ASIA-OCEANIA Hangzhou, China World ParaVolley Hangzhou Development Centre is located in the Asian Paralympic Committee Centre of Excellence and the National Disabled Sports Training Centre in Hangzhou, China, in the thousand-year-old ancient town of Tanqi. Its location boasts a rich ecological environment, a convenient transportation and logistics system and facilities,...
van MARUM Djoke – NED (PVE) Djoke played volleyball from the age of 15. After becoming physically impaired, in 1985 she began playing sitting volleyball. She found sitting faster and more attractive, and eventually achieved membership of the Dutch sitting volleyball international squad in 1992. Having played with Joze Banfi...
MEIJER Benno – NED (PVE) Benno began his involvement with sitting volleyball when Paul Harmsen, team manager of the Dutch Women’s sitting team, nominated him for the World ParaVolley International Referee course in Malaysia in 2004. Among others he has stated that those who helped with his development as a...
MEHMEDOVIĆ Ejub – BIH (PVE) Having been wounded, Ejub was influenced by family, friends and a coach to begin playing sitting volleyball in 1996 in Tuzla. He found it gave him numerous health benefits and played a major part in his recovery process. Ejub represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the...
KHATTAB Hayat – EGY (PVA) Dr Hayat Khattab, currently a Senator in the Egyptian Parliament, first became involved with World ParaVolley in 2011. She states that in addition to World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner, the person who had the greatest influence on her development was former World ParaVolley Sport Director...
KARREMAN Peter – NED (PVE) Peter was introduced to sitting volleyball in 2004 by Jouke de Haan, after which he became more and more involved. In 2010 he was asked by the then WOVD President. Pierre van Meenen, to assist with a Women’s qualification event for the World Championships to...
JUSUFOVIĆ Ermin – BIH (PVE) Ermin was first involved with sitting volleyball in 1998 and began his international career in 2001 at the European Championships in Hungary. He admired Asim Medić as a player and was greatly influenced by him. He says the person who had the greatest influence on...
JUNG YooYeon – KOR (PVAO) YooYeon, formerly Mal Soon, started her involvement with sitting volleyball at international level in 2004 when she completed the International Referee Course in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She credits the support of the World ParaVolley Family for her personal and referee development; particularly President Barry Couzner,...
HAMZIĆ Dževad – BIH (PVE) Dževad started playing at the Spid sitting volleyball club in 1996. The previous year, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst serving in the Bosnian army, he stepped on a mine in Nišići (village near Sarajevo). He started training for sitting volleyball primarily for...
