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Haiti - FLASH : Jacques Joachim elected to the World Volleyball Hall of Fame
26/10/2017 11:08:40
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The Haitian Volleyball Federation (FHVB) informs that engineer Jacques Joachim, former President of the Federation was unanimously elected to the World Volleyball Hall of Fame , a high distinction awarded by the International Volleyball Federation for to honor players, coaches and leaders who have marked the history of this sport.
Reacting to this news the Lamur Regine, the Ministry of Youth and Sports said in a note "It is an honor for the Haitian people in general, the sports community and the national volleyball family in particular to see one of his illustrious sons and one of his eminent leaders being accepted into the World Volleyball Hall of Fame.
On behalf of the Government and the Nation, the Ministry asks the Haitian Volleyball Federation to convey its warmest congratulations to Jacques Joachim, a model for Haitian Youth and for all Haitian sports leaders, for his passion, his commitment to serve, his concern for ethics, his many qualities and his vision for the development of volleyball in Haiti.
Joachim's presence at the Volleyball Hall of Fame should challenge sport leaders that the commitment to youth, the sacrifices and the contribution to the development of sport have a price. But the best reward to offer to this monument of Haitian volleyball, honored in 2015 by the Ministry https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16484-haiti-sports-tribute-to-14-personalities-of-the-haitian-sports-sector.html , remains the completion of his work of a Federation with strong structures, motivated by the desire to train generations of athletes to write the most beautiful pages in the history of volleyball in Haiti."
BF/ HaitiLibre
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