Adham Sharara

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.^[1]^[2] He retired as ITTF President on 2014, and was succeeded by the Deputy President the German Thomas Weikert.^[3]

^ Bernd Ulrich Gross, Werner Schlager Table Tennis: Tips from a World Champion 2011 - Page 164 "Do you really believe that table tennis may become a "big sport" like the ITTF President Adham Sharara always maintains? Table tennis is already a big sport in some countries. To reach the world stage, all have to work with professionals, ."
^ Beijing Review - Volume 44, Issues 1-26 - Page 257 2001 "International Table Tennis Federation President Adham Sharara said on May 6 the sport would become "boring" if China continued to dominate every event, as they did at the world championships in Osaka and at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic"
^ "ITTF Executive Committee (EC)". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[1] Bernd Ulrich Gross, Werner Schlager Table Tennis: Tips from a World Champion 2011 - Page 164 "Do you really believe that table tennis may become a "big sport" like the ITTF President Adham Sharara always maintains? Table tennis is already a big sport in some countries. To reach the world stage, all have to work with professionals, ."

[2] Beijing Review - Volume 44, Issues 1-26 - Page 257 2001 "International Table Tennis Federation President Adham Sharara said on May 6 the sport would become "boring" if China continued to dominate every event, as they did at the world championships in Osaka and at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic"

[3] "ITTF Executive Committee (EC)". ITTF. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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