International Teqball Federation (FITEQ), together with the chair of the Athletes’ Committee Natalia Guitler today led a video from teqball’s best female athletes from all around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. 

International Women's Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

Guitler, who became the first woman to win a Teqball World Championship by winning the 2019 mixed doubles event with teammate Marcos Viera, sent a message to the “Queens of the Teqball Family” calling for all female athletes to “have strength and determination to overcome ourselves and show our power”.

As one of only a few sports where women and men compete on an equal playing field, female athletes, referees, coaches and officials from Brazil, Hungary, Malaysia, Austria and Djibouti were proud to mark the occasion.

Launched by the FITEQ Women’s Committee in 2019, the Zero to Hero project aims to shatter stereotypes and break down barriers by teaching women of all ages to learn and excel at teqball within 30 days.

At the end of 2019, FITEQ reinforced its commitment to equal opportunity as it signed the Brighton plus Helsinki Declaration on Women and Sport and was officially recognised and admitted as a member of The Association For International Sport for All (TAFISA).