Thomas Weikert (born

Hadamar Hadamar is a small town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Hadamar is known for its Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry/Centre for Social Psychiatry, lying at the edge of town, in whose outlying buildings is also found the Hadamar Memo ...

24 March 1953) is a German sports official. He is current President of the

International Table Tennis Federation The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the p ...

(ITTF) and was elected to office on 31 May 2017. Formerly the Deputy President, Thomas Weikert became President in 2014 when

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 The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for a ...

, who had held the office since 1999, assumed the role of Chair and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation. As ITTF President, he is also the ex officio member and President of the Governing Board of ITTF Foundation.

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Living people 1953 births Presidents of the International Table Tennis Federation German sports executives and administrators People from Hadamar Sportspeople from Giessen (region) {{Germany-tabletennis-bio-stub