Adham Sharara (born

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24 March 1953) is a Canadian sports official. He is current Chairman and Honorary President of the

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, having succeeded

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in 1999. He retired as ITTF President on 2014, and was succeeded by the Deputy President the German Thomas Weikert.

President of the ITTF

Adham Sharara was President of the ITTF for 14 years, from 1999 to 2014. In November 2007, Adham Sharara addressed the health risks related to using rubbers that are freshly glued to the blade for "a faster game" because of the associated harmful volatile compounds. In February 2008, he expressed his agreement with the proposal to limit citizenship-switching players, a measure that targeted specifically Chinese players accepting deals that include changing their nationality. In 2011, he moved the ITTF's headquarters from China to Singapore, to develop ties in this region and distance the federation from China's dominance in the sport, a topic he seriously addressed in his last years of tenure. Sharara was elected to the newly created position of "Chairman of the ITTF" on 28 April 2014 at the ITTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019 ITTF announced that found Mr Sharara had breached his fiduciary duties during his terms of office. Mr Adham Sharara was suspended from all activity within or in connection with the ITTF for four years.ITTF Executive Committee statement on former President Mr Adham Sharara
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