Obituary

Rahim Jeddi, 'Golden Whistle' Winner, Dies at 77

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 15:44 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (November 11) – Rahim Jeddi, a well-respected referee from Iran who was honored in 2006 with the 'Golden Whistle" has died at age 77.

The Golden Whistle is awarded annually to the best referee at a world championships or Olympic Games.

Jeddi worked for more than three decades as an international referee and worked several Olympic Games and world championships. Passionate for the sport of wrestling, Jeddi was was also the head of the Tehran Wrestling Association for a few years and was deeply involved in the Zurkhaneh Sports Federation helping to organize competitions and bring attention to the traditional Iranian sport.

United World Wrestling and the wrestling community offer its condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Jeddi and the Iranian Wrestling Federation.

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Eight more Paris 2024 quotas reallocated by UWW

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 08:02 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (July 9) -- A week after 16 Paris 2024 quotas were reallocated in wrestling, United World Wrestling has further reallocated eight quotas on Monday. This comes after eight Individual Neutral Athletes decided to withdraw their names before the July 8 entry deadline for the Games.

Only one kept the quota -- at 65kg in Freestyle. This takes the number of AINs participating in Paris 2024 to two.

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Last week, UWW had reallocated 16 quotas, a decision taken after the International Olympic Committee released a list of eligible athletes in the first group of sports that have finished their qualifying process for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The IOC had approved 16 out of the 26 Individual Neutral Athletes who won the Paris Olympic spots in various qualifying tournaments of UWW. However, six wrestlers did not accept the invitation to Paris 2024 despite being deemed eligible by the IOC.

The 16 reallocations were carried out by UWW to the next highest-ranked eligible NOC, not yet qualified, at the event at which the quota place was obtained, respecting the maximum quota per gender and per NOC. The same process was followed for the new reallocation of eight quotas.

List of second reallocation of Paris 2024 quotas

Freestyle
57kg - Kazakhstan (Belgrade)
86kg - Ukraine (Baku)
125kg - Ukraine (Belgrade)

Greco-Roman
87kg - Denmark (Baku)
97kg - Germany (Istanbul)

Women's Wrestling
53kg - Germany (Baku)
62kg - France (Baku)
68kg - Ukraine (Baku)

United World Wrestling will release the entries for Paris 2024 beginning Tuesday, July 9, 2024.