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To enhance wrestling technical development at elite level for all ages/genders/styles.
The UWW High Performance Development Programme aims at assisting National Federations in establishing a foundation for committed athletes in their pursuit of excellence and advancing wrestling at elite level worldwide.
In general, all UWW affiliated National Federations can apply. Priority will be given to small wrestling nations and/or economically disadvantaged countries.
To benefit from this support, the National Federation must:
This UWW High-Performance programme provides direct financial subsidy that allows the National Federations to assess their own situations, and together with UWW assigned experts create tailor-made programs/plans centred on high performance training programmes to improve their elite athletes’ technical level and enhance their international competition performance.
Each application with complete dossier will be carefully assessed based on its merits. UWW will closely monitor the progress of each awarded program once it is activated.
UWW reserve the right to terminate the funding in the event that a National Federation fails to meet the requirements or unable to provide evidence of appropriate usage of this dedicated support.
The maximum amount of this High-Performance Programme per National Federation is CHF 10’000.
This fund must be applied before 30th of April each year.
The financial arrangement shall be discussed on a case-by-case basis once the programme is approved.
To apply this funding, National Federations need to submit to UWW Development Department the following:
For the National Federations that awarded with this funding, the followings are requested:
Intermediate report/review
The National Federations that successfully awarded the UWW High-Performance Programme must attend the UWW Continental & World Championships, and at least one Olympic qualification tournament within this Olympic cycle.
This High-Performance funding can only be granted once per National Federation per Olympic cycle.
Each year, a total amount of 50’000chf is allocated to this program. Upon approval, max. 10’000CHF is awarded to the applicant National Federation that best meet the criteria with the greatest needs.
For the National Federations successfully awarded this Grassroots and School Development Fund,
Contact UWW Development for details.