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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) -- The elections to elect the new United World Wrestling Athletes' Commission were held 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. As per the guidelines from UWW, out of the nine posts, minimum three elected members must be women.

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 and a call for candidates for the presidency will be made. 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.

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UWW President meets Tunisia Sports Minister, discusses beach wrestling

Friday, May 26, 2023 - 08:07 By United World Wrestling Press

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HAMMAMET, Tunisia (May 26) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC met with Tunisia's Minister of Youth and Sports, Kamal DAQISH, along with other esteemed dignitaries, to discuss the continuous efforts to promote and develop wrestling in Tunisia and Africa as a whole.

Lalovic also met with the Tunisian National Olympic Committee (CNOT) President Mehrez BOUSSAYENE at the CNOT headquarters in Hammamet.

During the meeting with the sports minister, Lalovic appreciated the organization of the African Championships which was held in Hammamet and discussed ways to further develop and enrich wrestling sport through beach wrestling events.

Hammamet is hosting the African Beach Games from June 24 to 20 and beach wrestling is one of the main events in Hammamet. It will also be part of the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar 2026.

Minister Daqish stressed upon the ministry's plan to develop wrestling in Tunisia and Africa with UWW. He also pointed out the importance of incorporating Olympic principles and values into the curriculum of physical education for educational institutions.

With Boussayene, Lalovic discussed the organization of the African Beach Games and stressed the efforts made by the CNOT to promote Olympic values and the need to combine the efforts of all components of the international sporting and Olympic movement to consolidate the role of sport as a vector of solidarity and peace.