Today, March 19, IFA President Jörn Verleger celebrates his 50th birthday! Dear Jörn, the entire fistball family wishes you all the best for your anniversary and continued health and motivation and energy for our sport.

It is thanks to a happy coincidence that Jörn Verleger came to the sport of fistball. In November 2013, he met the former IFA President Karl Weiß during the World Anti-Doping Conference in South Africa, which “changed his life permanently”, as he says himself. Jörn Verleger had already built up a good reputation as a networker and sports manager, which is why Karl Weiß brought him into the IFA. During the Fistball Men’s World Championship in Argentina in 2015, Jörn Verleger was elected Secretary General. Together with the new Board of Directors, Jörn and Karl changed the structure of IFA completely, founded commissions and brought young people on board.
During the CSIT World Sport Games in Tortosa (Spain), Jörn finally also completed the first competition as a fistball player in 2018 and reached third place with his team.
During the last IFA Congress in 2019, Jörn Verleger finally stood for election as IFA President. Since then he leads the World Fistball Federation and over the years the federation has evolved into a service provider for member federations and event organizers.

Dear Jörn, thank you for everything you do for our sport of fistball and the new impulses you give. You prove every day that you are on fire for our sport and that you are not too busy to do anything. We wish you that your passion for fistball will continue for many more years and that we can celebrate many more fistball festivals together. Thank you for all your work, in the foreground as well as in the background! Congratulations on your 50th birthday!