Handling defeat is never easy, but facing it twice in a row, especially at the Paralympic stage, is tough and heartbreaking for any athlete. Outside hitter Gilberto Lourenco da Silva or Giba had seen Brazil’s rise in men’s sitting volleyball since he was a member of the Brazilian team that...
At age 30, Jasmin Brkic is the youngest player in the highly experienced Bosnia and Herzegovina side that won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded a 3-1 victory against Brazil in the men’s bronze medal match at Makuhari Messe Hall. In his first Paralympic Games,...
Photo: OIS/Simon Bruty Brazil won the bronze medal in women’s sitting volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, following their win over Canada 3-1 at Makuhari Messe Hall. Edwarda de Oliveira Dias or Duda quickly became one of the key players in the arsenal of the Brazilian squad. It was...
After RPC’s 3-1 loss to Iran in the men’s gold medal match at Makuhari Messe Hall, Viktor Milenin dedicated his Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games silver medal to his wife Anna, daughter Vasilisa and sons Matvev and Timofey. He also expressed his hope to go one step further and finish with...
Tang Xuemei was a promising athlete who played for her school’s basketball and table tennis teams. She was in a school dormitory when a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Wenchuan in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. The earthquake that lasted seconds-long left thousands of fatalities and injured...
Photo: Kyodo News Morteza Mehrzadselakjani was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Spiker of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, capping off a successful campaign that saw Iran win back-to-back gold medals. View this post on Instagram A post shared by World ParaVolley (@worldparavolley) The two-time Paralympian led...
Photo: Kyodo News United States captain Kathryn Holloway was hailed the Most Valuable Player of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after steering her team to a back-to-back gold medal finish. View this post on Instagram A post shared by World ParaVolley (@worldparavolley) In her fourth Paralympics, the 35-year-old...
Photo: OIS/Joe Toth As the curtain came down on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Paris 2024 chief executive officer Etienne Thobois was already planning how to meet, or exceed the ‘very high bar’ set in Japan over the past fortnight. View this post...
Photo: OIS/Simon Bruty Ramezan Salehihajikolaei has played for the Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team for five editions of the Paralympic Games and since Athens 2004 he has collected three gold medals and two silver medals. After the four-set win over RPC in the Tokyo 2020 gold medal match at Makuhari...
Photo: OIS/Thomas Lovelock Brazil beat Canada in the bronze-medal match on Saturday TOKYO (OIS) – United States women smashed through their final match with China on Sunday, getting back-to-back sitting volleyball gold medals in a resounding 3-1 victory after a journey to the Paralympic Games that nearly did not happen....
