We received the sad news that Frits Klein passed away last Friday 12.12.2025.

Frits Klein was well-known in the national and international sitting volleyball community. In various roles, Frits championed sitting volleyball in the Netherlands and abroad, where he gained particular recognition as a sitting volleyball referee.

In the summer of 1988 he received the WOVD badge as an international referee, which enabled him to participate in several major sitting volleyball tournaments such as the World Championships in Las Vegas (1989), Assen (1990), Bottrop (1994) and the Barcelona Paralympic Games (1992).

As competition manager he was active at the World Championships in Theran (1998), Cairo (2002) and the Paralympic Games in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000).

Frits Klein has also been active in sitting volleyball in Europe from the 1980s to 2007 in various roles and has attended many tournaments in various countries.

Besides his activities in sitting volleyball and standing volleyball, he was also active on various referee committees. Frits Klein was also the first webmaster of the WOVD (now World Paravolley) from 1987 to 2004.

In the years that followed, Frits Klein was still a regular spectator at sitting volleyball.

We wish the family and friends much strength during this time.