Obituary

UWW Hall of Fame, former Medical Commission chair Tavakol passes away

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 29) -- Dr. Mohammad TAVAKOL, a former member of the United World Wrestling Bureau and Hall of Famer, passed away in Tehran at the age of 89 after a period of illness.

Born in 1923 in Qazvin, Iran, Tavakol chaired the Iranian Wrestling Federation and was the Vice President of the UWW. He also held membership in the Executive Committee of the UWW and was the chairman of the Medical Commission of UWW. He was inducted into the UWW Hall of Fame in 2011.

Tavakol graduated in medicine from the University of Tehran and studied in England for his specialization. He began his wrestling career under the supervision of the late Habibollah BOLOUR, the former head coach of the national Iranian wrestling team.

Tavakol served four six-year terms as a member of the Executive Committee of the UWW and was elected as the head of the UWW Asia for a four-year term. He had a significant impact on medical coverage of wrestling competitions during his role as the head of the Medical and Anti-Doping Commission.

UWW mourns the passing of Dr. Tavakol and expresses deepest sympathies to the Tavakol family.

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Budapest Ranking Series 2025 Entries: Women's Wrestling

By United World Wrestling Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 26) -- The Budapest Ranking Series will begin on July 17 in Budapest and will run till July 20.

Women's Wrestling will be on for two day -- July 18 and 19 -- as around 100 wrestlers are competing in the style.

FREESTYLE ENTRIES | GRECO-ROMAN ENTRIES

For full schedule of the Budapest Ranking Series, click here

Note: These are preliminary entries and subject to change 72 hours before the official draw of Women's Wrestling. For final brackets, refer to arena.uww.org

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50kg
Madison PARKS (CAN)
Emma LUTTENAUER (FRA)
Laura FATH (HUN)
NEELAM (IND)
Svetlana ANKICHEVA (KAZ)
Jinhee KIM (KOR)
Gabija DILYTE (LTU)
Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR)
Erin GOLSTON (USA)
Audrey JIMENEZ (USA)
Kseniya STANKEVICH (UWW)
Natalia PUDOVA (UWW)
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (UWW)
Elizaveta SMIRNOVA (UWW)

53kg
Liliana KAPUVARI (HUN)
ANTIM (IND)
Priyanshi PRAJAPAT (IND)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Vestina DANISEVICIUTE (LTU)
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR)
Felicity TAYLOR (USA)
Natalia MALYSHEVA (UWW)

55kg
Karla GODINEZ (CAN)
Amory ANDRICH (GER)
PUSHPA (IND)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)
Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA)
Ekaterina VERBINA (UWW)

57kg
Ana PEREIRA (BRA)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
NEHA (IND)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Youngjin KWON (KOR)
Elvira KAMALOGLU (TUR)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)
Helen MAROULIS (USA)
Iryna KURACHKINA (UWW)
Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (UWW)

59kg
Elena BRUGGER (GER)
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
Othelie HOEIE (NOR)
Arian CARPIO (PHI)
Bediha GUN (TUR)
Abigail NETTE (USA)
Aliaksandra BULAVA (UWW)
Anastasiia SIDELNIKOVA (UWW)
Marina SIMONYAN (UWW)

62kg
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
Ameline DOUARRE (FRA)
Iris THIEBAUX (FRA)
Nikolett SZABO (HUN)
Yasmine SOLIMAN (HUN)
MANISHA (IND)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Hanbit LEE (KOR)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA)
Krystsina SAZYKINA (UWW)
Alina KASABIEVA (UWW)
Amina TANDELOVA (UWW)
Veranika IVANOVA (UWW)

65kg
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Kadriye KOCAK AKSOY (TUR)
Macey KILTY (USA)
Aine DRURY (USA)
Ekaterina KOSHKINA (UWW)

68kg
Grabriela PEDRO (BRA)
Yuliana YANEVA (BUL)
Aleah NICKEL (CAN)
Kendra DACHER (FRA)
Gerda BARTH (GER)
Karolina POK (HUN)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Buse TOSUN (TUR)
Kennedy BLADES (USA)
Brooklyn HAYS (USA)
Alina SHEVCHENKO (UWW)

72kg
Pauline LECARPENTIER (FRA)
HARSHITA (IND)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Alexandria Junis GLAUDE (USA)
Kristina BRATCHIKOVA (UWW)

76kg
Thamires MARTINS (BRA)
Vianne ROULEAU (CAN)
PRIYA (IND)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)
Seoyeon JEONG (KOR)
Kamile GAUCAITE (LTU)
Elmira YASIN (TUR)
Dymond GUILFORD (USA)
Valeriia TRIFONOVA (UWW)