OZMEC Peter (SLO) – PVE – International Player (1981-2008): International Coach (SLO – Men & Women) and Team Manager (1990-2012); Event organiser at national, zonal and international levels and work in the fields of promotion, development, administration and governance.

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...

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MURULO Toomas (EST) – PVE – International Referee 1997-2021; Referee Delegate, Observer and Staff Tutor; PVE Referee Commissioner; Prepared WPV Referee Casebook.

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...

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MANO Yoshihisa (JPN) – PVAO – International Coach (1997- 2022; International Player; Founder of Sitting Volleyball in Japan; President of National Association; and in the fields of international relations, management and development.

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 –...

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MANNERSUO Sari Anneli (FIN) – PVE – International Referee; Referee Observer; PVE Referee Commissioner and Referee Delegate; Member of Sitting Volleyball Commission – Finland

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...

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LYSE Kåre (NOR) – PVE – International Player 1971-1997. Inspirational leader and role model for youth.

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...

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KRAGELNIK Davorin (SLO) – PVE – International Player and Team captain (1981-2001) and in the fields of event organisation, club and individual development and as a campaigner for equal rights for athletes with disabilities

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...

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KONČNIK Peter (SLO) – PVE – International Referee (standing & sitting) 1987-2007; Referee Commission Member; Referee Delegate; Senior Staff Referee Observer, Mentor and Tutor 2007-2022 and in the field of development.

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...

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KLEIN Frits (NED) – PVE – International Referee (standing and sitting) 1986-2007; WOVD Volleyball Referee Commission, European Referee Commission Member. 1990-2004; Competition Manager at Paralympic, World and Zonal Levels; Federation Webmaster

KLEIN Frits – NED (PVE) Frits first started with WOVD/World ParaVolley in 1986 when he took the International Referee Course (ISOD) in Hungary and refereed until 2007. Event involvement: 1986 – World Championships, Pécs, Hungary 1987 – Euro Cup, Enschede (NL). (Referee) 1987 – Referee instructor – Zürich (CH) 1988...

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KESIENE Jurate (LTU) – PVE – Chair of Classification Commission; International Classifier 25 years; Chief Classifier; International Tutor and Mentor, Lead of the Classification Eligibility Committee and Leader on Classification Review, Rule Revision and IPC Compliance; WPV Representative at IPC Chief Classifier Meetings

KESIENE Jurate – LTU (PVE) Jurate’s first involvement was hosting a clinic for classifiers in 1997 in Tallinn (Estonia). It was to help the Lithuanian team to understand the classification process and to give them advice on classification matters when needed. She became an International Classifier in 1999 in Sarajevo...

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KERESTECIYAN Saro (CAN) – PVPA – International Classifier, Chief Classifier, International Staff Educator and Mentor. Manager of the Classification Master List and ParaVolley Sport Administration System database. Member of Classification Review Panel. Head of Pan-Am Zone Medical and Classification Commissions. Developer of Beach (standing) classification system and works in the field of classifier recruitment.

KERESTECIYAN Saro – CAN (PVPA) Saro started his involvement in WOVD as the Athletic therapist for the Canadian Standing Volleyball Team in 1998. “I had an interest in Volleyball and Disabled Sport, and when the Team came to Montreal for a training camp, I met with the Team Manager (Lawrence...

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