Joe Campbell has played volleyball for 12 years, coached for 16 years and has refereed for over 35 years. He was the first referee in the USA and Pan America zone to become involved with sitting volleyball (1989) and is one of only two referees in World ParaVolley to be...
Fernando Guimarães influence on Sitting Volleyball in Brazil goes far beyond the court. He is an advocate, a motivator, a leader and a spokesperson for the sport on many different levels. As far as we can see, he is the only coach who in the same world championship put both...
Weiping Tu OAM has spent over 40 years helping grow the game of Sitting Volleyball, both within the Asia Oceania zone and around the globe. After studying Volleyball at the famous Beijing Sports University and coaching in China for many years, Weiping migrated to Australia in 1988 and the began...
We openly ask for nominations of people to be featured as a World ParaVolley Mover & Shaker and for the player highlighted here we received a high number of e-mails. Ramezan Zandi Nezami, more commonly known as “Mohsen”, was born in I.R. Iran and became a resident of Turkey in...
Peter Karreman is a name that transcends Sitting Volleyball around the globe. First known for his work in his home country of the Netherlands, Peter has spent the majority of the last decade working across Sub Saharan Africa with the Rwandan teams and beyond. First finishing 9th in London 2012...
As the sport continues to evolve across Africa, one country continued to get more people sat on the court and playing both nationally and internationally. Key to the sports development in Uganda is Robinson Tumwesigye, who is well known in that part of the world for pushing and driving the...
In Israel two people are responsible for the “Sitting Volleyball” project which continues to gain momentum. Olga Gomberg and Oleg Or have been working as a team since the beginning of the project in 2021. Each one of them has a different set of responsibilities and their own individual view,...
The World ParaVolley Development Department is seeking Expressions of Interests (EOIs) for the volunteer role of Team Leader for the Coaches Commission. The successful applicant will work closely with the Development Director and the Coaches Commission members to lead and develop coaches across the World in World ParaVolley’s major disciplines...
After growing up in France, Isabelle Collot was always a Volleyballer. This continued when she moved to Great Britain where she played as a setter in the National Volleyball League. It was here she discovered Sitting Volleyball as the British teams prepared for their home Games back in 2012. Then...
Daniel Lopez has been involved in Volleyball as a player, national referee and coach for 30 years. He discovered Sitting Volleyball about after about 10 years thanks to a coach, Rafa Lara, who helped develop an instant intrigue for the sport. Then in 2019 he decided to start a club...
