2016 Teams

Teams at the 2016 Paralympic Games, Rio

Women’s teams

USA team women Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team United States (USA)
Players:
Lora Webster
Bethany Zummo
Alexis Shifflett
Katie Holloway
Heather Erickson
Monique Burkland
Kari Miller
Nichole Millage
Kaleo Kanahele
Nicky Nieves
Tia Edwards
Michelle Shiffler
Head Coach:
Bill Hamiter
Assistant Coach:
Cara Lang
Lazaro Beltran
Medical:
Team manager:
Michelle Goodall


Team China

Team China (CHN)
Players:
Ting Li
Hongqin Lyu
Jixiu Jiang
Limei Su
Bin Gong
Yanan Wang
Liping Li
Xufei Zhang
Jie Xu
Lijun Zhang
Yuhong Sheng
Meiling Zhao
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Brazil

Team Brazil (BRA)
Players:
Paula Angeloti Herts
Edwarda de Oliveira Dias
Gizele Maria da Costa Dias
Adria Jesus da Silva
Pamela Pepeira
Camila Maria Leira de Castro
Nathalie de Lima Silva
Suellen Christine Dellangelica Lima
Jani Freitas Batista
Janaina Petit Cunha
Nurya de Almeida Silva
Laina Rodrigues  Bastista
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Ukraine Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Ukraine (UKR)
Players:
Margaryta Pryvalykhina
Anzhelika Churkina
Tetyana Huranska
Kateryna Pryshchepa
Alina Samoilenko
Ilona Yudina
Larysa Klochkova
Oleksandra Podliesna 
Inna Osetynska 
Olena Manankova
Larysa Kriukova
Valentyna Brik
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Iran women Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team i.r. Iran (IRI)
Players:
Masoumeh Zarei Barouti 
Zeinab Maleki Dizicheh
Zahra Nejatiaref
Batoul Khalilzadeh Farsangi
Mehri Fallahi Daryakenari
Samira Khaleghi 
Nasrin Farhadi 
Sakineh Keshvari
Eshrat Kordestani 
Tayebeh Jafarivardanjani 
Zahra Abdi
Zahra Danayetous
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Netherlands women Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Netherlands (NED)
Players:
Elvira Johanna Stinissen
Djoke Diederike van Marum
Wilhelmina Janke Ceelen
Karin van der Haar
Jaaike Mare Brandsma 
Paula List
Annelies Maria Johanna  van de Bilt
Fleur Klara van Dam
Judith Margaretha Maria Jacobs
Hong Zhao
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Canada women Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Canada (CAN)
Players:
Tessa Popoff
Angelena Dolezar
Shacarra Orr
Chantal Beauchesne
Leanne Muldrew
Jolan Wong
Danielle Ellis
Jennifer Oakes 
Heidi Peters
Amber Skyrpan
Katelyn Wright
Felicia Shafiq
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Rwanda

Team Rwanda (RWA)
Players:
Agnes Nyiranshimiymana
Zaninka Nikuze
Claudine Murebwayire
Sandrine Nyirambarushimana
Alice Musabyemariya
Claudine Bazubagira
Carine Kwizera
Solange Nyiraneza
Clementine Umutoni
Beatha Nyinawabantu 
Liliane Mukobwankawe
Yvonne Imanishimwe
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Men’s teams

Team Iran men Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team i.r. Iran (IRI)
Players:
Davoud Alipourian
Sadegh Bigdeli
Ramezan Salehihajikolaei
Isa Zirahi
Majid Lashkarisanami
Mehrzad Merhavan
Morteza Mehrzad
Abolfazi Olieyaei
Meisam Ali Pour
Hoesein Golestani
Arash Khormali
Mahdi Badadi
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Bosnia and Herzegovina

Team Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
Players:
Safet Alibasic
Nizam Cancar
Sabahudin Delalic
Mirzet Duran
Ismet Godinjak
Dzevad Hamzic
Ermin Jusufovic
Benis Kadric
Adnan Kesmer
Adnan Manko
Asim Medic
Armin Sehic
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Egypt men Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Egypt (EGY)
Players:
Ahmed Mohammed Soliman Khamis
Elsayed Moussa Saad
Abdel Nabi Ahmed Abdel Latif
Hesham Salah Elshwikh
Shaaban Khater
Ashraf Abdalla
Mohammed Zeid
Ahmed Amer
Hossam Massoud
Mohamed Abouelyazeid
Metawa Abouelkhir
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Brazil men Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Brazil (BRA)
Players:
Gilberto Lourenco da Silva
Levi Cesar Gomes
Vagner Batista da Silva
Rodrigo Alves  de Mello
Daniel Jorge da Sulva
Carlos Jaco Valtrik Glemboski
Fabricio da Silva Pinto
Frederico Doria de Souza
Wellington platini Silva da Anunciacao
Renato de Oliviera Leite
Wescley Conceicao de Oliviera
Anderson Robas da Silva
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Ukraine

Team Ukraine (UKR)
Players:
Ruslan Horyakin 
Petro Ostrynskyi
Denys Bytchenko
Maksym Petrenchuk 
Sergii Schevchenko
Oleksandr  Drapak
Dmytro Melnyk
Anatolii Andrusenko 
Oleksiy Kharmalov
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team Germany men Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team Germany (GER)
Players:
Alexander Schiffler
Martin Vogel
Stefan Schu
Stefan Hahnlein
Dominik Albrecht
Heiko Wiesenthal
Lukas Schiwy
Jurgen Schrapp
Christoph Herzog
Barbaros Sayilir
Mathis Tigler
Torben Schiewe
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team China

Team China (CHN)
Players:
Zengbing Xu
Heng Jin
Lianglin Zhang
Hui Gao
Shuo Wang
Ji Li
Canming Zhou
Kebo Zhu
Mingfa Li
Zhongmin Zhang
Lei Li
Xiaochao Ding
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Medical:
Team manager:


Team USA men Sitting Volleyball 2016 Rio

Team United States (USA)
Players:
Daniel Regan
Benjamin Aman
Eric Duda
Jese Schag
James Stuck
Edgar Laforest Betancourt
Roderick Green
Charlie Swearingen
John Kremer
Chris Seilkop
Joshua Smith
J Dee Marinko
Head Coach: Greg Walker
Assistant Coach: Joe Skinner
Medical:
Team manager: Dixie Collins