Description
International governing body of wrestling, founded in 1921 as the
International Amateur Wrestling Federation, later FILA, renamed United World
Wrestling in 2014. It runs Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling at the Olympics
and World Championships and has a partnership with the Celtic wrestling
federation (FILC).
Also known as
UWW · FILA · Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées · International
Amateur Wrestling Federation · IAWF
Founded
1921
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“The first meeting of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation (IAWF) took
place in 1921.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
“The UWW was formerly known as the International Amateur Wrestling Federation
(IAWF) from 1921 to 1952 and the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées
(FILA) prior to assuming its current name in September 2014.”
— United World Wrestling - Wikipedia (English).
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Tags
wrestling · federation
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM2N0PX987J7Q3ECE0
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). United World Wrestling. In Martialis:
Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM2N0PX987J7Q3ECE0 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {United World Wrestling}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
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{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM2N0PX987J7Q3ECE0}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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