Webinar

Webinar Schedule for August 31 – September 6

By United World Wrestling Press

Topic: Challenge Procedure / Consultation Procedure (GR/FS/WW)
Date:  Monday, 31 August
Time:  15:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 09:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Antonio Silvestri and Ibrahim Cicioglu
Language:  English
Level:  National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/96345976630

Topic: Negative Wrestling: Offensive and Defensive foul
Date:  Thursday, 03 September
Time:  14:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 08:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Noravard Arustamyan and Sergei Kovalenko
Language:  Russian
Level:  National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/94972300511

Topic: Negative Wrestling: Offensive and Defensive foul
Date:  Thursday, 03 September
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Kamel Bouaziz
Language:  French
Level:  National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98045646253

Topic: Negative Wrestling: Offensive and Defensive foul
Date:  Thursday, 03 September
Time:  18:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 12:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Carlos Garcia
Language:  Spanish
Level:  National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98839072853

Topic: Referee – Controlling the bout
Date:  Saturday, 05 September
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Kamel Bouaziz and Sherif Halawa
Language:  Arabic
Level:  National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/91827185620

Obituary

World Grappling Committee President Bochkev passes away

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 2) -- United World Wrestling's World Grappling Committee's President Rizvan BOCHKEV passed away Wednesday. The sudden passing of the 59-year-old has left the UWW and its family in shock.

Bochkev, vice president of the Russian Wrestling Federation and a coach, was involved with UWW and Grappling for a long time.

Before 2013, Bochkev was an active member of Grappling and promoted it under FILA. He worked tirelessly to reintroduce it as a recognized wrestling style under UWW after it was dropped in late 2013. This gave the right recognition to a wrestling style growing in several countries.

Bochkev was elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee in 2016 and was instrumental in reintroducing the UWW World Grappling Championships. In 2022, Bochkev was re-elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee and remained an active promoter of the sport.

United World Wrestling expresses its deepest condolences to the Bochkev family.