Our Partners
Our Founders
Zeina Mina, a former Olympic athlete (Los Angeles 1984), holds a doctorate in Sports Sciences and has dedicated her career to advancing Lebanese sports. She served as Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports, led the sports commission for the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie, and founded “Performance First,” a sports training and evaluation center. She also launched Lebanese Young Talents, introduced a sports technical baccalaureate, and founded the Sports Academy School to balance academics and athletics. In 2019, she became the first woman to direct the Francophone Games’ international committee in Paris, where she now lives.
Dr Georges Assaf holds his doctorate in Sports Physiology at the University of Kinesiology in Zagreb.
He is the co-founder and Technical Director at Performance First Health Club and Sports Academy School.
He’s also made a career as an athletic and rehabilitation trainer, working with many elite athletes and professional teams across Lebanon and the Arab world such as the Football and Basketball National teams as well as being an Olympic coach for track and field athletes.
He’s also currently the Director of the European Diploma for Strength and Conditioning at the Antonine University in Lebanon and a Lecturer at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University.
Right To Play
This partnership aims to improve Physical Education teachers’ implementation of the international Kids’ Athletics Program, by World Athletics. Our work will include: adapting the program to the area, improving the curriculum, and administering the proper training to Physical Education teachers in schools in Lebanon
Léo Dubois
Léo Dubois, professional football player with the French national football team and Olympique Lyonnais Club, visited Lebanon in June 2022 with a mission to give back to his roots.
LYT and Léo Dubois, are now partners mobilizing people around sports and education in order to support young talented athletes.
Beirut Marathon Association
Beirut Marathon Association and LYT are partnering to give back to the sporting community.
Together we are offering opportunities to young talented athletes to thrive and peruse their dreams in the specific field of running