Scientific Commission

Daulet TURLYKHANOV Kazakhstan President
David Curby United States Member
Bahman Mirzaei Iran Member
Mario Baić Croatia Member
José Maria Lopez Guillon Spain Member
Georgiy Korobeynikov Ukraine Member
Dr. Nabil Hosny Elshorbagy Egypt Member
Prof. Dr. Ümid Karli Turkiye Member
Edisher Machaidze Georgia Member
Ioannis Barbas Greece Scientific Consultant

Tasks and Duties

Promotion of wrestling research

  • Organize research activities at major wrestling competitions and training centers.
  • Form collaborative arrangements that will provide the Commission with increased access to expertise and other research resources.
  • Identify wrestling researchers and scientists at an international level.
  • Build a communication network so that wrestling researchers may communicate and share ideas.

Distribution of Wrestling Scientific Knowledge

  • Organize wrestling scientific congresses, seminars and workshops.
  • Publish a wrestling scientific journal.
  • Provide a wrestling scientific portal and discussion forum to enable communication between wrestling scientists, coaches and athletes.
  • Provide for the distribution of the most up to date knowledge of training practices to ensure the health of our athletes
  • Support wrestling-related educational activities in collaboration with academic institutions and universities (e.g. on-line advanced degree programs).
  • Build a database of wrestling-related research articles.
  • International Network of Wrestling Researchers website

Scientific Support

  • Provide scientific information for  United World Wrestling Bureau and the other  United World Wrestling Commissions.
  • Provide scientific information for National Wrestling Federations.
  • Develop the curricula of training and certification programs for all Federations to use with the various level of coaches-basic to advanced degrees.
  • Complete other relevant tasks as assigned by the  United World Wrestling Bureau.