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Webinar Schedule: Training Plans

Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 00:32 By United World Wrestling Press

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United World Wrestling will conduct its next round of coaching webinars on training plans starting Sept. 7. The webinars will be held every other week in four languages, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

Webinar Schedule

Week 1 (Sept. 7-10):  Training Plans - Getting Started
Week 2 (Sept. 21-24): Training Plans - Risk Management
Week 3 (Oct. 5-8): Training Plans - Theoretical Framework
Week 4 (Oct. 19-22): Training Plans - Practice Plan Essentials
Week 5 (Nov. 2-5): Training Plans - Designing a Plan

Language Schedule

Monday:  English at 17:30 (Zurich)
Tuesday: French at 16:00 (Zurich)
Wednesday:  Russian TBD
Thursday:  Spanish at 00:00 (Zurich) 18:00 (Miami)

Obituary

Famed Germany coach Ostermann passes away

Thursday, August 28, 2025 - 11:54 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (August 28) -- Heinz OSTERMANN, former head coach of Germany, passed away at the age of 85 in the night of August 26–27, 2025.

Ostermann dedicated more than 25 years of his life as national coach, leading German athletes to 9 Olympic medals, 32 World Championship medals and 60 European Championship medals. Beyond these outstanding achievements, he was known as a mentor and role model for generations of wrestlers.

The German Wrestling Federation will honor his memory with great respect and gratitude. Ostermann will be remembered internationally as one of the most influential German wrestling coaches of his time.

United World Wrestling sends it condolences to the Ostermann family.