Adham Sharara
President of the International Table Tennis Federation
Intro | President of the International Table Tennis Federation | |
Places | Canada | |
is | Athlete Table tennis player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 24 March 1953, Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt | |
Age | 71 years |
Adham Sharara (born Cairo 24 March 1953) is a Canadian sports official. He is current Chairman and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation, having succeeded Xu Yinsheng in 1999. He retired as ITTF President on 2014, and was succeeded by the Deputy President the German Thomas Weikert.
Sharara was elected to the newly created position of "Chairman of the ITTF" on 28 April 2014 at the ITTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tokyo, Japan.