Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 12:13 By Eric Olanowski
COSIER-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 31) --- Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) went #OfftheMat with United World Wrestling to talk about his desire to wrestle Abdulrashid "The Rank" SADULAEV (RWF) and discuss how he thinks the match would play out. He also talked about what motivates him to chase Olympic gold and the benefits of wrestling.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 11:53 By United World Wrestling Press
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 27) -- Former United World Wrestling Vice President Kemal OKTAY (TUR) died on Tuesday at the age of 80 years after a prolonged illness.
Oktay, who became the UWW Vice President in 1985, was born in Istanbul in 1944. He remained in that position till 1998 and contributed to benefit wrestling.
A sports enthusiast, Oktay took an interest in wrestling after his son Ali won medals in age-group competitions. Ali has won medals at the age-group European and World Championships.
A recent surgery plus his deteriorating health had kept Oktay away from wrestling.
United World Wrestling expresses its deepest condolences to the Oktay family.
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