At the ITTF General Assembly in Houston, on the sidelines of the World Individual Table Tennis Championships, Petra Sherling was elected the new unrivaled president and becomes the first woman to hold the office and the eighth person in the presidency.
She succeeds the German Thomas Weikert and is the second Swede to hold this very honorable position, the previous one being Lolo Hamarlund in 1995.
During her time in Houston, Petra Sherling redefined her strategic pillars for the success of the ITTF.
He stressed that its goals are to create value through a governance centered on the members of the Federation, while enhancing the commercial development of the sport, focused on four “pillars”: ITTF family, governance, development and sustainability.
“ITTF United Family: Unite members by bringing back peace, improving inclusion and engaging in discussions with continental associations and their leadership.
• Strengthening governance: Clarifying the organization, promoting equality and further strengthening ties with the Olympic and Paralympic movements.
• Commercial development: Innovate the event structure, promote a strategic digital transformation and start new revenue streams.
• A sustainable future: Set the ITTF standard to inspire future IOC / IPC. “The UN development goals are focused on increasing diversity and integration, reducing inequalities, improving health and a more responsible process of production value,” the new president said.
Elsewhere, the Scandinavian veteran and world champion in veterans in 2018 in the 45-49 age group, stressed that, focusing on the areas of man, planet and prosperity, has the vision to make table tennis accessible to all for life and for future generations.
He added: “I want to secure the position of table tennis as one of the top sports in the world and aim even higher among the top sports and reach the top of the sports community as a modern, diverse and unified world-class sports federation. .
We are in a rapidly changing era in business and sports. It’s not just table tennis. We must move forward, but without losing our tradition or our core values. ”
THE 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN BUSAN
Rightly, meanwhile, Busan took over the hosting of the 2024 World Cup. Rightfully so, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the respective 2020 Championship had been canceled. The event that was canceled last year was the same event. The decision was made by the ITTF General Assembly in Houston.
Follow News Bulletin 247 on Google News to be the first to hear the latest news .
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.
