Fabio Azevedo was elected as FIVB President, whereas Hugh McCutcheon has been appointed as FIVB Secretary Common
The thirty ninth FIVB World Congress on Saturday elected Fabio Azevedo unanimously by acclamation as the brand new President of the FIVB, marking the start of an thrilling new chapter for the worldwide volleyball neighborhood.
With resounding assist from worldwide volleyball delegates, Fabio Azevedo will lead the organisation for the following eight years, constructing on the spectacular progress achieved below his predecessor, Dr Ary S. Graça F°.
Forward of the elections, Fabio Azevedo shared his Strategic Imaginative and prescient 2024-2032, pledging to guide volleyball into its subsequent part by additional elevating the game’s skilled requirements, increasing its attain to each practitioners and followers worldwide, and aiming to double the present 800-million-strong world fanbase. This will probably be pushed by enhanced engagement initiatives and the empowerment of the International Volleyball Motion.
Fabio Azevedo mentioned:
“I’m honoured, humbled and grateful to be elected to serve the International Volleyball Motion for the following eight years. Over the previous 12 years, volleyball has skilled exceptional progress, growth and modernisation worldwide, and we have now the chance to construct on very sturdy foundations.
“With the assist of the worldwide volleyball neighborhood, I’m able to information the game of volleyball into the following part by way of the Strategic Imaginative and prescient 2024-2032, which is led by the motto ‘Collectively as One’ and the important thing pillars of professionalism, integration, empowerment and mass participation.”
Following his inauguration, Fabio Azevedo introduced that Hugh McCutcheon, who has served as a Senior Advisor to the FIVB for a number of years, will now step into the position of FIVB Secretary Common. Initially from New Zealand, McCutcheon started his journey in volleyball as a participant earlier than transitioning into teaching, the place he notably led the USA males’s nationwide volleyball group to gold on the Olympic Video games Beijing 2008, after which guided the USA girls’s nationwide group to a silver medal at London 2012.
Hugh McCutcheon mentioned:
“I’m actually honoured and excited to be taking over this new position inside the FIVB. From participant to teach, to sports activities administrator in each the worldwide FIVB and US collegiate arenas, and now taking over this place, I really feel privileged to proceed contributing to the game I really like in significant new methods. This second feels each surreal and deeply rewarding, and I’m grateful to be a part of a journey that may assist form the game’s subsequent chapter.”
With a dynamic new management group on the helm, the FIVB is poised for a promising future because it continues to raise volleyball on the worldwide stage.
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