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Support relief efforts in Turkiye and Syria

Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 10:20 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (February 16) -- Major earthquakes hit south-east Turkiye and the north-west region of Syria on February 6, 2023. With the wrestling community also severely affected, the United World Wrestling has set up a donation drive to support relief efforts for those impacted by the earthquakes.

Voluntary donations can be made here via PayPal.

You can also scan the QR Code here.

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If both the above methods are unavailable in your country, you can donate via bank transfer using the following details:

Beneficiary: UNITED WORLD WRESTLING
Address: Rue du Château 6, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey
Bank account number: CH91 0024 3243 2950 6466 Y
SWIFT Code: UBSWCHZH10A
Bank: UBS Switzerland AG
Bank address: PO Box, 1002 Lausanne
Reason of payment: “DONATION EARTHQUAKE”

Note: Beware of scams. This is the only donation page of United World Wrestling. All others are not related to UWW.

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UWW holds 2024 Congress, three women elected to Bureau

Monday, October 28, 2024 - 17:03 By United World Wrestling Press

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TIRANA, Albania (October 27) -- United World Wrestling held its Congress in Tirana on Sunday, on the sidelines of the World Championships in Non-Olympic Weight Classes.

The Congress touched upon topics related to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, the budget, the calendar for 2025 and the prospect of launching a UWW Pro League.

Different commission of UWW presented their reports for 2024 and Amateur MMA and Pankration.

The elections for Bureau and Vice Presidents were also held with at least two new women Bureau members. In the elections held on Sunday in Tirana, five Bureau members were due for re-election, with four being re-elected.

UWWFrom left to right: Peter BASCA, Buyandelger PELJEE, Pedro SILVA, Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA, Natalia YARAGUINA and Zamel AL SHAHRANI. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Women ruled the elections with one new Vice President and two new Bureau members were elected.

Pedro SILVA, Peter BASCA, Zamel AL SHAHRANI and Natalia YARAGUINA were re-elected in the Bureau. Bruce BAUMGARTNER was the newly elected member of the Bureau.

Since two new Bureau members could not be elected in the first round of elections, a second round was held, in which the two highest-placed candidates earned elections. Buyandelger PELJEE and Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA earned the most votes, collecting their Bureau spot.

UWW Bureau member and President of UWW Associated Styles Rodica YAKSI and Bureau member and President of African Council Fouad MESKOUT were elected as Vice Presidents in the first meeting of the newly elected Bureau.

Mikhail MAMIASHVILI, Natalia YARAGUINA, Theodoros HAMAKOS and Akhroldjan RUZIEV were re-elected as Vice Presidents.

UWW Vice President Stan DZIEDZIC was not eligible for re-election, as he reached his term limit according to the UWW Constitution. However, he was made the Honorary Vice President of UWW on Monday.