#Webinar

Webinar Schedule for October 17-24

By United World Wrestling Press

Topic:  Identifying Key Factors and Introducing New Skills - Arabic
Date:  Saturday, 17 October
Time:  19:00 (Zurich) – 13:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelfattah
Language:  Arabic
Level:  Local and National Coaches
Meeting link:  https://zoom.us/j/91803384594   

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - English
Date:  Monday, 19 October
Time:  17:30 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 11:30 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Zach Errett
Language:  English
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/97575449601  

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - French
Date:  Tuesday, 20 October
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Vincent Aka
Language:  French
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/98391569910  

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - Russian
Date:  Wednesday, 21 October
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Vladimir Shatskykh
Language:  Russian
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:   https://zoom.us/j/99160091640   

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - Spanish
Date:  Thursday, 22 October 
Time: 18:00 - New York - 00:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 23 October
Speaker: Pedro Rojas
Language:  Spanish
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/96197230802  

Topic:  Coaching Skills - Arabic
Date:  Saturday, 24 October
Time:  19:00 (Zurich) – 13:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelfattah
Language:  Arabic
Level:  Local and National Coaches
Meeting link:  https://zoom.us/j/92759538357 

#UnitedWorldWrestling

International Women's Day: Women ITOs, coaches, members rise at UWW

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 8) -- United World Wrestling has made significant towards encouraging women's participating in spheres of wrestling, whether on or off the mat.

  • In 2024, United World Wrestling sent its highest number of female International Technical Officers (ITOs) to 2024 Paris Olympic Games, marking 22 percent of the total wrestling ITOs.

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  • It also amended its constitution to reserve two more seats for women in the Bureau, thereby bringing the minimum number of women Bureau members to five. The number of vice presidents was also increased from the current number of five to six, including a minimum of two women vice presidents.

Read Full Report: Good governance at UWW - most women ITOs at Paris 2024, reserved seats in Bureau

Marwa AMRI (TUN)

United World Wrestling has been one of the most active international federation in the Women in Sport High-Performance Pathway (WISH) program.

  •  Out of the 124 coaches that benefited from the program, 12 are from wrestling. The coaches are from 60 nations representing the five continents and across the 33 Olympic sports.
     
  • Three WISH alumni -- Happiness BURUTU (NGR), Marwa AMRI (TUN) and Jessica MEDINA (USA) -- made it to the Paris Games as coaches.

Read More: WISH Program in London

UWW

At the Bureau level, a historic milestone was achieved in women wrestling leadership in 2024. There were seven female candidates for the UWW Bureau, the supreme body of wrestling, marking the highest-ever participation by women in the process.

Kuniko Tanioka (JPN), Annette Kure (NOR), Lise Legrand (FRA), Cholpon Sultanbekova (KGZ), Buyana Peljee (MGL), Nadine Pietschmann (SUI) and UWW Vice-President, Natalia Yariguina (RUS) took part in the race for the Bureau role.

This was the first time that Women Lead Sports alumni being elected to NF president positions and the highest registered female candidates for the Bureau in the history. Rodica YAKSI (TUR) was promoted to Vice-President and Ye ZHANG (CHN) has two years left in her term.

Read Full Report: Big step in women’s wrestling leadership with new members in UWW Bureau

In different countries, women have take the leadership roles. The most significant among others is the appointment of Nadine PITSCHMANN (SUI) and Lise LE GRAND (FRA) as the presidents of Swiss and French federations, respectively.

Among other achievements, a women's wrestling camp was organized in India with Olympic champion Erica WIEBE (CAN) offering a masterclass. Young wrestlers from Jordan, Estonia, South Africa, Mauritius, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and hosts India attended the camp.

Read about the IIS-UWW camp: Wiebe inspires next gen at UWW-IIS camp in India