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Hungary to Host Athlete Preparation Camps Before World Championships


Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 21:42 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (August 14) – The Hungarian Wrestling Federation has announced the dates and locations for three athlete preparation camps to be held prior to the 2018 Wrestling World Championships in Budapest.

The Greco-Roman, freestyle and women’s wrestling camps will be supported by United World Wrestling, with qualifying nations and individuals able to apply for technical assistance in attending the camp. 

For athletes and federations interested in applying, please send an application to HUN@unitedworldwrestling.org. There are limited spots available.

Freestyle Wrestling Camp (€70/day)
8-19 October
Mátraháza Olympic Training Center 
Mátraháza Hungary 

Women’s Wrestling Camp (€70/day)
1-21 October
Mátraháza Olympic Training Center 
Mátraháza Hungary 

Greco-Roman Wrestling Camp (€70/day)
1-24 October
Tata Olympic Training Center
Tata, Hungary

*There is also a €20 per person one-way transfer fee to/from the airport to the training camp.

Contact 
Mariann Kalencsik
Sport manager
Hungarian Wrestling Federation
+361/460-6849

Organizer
Hungarian Wrestling Federation 
Istvánmezei út. 1-3
1146 Budapest
Tel: (36.1) 460 68 48
Fax: (36.1) 460 68 51
Email: HUN@united-world-wrestling.org

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UWW hosts pre-Belgrade Worlds training camp

Monday, October 2, 2023 - 11:31 By United World Wrestling Press

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DIVCIBARE, Serbia (October 2) --- United World Wrestling, together with the support of the Olympic Solidarity Sports Development Unit - Athletes and Sport Development Division via the Youth Athletes Development – International Federation Training Opportunity, organized a ten-day acclimatization camp before the first of six qualification events for the Paris Olympic Games from September 5-15, in Divcibare, Serbia.

Over 130 athletes and coaches from 50 nations participated in this year’s training camp and the UWW Technical Assistance for Competitions program.

SRBWrestlers who attended the training camp warm up for practice with a friendly game of basketball. (Photo: United World Wrestling)

‘We understand the importance of this competition and the financial difficulties our federations are facing with the worldwide inflation. At United World Wrestling, we always have our athletes at heart and try to support them as much as we can, to be fair to everyone to have an equal chance to take part in the 1st Paris Olympic Games Qualifier for wrestling, to help them on their first step towards achieving their Olympic dreams,' said Deqa NIAMKEY, UWW Development Director. ‘We had a record-high number of athletes and coaches this year in our supporting program.’