From Wada The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to announce the launch of a series of athlete-led webinars to be held over the coming months. This series, which is an initiative of WADA’s Athlete Committee, is intended to provide a platform for interactive engagement by the Agency with athletes...
From WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that, due to COVID-19, the Agency is postponing its 2020 Global Education Conference (GEC) which was scheduled to be held from 13-14 October 2020 in Sydney, Australia – to 2021 in Sydney. The new dates and specific venue will be communicated as...
From WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish a Question and Answer (Q&A) document related to anti-doping and COVID-19, which is an update to the document that the Agency published on 23 March 2020. Once again, it was developed in consultation with WADA’s Athlete Committee. Click HERE...
Dan Apol’s officiating profile is one most referees dream of. When appointed to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, Dan gained the unique distinction of being the first World ParaVolley Paralympic Sitting Volleyball referee to also be appointed by FIVB to the Olympics, for the Beach event. As a Beach official Dan...
Sitting volleyball has been named the favourite sport in the Paralympic Sports World Cup after a vote by fans on the official Twitter page of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The result was revealed on Thursday, May 21. Sitting volleyball beat swimming with 89 per cent of the vote in...
Sitting Volleyball has reached the FINALS of the Paralympics Sports World Cup to find out the fans’ favourite Paralympic sport. The first four rounds have featured some competitive showdowns among 22 summer sports, but sitting volleyball remains as competitive as it is and we are now in the final two!...
I first met Gerard Brouwers from the Netherlands in the year 2000 at the Sydney Paralympic Games. From the beginning, he was a great personal and professional help to me in the technical field of World ParaVolley. Born in 1948, Gerard was best known for his technical expertise and leadership,...
The celebration of the International World ParaVolley Day commemorates the official start of the International Federation. On 24 April 1981, World ParaVolley was formally created at a meeting in Bonn, Germany on the occasion of the European Sitting Volleyball Championships. The current World ParaVolley Board of Directors has approved that International...
Listen to World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner OAM himself walk down memory lane as he talks about the colourful history of ParaVolley in this special episode in celebration of the International World ParaVolley Day. Quick Links: World ParaVolley International WorldParaVolley Day 2020 World ParaVolley Awards World ParaVolley Photography Competition Winners
It has been an action-packed four decades for ParaVolley. Here are the best of the best sitting volleyball snapshots that stood out in the 2020 World ParaVolley Photography Competition: Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo by Jonathan Shapka Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo by Daniele Celesti Photo...
