ETTU Special Projects Operations Manager Galia DVORAK launched fundraising campaign to help Ukraine’s athlets. Now in addition DVORAK is appointed as as Goodwill Ambassador by ITTF Foundation.
Born in Kyiv before moving to Spain when she was two Galia Dvorak is a four-time Olympian Deputy Chair of the ITTF Athletes Commission and the ETTU Special Projects Operations Manager. In her role she will support the activities of the ITTF Foundation and facilitate the communications with the Ukrainian table tennis community.
Four Ukrainian players will be participating in the WTT Star Contender Doha 2022. Tetiana BILENKO Ganna GAPONOVA Margaryta PESOTSKA and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO arrived in Qatar and will start competing on Friday 25 March.
“I cannot wait to see these four players in Doha ” said DVORAK. “It will be a message of hope and resilience. There they will do what they do best: playing table tennis. For many years our sport has shown us that it is not only a game but a very powerful tool to unite people. Let’s use it to help the community of Ukrainian athletes who need it so much in this horrible war.”
Earlier this month the ITTF Foundation Director Leandro Olvech had reached out to the President of the Ukraine Table Tennis Federation Oleksandr Zats to offer assistance and ensure the players from Ukraine could participate in competitions as soon as possible.
After they were identified and located in Europe the four players received the support of the entire ITTF Group for obtaining their flights to and visa for Qatar.
A new online fundraising campaign has been launched here: https://www.tabletennisunited.org/
