Ary Graça

Ary S. Graça Fo
President of FIVB
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 September 2012
Personal details
Born (1943-04-23) 23 April 1943 (age 81)
Brazil

Ary da Silva Graça Filho (born 23 April 1943) is a Brazilian[1] former volleyball player and the current president of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).[2]

He was a member of Brazil's national team from 1963 to 1968. Before presidency of FIVB, Graça was President of the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) from 2003 to 2012 and Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) from 1997 to 2012. During the 33rd FIVB world congress at Anaheim, USA on September 21, 2012, Graça elected as the fourth FIVB president.[3] He is currently a member of the IOC Marketing Commission.[4]

Graça holds a Bachelor's degree in Law, and speaks Portuguese natively, as well as English, French, Spanish and Italian.[citation needed]

In 2021, the Rio de Janeiro police said they are investigating Graça for tax fraud, money laundering and identity fraud.[5] In 2022, the Second Criminal Court of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro unanimously cancelled the criminal action, as it "confirmed that the latest allegations were the same as previous allegations which were proven to be false, and from which Graça was exonerated by the Public Prosecutor of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 2019".[6]

References

  1. ^ "FIVB President". FIVB.org. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. ^ "VNL2018 - News detail - FIVB President Ary Graça launches Men's VNL Finals in style - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". volleyball.world. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  3. ^ "FIVB 33rd World Congress". FIVB.org. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ "FIVBPresidentGraca_CV_English" (PDF). FIVB.org. 10 August 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ Head of volleyball body targeted by Brazilian fraud probe - Mauricio Savarese, AP Sports, 20 May 2021
  6. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (28 August 2022). "International volleyball development supercharged by FIVB President Graça". Inside the Games. Retrieved 24 January 2024.


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