RIBEIRO Amauri BRA/ITA (PVPA/PVE)
Having been a former volleyball player, Amauri started with WOVD/World ParaVolley in 2004 when he was Invited by the Brazilian Federation of Sitting Volleyball
“The athletes of sitting volley in Brazil had the greatest influence on my development, as did the confidence placed in me by the Brazilian Federation when they appointed me as coach of the Brazilian Men’s National sitting volleyball team in 2004.”
Event involvement:
2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Parapan American Games – Coach – Gold Medal
2008 Beijing, China – Paralympic Games – 6th place
2009 Elected President of Brazilian Sitting Volleyball Federation
2010 Edmond, USA – World Championships – (men and women) attended as President
2011 Guadalajara, Mexico – Parapan American Games – (men) – Gold Medal
2012 London, England – Paralympic Games – (men and woman) 5th Place in both
2014 Elblag, Poland – World Championships – (men) – Silver Medal
2015 Toronto, Canada – Parapan American Games – (men) – Gold Medal
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Paralympic Games – (women) – Bronze Medal
2017 Appointed by Italy as Technical Director and Coach of the Women’s Team
2018 Rotterdam, The Netherlands – World Championships – (women) – Coach – 4th place
2019 Budapest, Hungary – European Championships – (women) – Coach – Silver Medal
2021 Tokyo, Japan – Paralympic Games – (women) – Coach – 6th place
2021 Antalya, Turkey – European Championships – (women) – Coach – Silver Medal
Coaching 2004 – present.
President of Brazilian Federation from 2009 to 2017
Awards received:
2018 – Best National Paralympic Coach – Italian Paralympic Committee