United World Wrestling

United World Wrestling
AbbreviationUWW
Formation1921 (1921)
Founded atStockholm, Sweden
TypeSports federation
HeadquartersCorsier-sur-Vevey, outside of Lausanne, Switzerland
MembershipRepresentatives from 176 national federations
President
Nenad Lalović
RevenueUS$5.12 million (2017)
ExpensesUS$8.89 million (2017)
Websiteuww.org

United World Wrestling, abbreviated as UWW, is the international governing body for the sport of Wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the World Championships and Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including Greco-Roman, freestyle, grappling, and others. The flagship event of UWW is the World Wrestling Championships.

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