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UWW LIVE: Argentina's Tokyo Olympian Agustin Destribats

Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 21:54 By United World Wrestling Press

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Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG) earned his spot in the Tokyo Olympic Games when he won by fall over Zain RETHERFORD (USA) in the semifinals of the Pan American Games Olympic Qualifier. The 65kg freestyle wrestler finished with a silver medal and became the first male Argentinian to qualify for the Olympic Games since Paulo IBIRE qualified in 1996.

Destribats joined UWW's Eric Olanowski to talk about becoming the first Argentinian freestyle wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games since 1996, and traveling to Dagestan, Russia, to train for the upcoming 2020 World Championships.
 

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UWW set to host first World Conference September 17-19

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (September 2) --- Mijain LOPEZ (CUB), alongside fellow Olympic legends Erica WIEBE (CAN), Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG), Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) and Marwa AMRI (TUN) headline the first edition of UWW’s World Conference, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia, September 17-19. 

The three-day conference will unite leaders from National Federations, members of UWW Commissions, International Olympic Committee, ITA, Rudis, Taishan and partners to exchange expertise, address key challenges, and set the course for the future development of wrestling worldwide.

Other presenters and panelists that you’ll hear from at the World Conference include: UWW President Nenad LALOVIC, Iranian Greco-Roman Head Coach Hassan RANGRAZ, USA Women’s Wrestling Head Coach Terry Steiner, UWW Coach Educators Nevan and Nenad ZUGAJ and many more.

Topics that they'll going to be discussing include: the future of wrestling and sport, athlete career transitions beyond competition, coaching and advancing women’s wrestling,  anti-doping, sports nutrition, and safe training methods, and much more.