SHANISHAH Khalid – LBA (PVA)
Khalid started with WOVD/WPV in Tripoli in 2004 at the Afro-Arab Championships, where he qualified as a scorer for the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. He fell in love with the sport.
“Those who had the greatest influence on my development were Gerard Brouwers, Henk Van de Loo, Denis Le Breuilly and Gabriel Lotan. All of them pushed me, believed in my skills as a referee and gave me many opportunities.”
Event involvement:
2004 Cairo, Egypt – International Referee Course – Qualified
2005 Cairo, Egypt – Afro Arab Zonal Championships – International Referee
2006 Roermond, The Netherlands -Triple World Championships – International Referee
2007 Tartous, Syria – Afro Arab Zonal Club Championships – International Referee
2007 Cairo, Egypt – Arab Zonal Tournament – International Referee
2008 Ismailia, Egypt – Intercontinental World Cup – International Referee
2008 Beijing, China – Paralympic Games – International Referee
2008 Tunis, Tunisia – Level 1 Zonal Referee course – Tutor
2009 Tunis, Tunisia – Maghreb Championships (Zonal Qualifier for 2010 World Championships in Oklahoms, USA) – Event Supervisor
2010 Port Said, Egypt – Afro Arab Zonal Championships – International Referee
2010 Port Said, Egypt – Club World Cup – International Referee
2010 Tunis,Tunisia – Maghreb Championship (Zonal) – Event Supervisor
2010 Edmond, Oklahoma, USA – World Championships – International Referee
2011 Kigali, Rwanda – Sub-Saharan African Championships – Referee Delegate
2012 Cairo, Egypt- North African Championship – Referee Delegate
2012 Cairo, Egypt – World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup – International Referee
2012 London, Great Britain – Paralympic Games – International Referee
2014 Rabat, Morocco – ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships (men) – Referee Delegate
2014 Elblag, Poland – World ParaVolley World Championships – International Referee
2015 Kigali, Rwanda – International Referee Course – Joint Tutor
2015 Kigali, Rwanda – ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships – Referee Delegate
2016 Anji, China – World ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup – Referee Observer
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Paralympic Games – International Referee
2018 Tabriz, Iran – World ParaVolley Super Six (men) – International Referee
2018 The Netherlands – World ParaVolley World Championships – International Referee
2019 Kigali, Rwanda – ParaVolley Africa Zonal Championships – Referee Delegate
2021 Tokyo, Japan – Paralympic Games – International Referee
Awards received:
2020 World ParaVolley Recognition Award (sitting)
2021 Radio Sport – Best referee across all sports for disabled people in my city (Misrata)
Official posts held:
2010 to present – ParaVolley Africa Referee Commissioner
2010 to present – World ParaVolley Referee Commission Member
2016 – present – World ParaVolley Referee Delegate and Referee Observer
Chairman of Libyan Referees Committee