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haggisv

Post subject: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairman

Posted: 01 May 2014, 08:51

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The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Mr Adham SHARARA was elected to the newly created position of "Chairman of the ITTF" today at the ITTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tokyo, Japan.

80% of the AGM delegates voted in favour of creating this position, and Mr SHARARA was voted as the first ever "Chairman of the ITTF" with 90% of the votes.
The position "Chairman of the ITTF" is an independent and non-political position without any voting or decision-making power. The "Chairman of the ITTF" will chair the ITTF AGM each year.

The new position comes into effect on 1 September 2014 at which time Mr SHARARA will retire as ITTF President, a position that he has held for the past 15 years.

At the conclusion of the AGM, the 60 year old Canadian stated: "I am very happy with the outcome. This new position is very well suited to me at this stage, and I will have the time to contribute efficiently in special focus areas needed for the further development of the ITTF. The new plan is designed to move table tennis into the top 5 sports in the world."

According to the ITTF constitution, item 1.7.1, the ITTF Deputy President Thomas WEIKERT (GER) will succeed Mr SHARARA as the ITTF President on 1 September 2014.

"I am honored to be the next ITTF President," stated Mr WEIKERT, who is also the President of the German Table Tennis Association. I have very big shoes to fill, as Adham has done a fantastic job growing the sport over the past 15 years. However, I am excited about the challenge and I am looking forward to building on the good work Adham has achieved in his Presidency."

During Mr SHARARA's 15 years as ITTF President, he has overseen major changes designed to make the ITTF more commercially viable and attractive to TV audiences.

This included changing the games from "first to 21 points" to "first to 11 points", and increasing the size of the ball from 38mm to 40mm, just to name a few.
Mr SHARARA is leaving the ITTF in good health, after being in charge since 1999. The ITTF's growth under Mr SHARARA includes:

ITTF moving up the Olympic funding table after London 2012.
ITTF's major events being broadcasted live in 110 countries.
ITTF having the third highest number of social media followers among all Olympic international federations.
ITTF currently holding over 75 events a year in all corners of the globe.
ITTF having 220 National Associations , which is the equal highest of any International Federation second highest of any sport on the planet.

The 2014 AGM was held during the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, which is being held between 28 April - 5 May 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Post subject: Re: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairm

Posted: 01 May 2014, 09:17

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Who was he running against? This sounds more like a coronation than an election.

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Posted: 01 May 2014, 12:29

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What weird situation, every committee I've ever been on has either had a chairman or a president not both.

If so does this mean he only chairs the meetings? Weird, I agree it sounds more like a coronation

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Posted: 01 May 2014, 15:12

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Post subject: Re: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairm

Posted: 01 May 2014, 15:35

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The title he chose when he was an active member of this forum was "King of Ping" if I remember correctly.

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haggisv

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Posted: 01 May 2014, 19:48

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I wonder if the chairman position still comes with most of the perks that the president position comes with?

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Posted: 01 May 2014, 21:44

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Dumb job titles are always good to have a poke at. The ITTF is dodgy as, you don't have a chairman and a president in a sports association, it's not a corporate company. So A-hole is running the board, guess we know where the coffers are going to.

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Post subject: Re: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairm

Posted: 01 May 2014, 22:52

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So who is the president now then? Surely he can't be both!

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Posted: 02 May 2014, 04:11

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Sharara is ITTF president until September, when he will be elevated to ITTF Supremo. At that time his hand-picked successor Weikert will take over as ITTF president without being elected. Therefore when the next ITTF election comes in 2017, Weikert will be a three-year incumbent.

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Post subject: Re: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairm

Posted: 02 May 2014, 04:41

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By the way, in the Sharara tradition of conflicts of interest, ITTF President Weikert plans to continue as President of the German TT Association as well.

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haggisv

Post subject: Re: Adham Sharara elected to the new position of ITTF Chairm

Posted: 02 May 2014, 08:52

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mynamenotbob wrote:

By the way, in the Sharara tradition of conflicts of interest, ITTF President Weikert plans to continue as President of the German TT Association as well.

Yes that certainly does seem inappropriate...

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