LISBON (May 21) – The Portugal Wrestling Federation has been accepted into the Olympic Solidarity Development of National Sports System (DNSS) program.
The five stage plan began in February and has since completed additional phases in April and May. The fourth phase will be in September and the fifth in December. The five phases were staggered throughout the nation to help promote nationwide participation in the sport. The final plans call for unified education and development.
The program is being led by Luis FONTES, coach and Technical Director for the Portugal Wrestling Federation.
United World Wrestling encourages eligible National Federations to apply the program through their National Olympic Committee. The maximum amount that one National Federation could receive is 30,000 USD through the development program.
The details of this program is on our web in the development section, the link is as follow:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/c03en-development-of-national-sports-system.pdf
For more information, please email development@unitedworldwrestling.org
