Thrilling Outcomes from the 2024 World ParaVolley Normal Meeting!
The much-anticipated 2024 World ParaVolley Normal Meeting, held just about on December seventh, has concluded with important elections that promise to form the way forward for the game. The meeting noticed the election of Juergen Schrapp from Germany as President, Elvira Stinissen from the Netherlands as Vice President, Milan Milosevic from Croatia as Medical Director, and Anton Raimondo from South Africa as Growth Director
New Management for a New Period
Juergen Schrapp, together with his in depth expertise as an athlete and dedication to the game spanning 30 years, is about to guide World ParaVolley into a brand new period. His imaginative and prescient for the longer term consists of increasing the attain of paravolley and enhancing help for athletes worldwide. Elvira Stinissen, the newly elected Vice President, brings a wealth of information and a powerful dedication to inclusivity and improvement throughout the sport because of her expertise as former nationwide workforce participant and former IPC Athletes Council Vice Chair.
Milan Milosevic, the brand new Medical Director, has over 20 years expertise in sports activities drugs and anti-doping process schooling and is anticipated to deliver progressive approaches to athlete well being and security, making certain that paravolley stays on the forefront of sports activities drugs.
Anton Raimondo, as Growth Director, will proceed his concentrate on rising the game globally, with specific consideration to education schemes and digitisation.
Acknowledging the Contributions of Earlier Leaders
The meeting additionally took time to honor the contributions of the outgoing officers. Their dedication and onerous work have laid a powerful basis for the incoming workforce. The earlier President, Lori Okimura, was praised for her management and efforts in selling paravolley on a worldwide scale.
The outgoing Vice President, Debbie Masauvakalo was acknowledged for serving to out the President through the transition part following the retirement of former WPV President Barry Couzner.
Louise Ashcroft, the previous Medical Director, was additionally recommended for her developments on the anti-doping programme and all work within the medical space.
Trying Forward
With the brand new management workforce in place, the way forward for World ParaVolley appears brilliant. The group is poised to proceed its mission of selling and growing paravolley worldwide, making certain that athletes worldwide have the chance to compete and excel on the worldwide stage.
The 2024 Normal Meeting has set the stage for thrilling developments within the coming years, and the paravolley neighborhood eagerly anticipates the optimistic modifications and progress that may comply with.
The rest of the World ParaVolley Board consists of:
The 2 Athletes’ Fee members that at the moment maintain seats on the Board are present athletes:
- Ms. Heidi Peters as Group Chief of the Athletes’ Fee
- Mr. Ivan Cosic as Deputy Group Chief of the Athletes’ Fee
In the meantime, the opposite ongoing positions are:
- Dr. Stephen Giugni OAM as Sport Director
- Ms. Christine Shelby as Advertising Director
- Mr. Ehab Hassanein as President of ParaVolley Africa
- Mr. Lu Cailiang as President of Asia Oceania
- Mr. Branko Mihorko as President of ParaVolley Europe
- Mr. Joe Campbell as President of ParaVolley Pan America
- Mr. Phil Allen as Normal Supervisor (non-voting)
- Mr. Benno Meijer as Treasurer (non-voting)
- Mr. Graham Arthur as Normal Counsel (non-voting)
