Next Generation

Sarah Hanffou, President of Ping sans Frontières (NGO created in 2006) is a French-Cameroonian with PHD in Public Law – Attorney in France. Her other sporting achievements include:
Team France:
Participation in the London Olympics and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics (Team Cameroon)
Participation in 7 World Championships
Ambassador of the International Table Tennis Federation Foundation (ITTF Foundation)
Member of the Athletes Commission of the International Table Tennis Federation
Member of the Incubator Paris 2024 / AFD
Team Cameroon:
African Champion 2010 – Team Bronze Medal 2010
Participation in the London 2012 Olympic Games
Silver medal at the 2019 African Games
Qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games
3rd place in the African Top 16 2020

She is also an Officer (captain) in the French Army (Land army) during 5 years (currently reservist).

Marisa Schlenker (USA /GER) – Community and program manager at the Yunus Sports Hub. With more than seven years experience in the sport for development sector, she has worked as a trainer, program manager, partnerships coordinator, gender specialist and more recently in monitoring, evaluation and learning roles.

She has a masters in sport for development and conflict resolution from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and is finishing her second masters at Konstanz University in Public Administration and Political Science. She has worked on many sustainability in sport research projects, is a member of the Sport Ecology Graduate Mentorship Programme, provides programme support to SandSI’s football4climate initiative and most recently joined the Sustainability Reference Group of the International Biathlon Union.

She is engaged in the FARE Network’s LGBTQI and Ethnic Minority Women in Football working groups. In 2018- 2019, she was the lead researcher of the EU funded Global Goals World Cup Erasmus + project.

A professional snowboarder and entrepreneur with passion for culture of going up and down the hill. At the heart of my lifestyle is movement, through which I find a connection to nature. With my own work, I want to highlight he different possibilities of moving around in nature and encouraging people to believe their own stories.

Oluseyi Smith BEng MSc OLY is a retired two-time summer (London-2012) and winter (Pyeongchang 2018) Olympian in Athletics and Bobsleigh. He remains involved in sport as a member of the IOC’s Sustainability & Legacy commission, as a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, and is an IOC Young Leader. Oluseyi is passionate about renewable energy research and projects, one of which is Racing to Zero (https://www.racingtozero.ca) which he developed through his IOC Young Leader mandate.
This project combines sustainability best practices with expert knowledge in grassroots, local, volunteer-run athletics meets.

Amalia is a marine scientist and outdoor enthusiast. She is passionate about conservation and bringing people together to increase ocean access and to protect the ocean. She is the Community Manager at I AM WATER Ocean Conservation, which uses the sport of snorkeling to protect the ocean