MEN China (CHN) No. Family Name Given Name Shirt Name Date of Birth 1 Xu Zengbing XU Z.B. 29-Aug-1996 2 Tang Yanhua TANG Y.H 30-Nov-1989 3 Wang Qiang WANG Q. 14-Feb-1987 5 Gao Hui GAO H. 07-Sep-1987 6 Wang Shuo WANG S. 11-Dec-1987 7 Jia Youming JIA Y.M. 09-Jul-1987 9...
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification Process The qualified teams for Paris 2024 are as follows: France as hosts are automatically qualified. Iran (M) and Brazil (W) have qualified from the 2022 World Championships. Brazil (M) and United States (W) have qualified from the Pan American Zonal Championships. Kazakhstan (M) and...
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...
