Most coaches and athletes involved with World ParaVolley know very little about the World ParaVolley Foundation (WPVF). That needs to change immediately. The World ParaVolley Foundation is the funding arm of World ParaVolley. It’s a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the US. The World ParaVolley Foundation enriches lives, helps end discrimination...
The World ParaVolley Board is pleased to announce that three volunteers were recently awarded their Certificates after “attending” the Women Lead Sports Program sponsored by World ParaVolley and APSO. Louise Ashcroft, Cristiana Figueira and Lori Okimura completed the course that was conducted virtually over January to March 2022. Louise said:...
World ParaVolley is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dora Szatmari as the new Team Leader for the Classification Commission. Dora is well known to World ParaVolley having been involved in paravolley classification since 2006 as a classifier, educator, researcher, mentor, and leader. As a senior classifier, she has...
World ParaVolley has put together the “World ParaVolley Presents…” webinar series to offer presentations that are of interest to our membership and others. We reached out to all our stakeholders to collect suggestions on possible webinar topics and potential speakers and are pleased to have presented the first “World ParaVolley...
World ParaVolley is an independent international federation that provides safe and positive paravolley sporting activities and events for people across the world who have physical impairments, including at the Paralympic Games, and the safety of our community is of utmost concern. World ParaVolley condemns the acts of violence associated with...
Isabelle Collot adds to the list of World ParaVolley’s trailblazing women after being named assistant sport director for sitting volleyball. She now becomes the first female to be appointed to the position in World ParaVolley history. Collot is a veteran in the sport, having played both volleyball and sitting volleyball...
Unfortunately, Ivana Pavic has recently resigned as Development Director of World ParaVolley due to ill health. In line with the Constitution, the Board has the power to appoint a replacement until the next General Assembly which will be in December 2022, and due to the limitations in the Constitution, the...
The World ParaVolley Board is pleased to announce that Lori Okimura (USA) has been appointed Sport Director until the next General Assembly in December 2022. Significantly, Lori is the first female Sport Director in the history of World ParaVolley. Lori’s extensive experience includes 16 years as an Executive Management Consultant,...
Reminder to all nations and teams: WADA’s 2022 Prohibited List came into force on January 1, 2022 World ParaVolley wishes to remind athletes, support personnel, and members that the WADA 2022 Prohibited List is now in force as of January 1, 2022. There are important changes that you need to...
Unfortunately, the 2021 year has not been so active for the athletes but at least some of the background work of World ParaVolley has been proceeding and we have been able to break some new ground in the area of training/education and refresh our Commissions and Committees. Germany hosts I...
