Morteza Mehrzadselakjani’s star continues to shine bright after being named the International Paralympic Committee Allianz Athlete of the Month for July after his spectacular performance in Iran’s gold medal victory at the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Men’s World Championship in the Netherlands last month. At 2.46m tall, Mehrzadselakjani was...
The full event programme of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was confirmed on Monday including the Sitting Volleyball competitions for women and men. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature up to 4,400 athletes contesting 540 medal events across 22 sports. Full story here: https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/notice/20180806-02.html
Make sure you check out all the match highlights from the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships. Not only were these highlight packages made available on the World ParaVolley Facebook page immediately after each game but now, for the first time in the organisation’s history, you can access all...
With one week having passed since we celebrated the crowning of the latest world champions in Sitting Volleyball – Russia (women) and I R Iran (men) – it’s given me time to reflect on the incredible success of the event held in the birth place of Sitting Volleyball – the...
Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 26, 2018 – At a historic meeting facilitated by the IPC President, Andrew Parsons, World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM met with the FIVB General Director Fabio Azevedo during the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in the Netherlands last Friday. The informal meeting took place after all...
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has praised the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships for taking the sport ‘to the next level’. World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM met Parsons on the sidelines as the quarterfinals of the event were played in the Netherlands last week. “I...
The International Paralympic Committee provides their thoughts on what were the top moments from the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships, which finished in the Netherlands on Sunday. Read the story on the IPC website or below. The Sitting Volleyball World Championships left many unforgettable moments and some surprising...
Los Angeles, USA, 23 July, 2018 – Great insight into the incredibly successful 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships, which finished on Sunday in the Netherlands, from chair of the USA Volleyball Board of Directors Lori Okimura, especially from an American perspective where the sport of Sitting Volleyball continues...
The Hague, the Netherlands, July 22, 2018 – Paralympic champions Iran added the Men’s World Championship crown to their name following a convincing 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-20) win over defending champions Bosnia & Herzegovina in the World ParaVolley 2018 Sitting Volleyball Men’s World Championship on Sunday in The Hague. It...
Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 21, 2018 – World No.7 Russia became world champions for the first time after recording a very impressive 3-1 (18-25, 27-25, 26-24, 26-24) win over 2016 Paralympic champions USA in the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Women’s World Championship final at Luxour Theatre on Saturday. In a final,...
