Respected worldwide as a leading name in classification of Para events, Dr. Juraj Stefak passed away on January 21 at the age of 69, following his long battle with cancer. Born in Trnava, Slovakia on February 7, 1951. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava and he was...
From WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to launch its 2021 series of athlete-led webinars for athletes, which is an initiative started last year by WADA’s Athlete Committee that enables interactive engagement by the Agency with athletes worldwide. WADA invites athletes and others to register for the first webinar...
From IPC and WADA With just under seven months to go until the start of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to launch a new education course on its Anti-Doping Education and Learning platform (ADEL), specifically designed for athletes and coaches aiming to attend...
From WADA Montreal, 4 February 2021 – Following the publication of the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS’s) 186-page full reasoned decision regarding its 17 December 2020 ruling in favor of WADA to declare the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code for a period of two years, WADA has developed a...
The World Paravolley Technical Commission is pleased to announce the qualification pathway for the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships that will be held in Hangzhou, China in the period 18-24 May. A total of 32 teams will qualify to the premier event of the World ParaVolley. The four 2021 Zone...
From Wada As part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) commitment to education and the development of balanced anti-doping programs worldwide, the Agency wishes to highlight three new education resources for athletes and athlete support personnel (ASP) that are available on its new and improved Anti-Doping Education and Learning Platform...
The World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball 40 years 1980-2020: commemorative booklet (e-ISBN: 978-952-94-4074-0) is available to download for free on the new history section of the World ParaVolley website. The commemorative booklet was officially launched during the Virtual General Assembly on December 6, 2020. “The Sitting Volleyball Commemorative Booklet has been...
The World ParaVolley history podcast is back to unfold more stories of our sport’s colourful past. This time, we are honoured to be joined by ParaVolley PanAmerica president and former international referee Joe Campbell. In this episode Campbell breaks down the paravolley’s evolution in terms of development, innovation and refereeing....
The independent World ParaVolley Judicial Commission has suspended a Sitting Volleyball Athlete (the Player) for one year after determining that the Player had committed Intentional Misrepresentation during Classification. The Player is now classified as Sport Class Not Eligible and will be eligible for re-classification in October 2021. After considering evidence...
Please be advised that the Executive Committee of the Board has approved the postponement of the Final Men’s Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 as proposed by NPC GER, on the basis of the COVID situation in Germany. The following Motion was passed: “That the Final Qualifier for Men in Germany is...
