#Webinar

Beach Wrestling Webinar Schedule

By United World Wrestling Press

Different subjects will be covered during this webinar. The main objectives of this webinar will be the following :

  • Learning the competition system for beach wrestling
  • Knowing the ranking criteria within a group
  • Understanding the evaluation of technical actions
  • Explaining special situations

Topic: Beach Wrestling - English
Date:  Thursday, 8 October
Time:  14:00 - Zurich (UTC+2)
Speaker: Rui Marta and Stilianos Kanidis
Language:  English
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/99093632254

Topic: Beach Wrestling - French
Date:  Friday, 9 October
Time:  10:00 - Zurich (UTC+2)
Speaker: Carlos Garcia
Language:  French
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/91594618062

Topic: Beach Wrestling - Spanish
Date:  Friday, 9 October
Time:  18:00 - Zurich (UTC+2)
Speaker: Rui Marta and Carlos Garcia
Language:  Spanish
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/93207589651

#UWWAwards

UWW 2023 Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year Nominees

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 11) — United World Wrestling has announced the five nominations for the 2023 Greco-Roman Wrestler of the Year, awarded to the best Greco-Roman wrestler of the year.

The nominations reflect the results from this year’s World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Games and Ranking Series events.

The five finalists are: 

Luis ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB)
- 67kg world champion
- Pan American Championships gold medalist
- XIX Pan-American Games champion
- Zagreb Open Ranking Series bronze medalist
- Kyrgyzstan Ranking Series bronze medalist
- Ranked No.1 in the world with 86,400 points 

Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)
- 130kg world champion
- Asian Championships gold medalist
- 19th Asian Games champion
- Kyrgyzstan Ranking Series champion
- Ranked No.1 in the world with 76,000 points

Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
- 77kg world champion
- Asian Championships gold medalist
- 19th Asian Games champion
- Ranked No.1 in the world with 65,000 points  

Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)
- 60kg world champion
- Asian Championships gold medalist
- 19th Asian Games champion
- Ranked No.1 in the world with 68,000 points

Leri ABULADZE (GEO)
- 63kg world champion
- European champion
- Kyrgyzstan Ranking Series champion
- Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series silver medalist
- Ranked No.1 in the world with 75,000 points