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Feb 04, 1942 82 years old
Dutch sports administrator
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About Pieter Joon
- Pieter Christiaan Joon (born February 4, 1942, Amsterdam) founded the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) in 1980 in the Netherlands.
- He was the president of this organization from 1980 to 2001.
- The General Assembly of the WOVD, in a meeting on 27 October 2001 in Slovenia, decided to award him the title of Honorary President. Joon has been a board member of several different international sports organisations for the disabled.
- From 1980 to 1989 he was a board member of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF).
- From 1981 to 1992 he was a board member of the International Sports Organisation for Disabled (ISOD).
- From 1981 to 1992 he was a member of the Technical Committee of the International Fund Sports Disabled.
- From 1984 to 1992 he was a member of the Technical Committee Paralympic Games.
- From 1990 to 1993 he was a member of the Comite Sports Disabled European Union.
- He has been involved in the competition programs in the Paralympics in: 1980 Arnhem (NED), 1984 New York (USA) and Aylesbury (GBR), 1988 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Barcelona (ESP),1996 Atlanta (USA) and 2000 Sydney (AUS).
