
WELCOME TO THE WRESTLING ACADEMY
The Wrestling Academy is an initiative established under the leadership of United World Wrestling’s President Mr Nenad Lalovic.
The vision of the Wrestling Academy is to develop a global workforce of trained individuals, knowledgeable and competent at applying their skills and enabling the continued global growth of the sport of wrestling.
United World Wrestling’s desire is to elevate the stakeholders’ knowledge of the discipline of wrestling through the creation of tailored programmes relevant for the global wrestling family.
All nations will have the opportunity to benefit from these programme pathways as they are progressively developed.
UNITED WORLD WRESTLING DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION
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DEVELOPMENT DEPARTEMENT
The Development Department is composed of administrators and project managers along with highly knowledgeable wrestling experts able to promote, conduct and implement wrestling development worldwide.
Led by Mrs Deqa Niamkey, UWW Development Director, the United World Wrestling Development team is composed of 6 development staff, 4 consultant coaches, and 60 mission-based educators.
The UWW Development Department is also the main workforce in developing and managing the UWW Academy together with the UWW IT department.

Deqa NIAMKEY
Development Director



Vincent AKA
Development Officer


Lei LIANG
Development Manager


Yuri MAIER
Sports and Development Officer


Zach ERRETT
Education Manager


Farnaz PANAHIZADEH
Development Officer

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
The General Affairs Department is in charge of all matters related to governance, legal, disciplinary, anti-doping, members and institutional relations, as well as the general administration of the federation. It coordinates the work of the Medical, Prevention & Anti-doping Commission and the Legal & Ethics Commission.

Michel DUSSON
General Secretary

Judith DUCHOUD
Licence and Nationality department


Antonina BOSSER
General Administration and Reception


Carlos ROY
Head of General Affairs



Yannick GOLLARD
Finance and Accounting Manager


Julien DUCHOUD
Licence and translations

Isabelle BREY
Human Resource

IT DEPARTMENT
The IT Department oversees technology system at all UWW events and major events, arena and Athena systems including the internal support for the UWW headquarters.

Sébastien GUENAT
IT Director



Emmanuel VEYRAT
IT Manager


Youssef BOUAZIZ
IT Specialist


Slaven DOKMANAC
Content Publisher

SPORT DEPARTMENT
The Sport Department oversees all matters related to competitions, events, Olympic Games, allocation of events, bidding and hosting agreements, while making sure the events comply to the required conditions. It coordinates the work of the Technical, Beach Wrestling, Associated Styles Referees Commissions.

Jean Daniel REY
Sports Director

Yauheniya MENHEL
Competition Manager


Tristan MORARD
Sports Coordinator


Rahmi Ender YAKSI
ASO Manager


Ramil AHMADOV
Senior Competition Manager


Onur SIMSEK
ASO Manager

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
The Marketing and Communication Department oversees sponsorship, marketing, branding while communication with the various stakeholders on the current affairs and news. It coordinates the work of the Marketing and Media Commissions.

Gordon TEMPLEMAN
Marketing and Communication Director


Rita PIVORIUNAITE
Marketing and Communication Coordinator


Tim FOLEY
Senior Manager of Media Operations

UNITED WORLD WRESTLING CERTIFIED EDUCATORS
The UWW Educators are a group of high-level coaches and referees from around the world. They were endorsed by either their National Federation, UWW Continental Councils and UWW Coaches and Refereeing Commissions. They are the main force for conducting the UWW educational courses world-wide.
All of UWW Educators have attended and successfully passed the Educator Course with a sound understanding of pedagogical approach and deliver the content in a dynamic and interactive way.
Most of the UWW Educators are active in their professions, which allows enhanced experience of the participants through real-world examples.
The UWW Educators come from diverse backgrounds and can accommodate a variety of different languages for the courses.
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AFRICA

Mohamed Kamel BOUAZIZ


Daniel IGALI



Charles VILLET


Sherif HALAWA


Akuh PURITY


Christian Lazare DANGA



Nico COETZEE

AMERICAS

Terry Lee STEINER


Juan MAREN DELIS


Mike CLAYTON


Clarissa CHUN


Alexis RODRIGUEZ VALERA


Juan Jose MALDONADO


Gary Lee MAYABB


Casey GOESSL


Eduardo PAZ GONCALVES


Raul TRUJILLO DIAZ


Ignacio D ALLESSANDRO


Rafael GALVA



Millie Mayola AGUILAR CANIZALEZ


Filiberto DELGADO


Nestor ALMANZA

David GUTIRRIEZ

EUROPE

Georgi SREDKOV


Vladimir SHATSKYKH


Stanislav SERNEK


Ibrahim CICIOGLU


Levent SEN


Norovard ARUSTAMYAN


David OTIASHVILI


Edisher MACHAIDZE


Alexey BAZULIN


Davor PETANJEK


Petar ANTOV


Yusup ABDULSALAMOV


Carlos GARCIA


Petru TOARCA


Trevor HOSKINS


Jatinder RAKHRA


Vaclav SCHEINER


Julian KWIT


Anzor TEMBOTOV


Karol LEBKOWSKI

OCEANIA

Stefan RUDEVICS
