Wrestling Australia (formerly known as the Australian Wrestling Union) is the organization that currently governs

Beach wrestling Beach wrestling is a type of wrestling that has been officially held since 2005. History First time in 2004, during the International United Wrestling Federation (FILA), beach wrestling was registered as a type of wrestling. Beach wrestling is ...

Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ...

, and

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

for Men and Women in

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. Wrestling Australia is also the official representative to the

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(AOC) and to

United World Wrestling United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including ...

(UWW) and is the

national governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ge ...

of the sport.

Structure

Wrestling Australia is affiliated to the

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(COLA) and

and is recognised by the

(AOC). The national body has six state member associations:
Wrestling ACT

Wrestling NSW

Wrestling Queensland

Wrestling SA

Wrestling Victoria

Wrestling WA
The main tournament they organise is the annual Australian National Wrestling Championships and the Australian Youth National Championships. Wrestling Australia is a full member sport of the Combat Institute of Australia
CombatAUS
.

References

External links

* Sports governing bodies in Australia Wrestling in Australia National members of United World Wrestling {{Australia-sport-stub

Structure

See also

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