Friday, April 10, 2015 - 02:17 By United World Wrestling Press
Press conference hosted by USA Wrestling prior to the Freestyle World Cup in Los Angeles, California. Participating in the press conference were:
Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs (USA)
Olympic champion Jake Varner (USA)
USA Team Leader and World Cup host Andy Barth
USA coach Bruce Burnett
Iran coach Ali Reza Rezaie
Russia coach Christakis Alexandridis
Video by USA Wrestling
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 05:05 By United World Wrestling Press
CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 28) -- Fouad MESKOUT was elected as the President of the UWW Africa Council for a third time after he won the election held Monday.
The UWW Vice President was among the eight candidates who contested to be members of the Africa Council. Meskout won with a thumping majority while six other members of the Executive Board were also re-elected.
The elections, held on the sidelines of the African Championships which begins Tuesday, received eight nominations for seven spots and saw 31 voters with 17 being the majority.
The seven elected members of the UWW Africa Council. (Photo: United World Wrestling Federation / Amirreza Aliasgari)
Elected members
Fouad MESKOUT (MAR)
Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY)
Nestor RAVELOSON (MAD)
Allahjabo OWLO (SUD)
Honore ALLOU (CIV)
Ngom MALICK (SEN)
Urbaine SISSA MBEDY (CMR)
The elected members decided to re-elect Meskout as the President. Sissa Mbedy was elected as the Vice-President while Elsayed was named Secretary General. Raveloson will take the role of Joint Secretary General.
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