As the sport continues to evolve across Africa, one country continued to get more people sat on the court and playing both nationally and internationally. Key to the sports development in Uganda is Robinson Tumwesigye, who is well known in that part of the world for pushing and driving the...
In Israel two people are responsible for the “Sitting Volleyball” project which continues to gain momentum. Olga Gomberg and Oleg Or have been working as a team since the beginning of the project in 2021. Each one of them has a different set of responsibilities and their own individual view,...
After growing up in France, Isabelle Collot was always a Volleyballer. This continued when she moved to Great Britain where she played as a setter in the National Volleyball League. It was here she discovered Sitting Volleyball as the British teams prepared for their home Games back in 2012. Then...
Daniel Lopez has been involved in Volleyball as a player, national referee and coach for 30 years. He discovered Sitting Volleyball about after about 10 years thanks to a coach, Rafa Lara, who helped develop an instant intrigue for the sport. Then in 2019 he decided to start a club...
From London Paralympian to South African Sitting Volleyball development maestro! 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I first found out about sitting volleyball when I joined East London Lynx in Feb 2009. I had never played any form of volleyball before and I was hooked fairly...
Driving the sport forwards in his country! 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I got to know about Sitting Volleyball whilst speaking with Ute Maria Fischer, an International Volleyball and Sitting Volleyball referee from Germany during a tournament in 2010. I immediately started researching about it...
The man with many ventures and roles in Sitting Volleyball, now leading things in England. 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I think relatively unusually for a person with no disability, I actually started playing Sitting Volleyball before I had ever played any other form of the...
Doing his bit and more for Sitting Volleyball in Germany! 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? In 1977 I had an accident with a fork-lift truck and that is how I came in touch with adapted sports. I got involved in Sitting Volleyball in 1989 when...
Sitting Volleyball Coordinator for USA Volleyball! 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? In 2006, I left a collegiate coaching position to pursue my master’s degree in sport management. After graduating in December 2007, I said to myself that the first job available with USA Volleyball, I...
Working his magic at Volley-Club Sarrebourg in France. 1 – How did you get involved in Sitting Volleyball? I found out about Sitting Volleyball during the Paralympic Games several years ago. I was aware of what thepractice of the sport could bring out in disabled people. As a result, when...
