became the president for the Djibouti National Olympic Committee in 2005 with further reelections in 2013 and 2017.[2]
After her appointment to the International Olympic Committee in 2012, Garad Ali joined several IOC committees including Olympic Education and Women in Sport.[1]
Also in 2012, Garad Ali was named a board member of the World Taekwondo Council,[3] and was reelected in 2017.[4]