ASHCROFT Louise – CAN (PVPA) Official post held: World ParaVolley Medical Director 2016-present Louise started with WOVD/WPV in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the WOVD Standing World Cup in 2005 as a volunteer organizer of the Medical services for the Event. She was asked if she wanted to attend a classifier workshop...

ARCHIBALD Glynn – GBR (PVE) Glynn started with WOVD/WPV in 2007 when he attended a WOVD International Referee course in Sheffield UK. For him, it was an opportunity to referee at an international level and give back to the sport of volleyball. Denis Le Breuilly had the biggest influence and...

ANDERSSON Mats – SWE (PVE) Mats started with WOVD in 1983 when the organiser of the annual Malmö Open introduced sitting volleyball and needed referees. Among the greatest influences on his development were Jorunn Hynes, chair of the volleyball committee in the Swedish Federation for disabled, who believed in him...

ZUMMO Bethany (USA) Bethany began playing internationally at the 2011 ParaPan American Zonal Championships “Bill Hamiter continues to be the greatest influence on me and my development in sitting volleyball. Bill truly evolved the sport by seeing potential in many athletes, including myself. He once told me he found his...

ZIRAHI Isa (IRI) Isa started playing sitting volleyball in 1995 and then internationally at a tournament in Finland in 1998. The greatest influence on his career and his development in the sport was his coach Mr Arab. Event involvement: Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney – Gold Medal 2004 Athens – Silver...

WAUCHOPE Dee (GBR) She attended her international referee course in 2007 in Sheffield, England with a view to hopefully officiate at the London 2012 Paralympic Games Many referees, referee commission members, coaches, players and TDs have had a profound influence on her. She would particularly like to single out Denis...

WALKER Gregory William (USA) Gregory started working with USA Volleyball on the high performance programme in 2012 and was invited to train with the men’s sitting team in 2013, after the 2012 quad had concluded. Head coached the USA Men’s team in Canada shortly after that. Remained on staff as...

KOTNIK HREN Saša (SLO) Saša was a volleyball player who, after an accident in which she lost her leg, continued playing, first in the sitting volleyball club team ISD Samorastnik Ravne and then in the Slovenian national team. Her only wish after the amputation had been to continue playing volleyball....

RASMUSSEN Brent (USA) Brent started playing sitting volleyball in August of 2003 after becoming disabled in Feb 2002, after a bad car accident. He was introduced through Wheelchair Softball and after the first camp made the US sitting team and trained and played on the US team through 2011 “I...

SALEHIHAJIKOLAEI Ramezan (IRI) Ramezan started sitting volleyball in 2002 at a tournament in Germany. His father has been the person who has had the greatest influence on him and has supported him throughout his career. Event involvement: Paralympic Games 2004 – Athens Games – Silver Medal – Best Libero 2008...