Mrs Petra
SÖRLING

SWE
Entry in the IOC

2023

Born

12 January 1971

EDUCATION

BSc, Business & Administration degree from Lunds University; Management & Leadership from Stockholm school of Economics.

CAREER

CFO positions in med tech and real estate companies for more than 10 years; CEO positions for more than 10 years in real estate, construction, and urban planning companies; founding CEO of Rosengård Fastighets AB (RFAB), partly owned by the city of Malmo and partly by private investors, that uses sustainability as a tool for change in a challenging community, Rosengard (2017-)

SPORTS PRACTISED

Table Tennis

SPORTS CAREER

World Champion, Masters Women’s doubles, Las Vegas 2018; World Vice-Champion, Masters Women’s doubles, Muscat 2023; European Championships bronze medallist, Masters Women’s doubles, Rimini 2022, Oslo 2023; Swedish bronze medallist, Junior Singles Championships Helsingborg 1988

SPORTS ADMINISTRATION

Honorary President Swedish Table Tennis Association (TTA) (2023-), President Swedish TTA (2013-2022), Deputy-President/Board Member Swedish TTA (2003-2013); Vice-President European Table Tennis Union (2007-2009);  Vice-President ITTF (2009-2013), Vice-President Finance ITTF (2013-2021), President ITTF (2021-); Board Member Swedish NOC (2021-); Executive Committee Member IMGA (2022-); Board member WADA Foundation (2023-); Member of ASOIF Council (2023-)

MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER ASSOCIATIONS

Board Member, Intelligence Watch – think tank for sustainable development; Deputy President Diversity Index; Honorary President Nyföretagarcentrum (new business/entrepreneurs association);

President ITTF Foundation

IOC HISTORY

International Olympic Academy (IOA) Young Leader Programme, Olympia 2002; Member, IOC Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission (2022-) 

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Badge of Honour, European Table Tennis Union (2014); Best performance of the year 2021 (CEO RFAB)