Nico Coetzee, head wrestling coach of South Africa and UWW Educator, died suddenly on Tuesday. He was 56.

Hall of Fame wrestling referee Iván KRUJ has passed away at the age of 87

Gennady STRAKHOV, an Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling for the Soviet Union, passed away due to complications caused by COVID-19

Mario Saletnig an advocate for the sport of wrestling, as both an official and administrator in Canada and internationally, has died.

Pelle SVENSSON (SWE), a former United World Wrestling bureau member and two-time world champion, passed away at the age of 77

Rabah CHEBBAH, President of the Algerian Wrestling Federation and Treasurer of the Algerian NOC, passed away due to COVID-19

Rahim Jeddi, a well-respected referee from Iran who was honored in 2006 with the 'Golden Whistle" has died at age 77.

An honorary member of the IOC and UWW, Mr. Lee had a longstanding commitment to international sport.

We are sad to announce the sudden death of United World Wrestling category I referee, Thomas Martin Hyllegaar

Ushkempirov was inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2014.