
Virtus Europe
CONTACTS
General Communications Contact: Mireille.Segerie@ffsa.asso.fr
Virtus Europe Region president: faustopereira@gmail.com
Committee Secretary: fayollet@wanadoo.fr
Payments:
Bank: BANCA INTESA SANPAOLO
Address: Piazza Paolo Ferrari 10, 20121, Milano (Italy)
Account name: INAS Europe
Account number: 100000141670
International Bank Account Number (IBAN): IT68R0306909606100000141670
Bank identifier code (BIC): BCITITMM
Executive Committee
President – Fausto Pereira (Portugal)
Vice President – Tatiana Olkhovaya (Russia)
Secretary General – Catherine Fayollet (France)
Treasurer – Marco Borzacchini (Italy)
Technical Director – Josè Costa Pereira (Portugal)
Member at Large – Birol Aydin (Turkey)
Member at Large – Marco Tomassini (Switzerland)
Member at Large – Tracey McCillen (United Kingdom)
Member at Large – Javier Gutierrez (Spain)
Technical Committee
Athletics – Jose Costa Pereira (Portugal)
Basketball – Ufuk Bulut (Turkey)
Cycling – Rinus Verboom (Belgium)
Football/Futsal – John Ball (Great Britain)
Para-Hockey – Norman Hughes
Table Tennis – Yves Drapeau (France)
Skiing (Alpine) – Ricardo De Infanti (Italy)
Skiing (Nordic) – Erol Karabulut (Turkey)
Swimming – Ivan Volosach (Russia)


Yamaguchi breaks Championship record two times in 100m Breaststroke

Championship record broken twice by Benjamin Hance in one day

New Championship Record for Bandeira at Madeira 2022

Virtus welcomes five new members to the family- Karate to be in GG2023

2022 Virtus General Assembly and conference held in Vichy, France

Marc Truffaut re-elected to lead Virtus for the next term

One year to go until Global Games 2023 in Vichy France

Swimming official training workshop completed in France
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Andrew Parsons and Marc Truffaut discussed having more classes for athletes with II.
People with disabilities constitutes 15% of the world's population. Out of this 15%, 0.13% people have Down Syndrome, i.e., 10.2 million people.
Virtus launched II2 class- a class for athletes with significant Intellectual impairment, such as Down syndrome, and provided them a pathway to participate in Virtus events.
This is an exclusive video footage where President of International Paralympic Commitee, Andrew Parsons and Virtus President Marc Truffaut are discussing having more classes for athletes with Intelectual Impairment in the future Paralympic Games. -
2022 Virtus Oceania Asia Games- Brisbane Lord Mayor
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Robyn Smith's message on International Women's Day 2022 #BreakTheBias #Virtus
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Reece Dunn- The Golden boy from Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Reece Dunn is an athlete with an intellectual Impairment from Great Britain. He won 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and emerged as the most decorated athlete with an Intellectual Impairment. He was also the most successful British athlete. -
Presentation of the Virtus para equestrian video competition 2021 (senior section)
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Presentation of the Virtus para equestrian video competition 2021 (youth section)
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Breanna Clarke (USA) Gold Medallist Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Breanna Clarke (USA) Gold Medallist Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games 400m (T20) shares her Games experience. -
MakingInvisibleVISIBLE - Celebrating Tokyo 2020 Paralympians in Intellectual Impairment class events
The Paralympians who competed at Tokyo2020 in Athletics, Swimming, and Table Tennis in the intellectual impairment class events. 63 Medals. 120 Athletes. You shine like stars!
Photo credit: OIS Photos

Virtus World Intellectual Impairment Sport, “Virtus” is the brand name of the International Federation for athletes with intellectual impairment and is a founding member of the International Paralympic Committee. Registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in the UK (1173901)