Ary Graça – Brazilian national, since September 2012 – President of FIVB, before – President of the Brazil Volleyball Federation and the South America Volleyball Confederation. According to Mirosław Przedpełski, President of the Polish Volleyball Federation: “Graça has a modern approach to volleyball. Having played in the Brazil national team, knows its ins and outs. We hope to join forces and steer Polish volleyball on a new path.

A friend of Poland and the Polish people, he is a wise guy. His vision of discipline lets me believe that over the next few years he will be coaching our national team in a modern way, that together we will be able to set it on a path of dynamic development”. (quoted from nicesport.pl)