RAIMONDO Anton RSA (PVA) Anton started as an athlete in sitting volleyball in 2009 in London, UK. He was passionate about playing the sport and loved the camaraderie, excitement and competitiveness of the game. He started developing the sport in 2014 first in South Africa, then across Southern Africa and...

PROBST Anton GER (PVE) Anton started with WOVD at the World Championships (Standing) in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1986. It was his first international match as a player for Germany – Bronze Medal. Fritz Klein (NL) had the greatest influence on his development as a referee. He was his tutor...

PLEŠNIK Janko -SLO (PVE) Janko started in Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia in 1992 at a European club tournament. For him it was, and still is today, amazing to see how hard people with a physical impairment work for each point and express so much emotion when celebrating. After that he...

OZMEC Peter – SLO (PVE) Beside being an athlete, Peter has coached the men’s national sitting volleyball team, acted as team manager and assistant coach of the women’s national sitting volleyball team and organised several big sitting volleyball events, starting in 1982 with national team competition of Yugoslavian Republics and...

MURULO Toomas EST (PVE) Toomas started with WOVD/WPV in Tallinn in 1997 at the WOVD European Championship as a member of the Local Organising Committee with responsibility in refereeing matters. In the same year he passed the International Referee course. “The first person who invited me to this sport was...

MANO Yoshihisa – JPN (PVAO) Mano discovered sitting volleyball by chance in November 1996 when he was working at the Tokyo Para Sports Centre. Since then he says he has been inspired by World ParaVolley athletes and staff. Event involvement: 2000 Sydney, Australia – Paralympic Games – 9th place –...

MANNERSUO Sari Anneli – FIN (PVE) Having previously refereed volleyball since 1980, Sari started internationally with sitting volleyball in 2003 when he took the International Referee Course in Riga, Latvia in 2002. Event involvement: Referee: 2003 Germany – World Cup European Championships (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 (men), 2017...

POSTHUMOUS LYSE Kåre – NOR (PVE) Kare starting playing sitting volleyball in 1971, and being an important player for his club team, the national team events in which he was involved in: 1978 Nordic Championship 1980 Arnhem, The Netherlands – Paralympic Games 1981 Bonn, Germany – European Championships 1982 Nordic...

KRAGELNIK Davorin – SLO (PVE) Davorin Kragelnik started his involvement in sitting volleyball at the Centre for Disabled Youth in Kamnik, Slovenia. In 1981 he was selected for the Yugoslavian national volleyball team and took part in the World Championships in Germany. After returning from the World Championships a sitting...

KONČNIK Peter – SLO (PVE) Peter started refereeing sitting volleyball in Slovenia in 1987, after being a player for the Jesenice Volleyball Club and for the Slovenian and Yugoslav national youth teams (1968-1975). He was also an FIVB referee (1976-2007), refereeing over 1000 matches. He became involved in International sitting...