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MEDIA ALERT: Wrestling Press Conference Scheduled for 4pm at Papp László SportArena

Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 09:29 By Tim Foley

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BUDAPEST (October 20) -- United World Wrestling will host the kickoff press conference for the 2018 Wrestling World Championships Saturday afternoon in the media center of the Papp Laszlo SportArena. The press conference will start immediately following the 3:45pm draw for the 57kg, 65kg, 79kg and 92kg weight categories.

Attendees will include United World Wrestling president Nenad LALOVIC, Hungary National Wrestling Federation president Peter BACSA, and 2013 world champion wrestler Marianna SASTIN (HUN) -- who will be competing this week at 62kg in women’s wrestling.

Nenad LALOVIC (SRB)
United World Wrestling president
IOC Executive Board Member

Peter BACSA (HUN)
Bureau Member, United World Wrestling
President, Hungary National Wrestling Federation

Marianna SASTIN (HUN)
Women’s Wrestling, Hungary
2013 World Champion

Sastin, who won the 2013 world championships in Budapest, gave birth to her son Oliver in February. She will be competing at the 62kg weight category Wednesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 25 // STORY

 

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Nine wrestlers elected to UWW Athletes' Commission

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 07:23 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (September 23) -- United World Wrestling held elections for the Athletes' Commission during the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia from September 12 to 20.

UWW received 14 candidacies for nine posts in Athletes' Commission which earlier had seven posts. According to UWW guidelines, a minimum three elected members must be women out of the nine posts.

After the elections, which spanned over nine days and nearly 400 accredited wrestlers voting, the nine members elected to the Athletes’ Commission for the 2025–29 term were:

Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG)
Yui SUSAKI (JPN)
Tamas LORINCZ (HUN)
Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)
Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Jessica LAVERS-McBAIN (AUS)
Nicolaas DE LANGE (RSA)

The five wrestlers who could not be elected after the votes were:

Anthony WESLEY (CPV)
Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)

With this election, all continents are represented in the commission with four women elected.

The nine members have now to elect their president after a call for candidates for the presidency. If only one candidacy is put forward, he or she will be elected automatically. The president represents the voice and interests of the athletes at the Bureau and the Congress.

United World Wrestling congratulates all candidates and welcomes the elected members.