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Webinar Schedule for the Week of July 6-10

By United World Wrestling Press

Webinar Schedule for the Week (6-10 July)

Title:  Negative Wrestling: Fleeing the Mat, Push Out, and Fleeing the Hold
Date:  6 July
Time:  15:00 (Zurich) – 9:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Prof. Dr. Ibrahim CICIOGLU & Levent SEN
Language:  English
Target Audience: National & International Referees and Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99598884356

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification (Coach)
Date:  7 July
Time:  20:00 (Zurich) – 14:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Pedro ROJAS
Language:  Spanish
Target Audience: Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94692864278

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  8 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich) – 8:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Norovard ARUSTAMYAN
Language:  Russian
Target Audience:  National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98324571371

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification (Coach)
Date:  9 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Vladimir SHATSKYKH
Language:  Russian
Target Audience:  Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93531910410

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  10 July
Time:  17:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Carlos GARCIA
Language:  Spanish
Target Audience: National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98158842428

 

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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