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Taylor, Yazdani headline opening Press Conference for 2023 World Championships

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 11:47 By Eric Olanowski

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BELGRADE, Serbia (September 12) --- World and Olympic champions David TAYLOR (USA) and Hasan YAZDANI (IRI) will headline United World Wrestling's opening press conference for the 2023 #WrestleBelgrade World Championships, on September 15 (16:30 local time) at the Stark Arena's Press Center.

The Press Conference will also feature United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC, Serbian Wrestling Federation President Zeljko TRAJKOVIC, and Serbia's first-ever Freestyle world medalist Stevan MICIC (SRB).

For those who can not be in attendance for the presser on Friday, the Press Conference will be streamed live on United World Wrestling's Instagram.

*Media members attending the 2023 World Championships are required to pick up their credentials at the opening Press Conference.

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Opening Press Conference details:
- Location: Start Arena Press Center
- Date: September 15
- Time: 16:30

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Dittmann re-elected as European Council President

Sunday, April 6, 2025 - 13:17 By United World Wrestling Press

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (April 6) — Karl Martin DITTMANN was re-elected as the President of the European Council at the election held Sunday on the sidelines of the European Championships in Bratislava.

The elections were held for the Executive Committee of the UWW-European Council for seven members and 11 nominations were received for the same. Four members were re-elected while three new members were added after they won the majority vote of at least 17 from total votes of 33.

Four re-elected members:

Razvan PIRCALABU (ROU)
Csilla ALI (HUN)
Karl-Martin DITTMANN (GER)
Georgy BRYUSOV (RUS)

Three newly elected members are:

Yusif ABBASOV (SRB)
Edisher MACHAIDZE (GEO)
Salvatore FINIZIO (ITA)

Pircalabu was also re-elected as the Vice-President and so was Ali who was re-elected as the Secretary of the council.

Onder YAKSI (TUR), who was the member of the European Council, was approved to be the co-opted member of the council at the general assembly.