Sitting Volleyball Info

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  • Canada women’s #sittingvolleyball CBC thread

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    Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team finishes 4th at Tokyo Paralympics 4th September 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1942288963692 Brazil defeats Canada in four sets in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games women’s sitting volleyball bronze medal match. Women’s Sitting Volleyball – Brazil vs Canada – Bronze Medal Match 4th September 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1940712003558 Watch coverage of the 2020 Paralympic Games from…

  • Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball places 4th after hard-fought battle with Brazil

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    CBC Sports · Posted: Sep 03, 2021 9:09 PM ET https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/paralympics-roundup-day-11-1.6164661 The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team has placed fourth in its tournament after a hard-fought battle against Brazil in the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Brazil — the Rio 2016 bronze medallists — defeated Canada 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 26-24, 25-14) to reach the podium once…

  • World’s second-tallest man chasing gold for Iran at the Paralympics

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    By Tom Decent September 1, 2021 — 4.16pm https://www.smh.com.au/sport/world-s-second-tallest-man-is-competing-for-iran-at-the-paralympics-20210901-p58nwr.html Tokyo: There are nearly 8 billion people in the world. The second tallest of them all is an Iranian man in Tokyo spending most of his time sitting on a Paralympic volleyball court. Meet Morteza Mehrzad, whose sitting volleyball team will play in their semi-final against Bosnia Herzegovina…

  • Sitting volleyball ‘saved’ Burnaby Paralympian after double amputation 10 years ago

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    Aug 31, 2021 11:15 AM By: Cornelia Naylor https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/sitting-volleyball-saved-burnaby-paralympian-after-double-amputation-10-years-ago-4268764 When Burnaby’s Felicia Voss-Shafiq moved to the Lower Mainland from California in 2001, she took up volleyball in a rec league at work. She fell in love with the sport itself, she said, but there was more to it than that, too. “I was new to the city,…

  • Langley’s Ellis gets 11 points as Canada downs Italy in Paralympics seated volleyball play

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    DAN FERGUSON Aug. 29, 2021 8:00 p.m. Up next, Japan, where a win would mean playing in the finals Langley’s Danielle Ellis scored 11 points as Canada defeated Italy 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 15-25, 25-18) to even their record at 1-1 in sitting volleyball. Sunday’s victory was Canada’s first win in women’s sitting volleyball, after a close five-set…

  • Sitting Volleyball Changed My Life, Morteza Mehrzad Says

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    July, 25, 2021 – 19:48 Sports news  https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2021/07/25/2543484/sitting-volleyball-changed-my-life-morteza-mehrzad-says TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad says that the sport has changed his life. He distinctly remembers the moment sitting volleyball came into his life. And it is not because it brought him worldwide success or even fame. It is for reasons far more important.…

  • USA Sitting Volleyball teams learn from Canada Matches

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    Www.boxscorenews.com/sitting-volleyball-teams-learn-from-canada-matches-p148365-68.htm

  • 2018 in Review: Sitting volleyball

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    15 Dec 2018 IPC Iran and Russia emerge victorious at World Championships Morteza Mehrzadselakjani (L) starred for Iran as they retained their Asian Para Games sitting volleyball title ⒸINAPGOCBy IPC The 2018 Sitting Volleyball World Championships were the sport’s most important competition of the year, but they were not the only highlight. Unstoppable Iran Led by…

  • Unstoppable Iran Sitting Volleyball Continues Worldwide Dominance

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    December, 16, 2018 – 12:00 Sports news https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/12/16/1899728/unstoppable-iran-sitting-volleyball-continues-worldwide-dominance TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team continued with its worldwide dominance by winning three gold medals in the international competitions. They won the inaugural men’s Super 6 on home soil in the city of Tabriz in April after beating Russia in straight sets, Paralympic.org wrote. Led by…

  • Interview with Iranian Women’s Sitting Volleyball coach Fariba Soleimani

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    TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) https://boxscorenews.com/interview-with-iranian-womens-sitting-volleyball-coach-fariba-soleimani-p152390-68.htm by Rahim Rahimzadeh Asl,Boxscore:  TEHRAN (October 22, 2018) An interview with head coach of Iran Women’s Sitting Volleyball team Mrs Fariba Soleimani. A familiar figure in Iranian volleyball, Soleimani led her squad to a ninth place finish at World Championship in The Netherlands and recently guided Iranian National Sitting Women’s Volleyball…