Petra Erika Gummesson Sörling (born 12 January 1971) is a Swedish business executive and sports administrator. She has been the President of the

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since 2021 and a

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of the

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since 2023.

Early life and education

Sörling has a BSc in Business & Administration from

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and a degree in Management & Leadership from

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; , HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with PhD- and Executive education progr ...

Career

Outside of sports, Sörling has a career in the real estate, construction and urban planning industry. She has been CEO of Rosengård Real Estate since the company was founded in 2017.

Sports administration

Petra Sörling has been a board member of the International Table Tennis Federation since 2009. Between 2013 and 2021 she was the ITTF vice president of finance. During the period 2013–2022 she was chairwoman of the Swedish Table Tennis Association. Since 2021 she has been a board member of the

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where she is now the vice president. On 24 November 2021, Petra Sörling was elected President of the International Table Tennis Federation. She became the federation's eighth President and the first woman to hold the position. On 17 October 2023, at the

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held in Mumbai, India, Sörling, was elected as a Member of the IOC. She is the first ITTF President to become an IOC member. At the IOC, Sörling served on the Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion commission, the Sustainability and Legacy commission and the Gender Equality Working Group of the Esport Commission. Sörling also served on the

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and is a board member of the WADA foundation, the ASOIF Council and SportAccord. In May 2025, Sörling was re-elected for another 4 years as ITTF President after winning the vote 104–102.

Personal life

Sörling is a table tennis player herself and won the 2018 World Championship in Masters Women's doubles.

References

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