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Anti-Doping Seminar Held at 'More Than Medals' Camp in Zagreb

Monday, July 30, 2018 - 20:32 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (July 30) -- The Anti-Doping Department of CITA hosted an anti-doping seminar on July 11 during the "More than Medals" training camp organized by United World Wrestling in Zagreb, Croatia. 

Nearly fifty cadet wrestlers participated in the seminar, including the Croatian cadet women's wrestling team. The anti-doping education was conducted in an interactive way, and each of the attendees received gifts at the conclusion of the seminar with the message, "No to doping."

Young athletes have shown a great interest in anti-doping education, which is necessary to achieve the goal of sport without doping.

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Al Awamleh elected UWW Asia president

Monday, March 24, 2025 - 17:15 By United World Wrestling Press

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AMMAN, Jordan (March 23) -- Mohamad AL-AWAMLEH, the president of the Jordan Wrestling Federation, was elected as the president of United World Wrestling Asia at the General Assembly held on the sidelines of the Asian Championships 2025.

The election for new UWW Asia council was held Monday for seven members. 14 nominations were received for the same and 38 national federations participated in the elections.

Four out of the seven are newly elected:

Mohamad AL-AWAMLEH (JOR)
Alireza DABIR (IRI)
Lana KHDOUR (PLE)
Sanjay SINGH (IND)

Three members were re-elected:

Kenneth LEE (KOR)
Melis TURGANBAEV (KGZ)
Ye ZHANG (CHN)

After the elections, the council members elected the president, vice-president and secretary general for UWW Asia.

Al-Awamleh as elected as the president while Dabir was elected as the vice-president of UWW Asia.

Lee, who was the vice-president in the previous term, was elected as the secretary general of UWW Asia for the next four years.