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Lise Legrand, former world champion, elected CNOSF board member

Friday, September 15, 2023 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (September 15) -- Lise LEGRAND (FRA), a former world champion and Olympic bronze medalist, has joined the Board of Directors of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).

The 47-year-old former wrestler was an Olympic bronze medalist in the 63kg weight class at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the first Games in which women's wrestling featured. She finished fifth at the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Apart from the Olympic medal, Legrand, vice-president of the French Federation of Wrestling, is also a two-time World champion, winning gold in 1995 and 1997. She has two more medals from the World Championships, silver in 2002 and bronze in 1996.

In the European Championships, Legrand is a four-time gold medalist, two-time silver medalist and a four-time bronze medalist.

United World Wrestling congratulates Legrand for her appointment.

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Al Awamleh elected UWW Asia president

Monday, March 24, 2025 - 17:15 By United World Wrestling Press

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AMMAN, Jordan (March 23) -- Mohamad AL-AWAMLEH, the president of the Jordan Wrestling Federation, was elected as the president of United World Wrestling Asia at the General Assembly held on the sidelines of the Asian Championships 2025.

The election for new UWW Asia council was held Monday for seven members. 14 nominations were received for the same and 38 national federations participated in the elections.

Four out of the seven are newly elected:

Mohamad AL-AWAMLEH (JOR)
Alireza DABIR (IRI)
Lana KHDOUR (PLE)
Sanjay SINGH (IND)

Three members were re-elected:

Kenneth LEE (KOR)
Melis TURGANBAEV (KGZ)
Ye ZHANG (CHN)

After the elections, the council members elected the president, vice-president and secretary general for UWW Asia.

Al-Awamleh as elected as the president while Dabir was elected as the vice-president of UWW Asia.

Lee, who was the vice-president in the previous term, was elected as the secretary general of UWW Asia for the next four years.