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Karin Harmsen-Roosen (born 11 March 1962) is a Dutch female Paralympic sitting volleyball player. [1] She is part of the Netherlands women's national sitting volleyball team.
She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics finishing third, [2]
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must sit on the floor to play.
Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics was first held in 1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested and sitting volleyball for men was a demonstration sport. From 1980 through 2000, men's standing and sitting events were contested. The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.
World ParaVolley, formerly the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), is an international organization that is for people with physical disabilities. It is affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee(IPC). The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled was established in 1981 and was part of the International Sports Organization for Disabled (ISOD). In 1992 the WOVD became its own separate Organization in Barcelona, Spain. The WOVD Headquarters were also established in the Netherlands. The WOVD is responsible for managing and controlling the conduct of international volleyball competitions for men, women and youth. The WOVD also liaises with IPC (as an independent organisation) and with other organizations for people with or without disabilities. The organization adopted its present name World ParaVolley at its 2014 general assembly.
Nichole Ann Millage is a former American Paralympic volleyballist and an Environmental Sustainability Specialist at the City of Champaign.
VolleySLIDE is the Sitting Volleyball world educational programme by World ParaVolley, the international federation responsible for all forms of ParaVolley. It is aimed at driving the development of the sport, in line with the Paralympic Movement and global society expectations. World ParaVolley (formerly known as World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled is a member of International Paralympic Committee and adopted VolleySLIDE back in February 2014.
This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting volleyball tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.
Alenka Irsic is a Slovenian Paralympic sitting volleyball player. She is part of the Slovenia women's national sitting volleyball team.
Morteza Mehrzadselakjani is an Iranian volleyball player who plays in the national sitting volleyball team of and Mes Shahr Babak. With a height of 247 cm, he is known as the tallest living man in Iran and the second tallest living man in the world. He was able to win two gold medals and the Golden Ball for the best player in the world in 2022 at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women.
Xu Jie is a Chinese Paralympic sitting volleyball player. She is part of the China women's national sitting volleyball team.
Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.
Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1996.
Italy competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960.
The Philippines men's national sitting volleyball team represents the Philippines in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches.
Rwanda competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was their sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 2000.
Lilian Mukobwanakawe is a Rwandese Paralympic volleyballer who as of 2019 serves as the captain of the Rwanda Women Sitting Volleyball team. She was captain of the 2015 and 2019 ParaVolley Africa Sitting Volleyball Championships winning teams.
Larysa Klochkova is a Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player.
Bethany Zummo is an American sitting volleyball player. She is a member of the United States women's national sitting volleyball team. She won with the team the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won with the team the 2015 Parapan American Games and 2019 Parapan American Games.
Edwarda de Oliveira Dias is a Brazilian Paralympic volleyball player. She won the bronze medal playing for the Brazilian Women's National Team in sitting volleyball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. It was the first medal of Brazil in sitting volleyball at the Paralympics.
Brazil is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
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