Israel Wrestling Federation (IWF) is the National Governing Body for the sport of Wrestling in Israel since 1948, and as such, it is the representative to the Israeli Olympic Committee (IOC) and United World Wrestling (UWW), the international federation for wrestling. Israel Wrestling Federation is the central organization that coordinates amateur wrestling programs in the country and works to create interest and participation in those programs.
IWF has more than 1500 members. These include athletes of all ages, coaches, officials, parents, and fans striving together to strengthen the sport.
IWF is responsible for the selection and training of teams to represent Israel in international competitions, including World and Olympic competitions. An equal part of the IWF mission is focused on development of the sport’s grassroots. This is facilitated through sanctioning of age-group tournaments and the chartering of member clubs through established local associations.
IWF also conducts regional and national championships for all age categories, developmental camps, clinics, and coaches education programs. Regional and local competition is the major focus of annual programming in each of our region's clubs. Volunteers, coaches, officials, and parents are the lifeblood of our organization. These leaders set up tournaments, run clubs, organize trips, and coach athletes in their local area.
Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling). Wrestling comes in different forms such as folkstyle, freestyle, Greco-Roman, catch, submission, judo, sambo and others. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (sometimes more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules, with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
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Yitzhak Fetene
Greco-Roman
60 Kilograms
U23 World Championships, Bronze Medal 2022
U23 European Championships, Silver Medal 2023
U20 European Championships, Bronze Medal 2023
U23 European Championships, Bronze Medal 2024 -
Mitchell Louis Finesilver
Freestyle
74 Kilograms
2021 Grand Prix, Bronze Medal
2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Bronze Medal
2021 European Championships, Bronze Medal -
Yuri Kalashnikov
Freestyle
86 Kilograms
2017 U23 World Championships, Bronze Medal
2018 Junior European Championships, Bronze Medal -
Ilana Kratysh
Women’s Wrestling
69 Kilograms
2012 Grand Prix, Bronze Medal
2012 European Championships, Silver Medal
2013 Grand Prix, Gold Medal
2013 European Championships, Silver Medal
2014 Grand Prix, Gold Medal
2014 European Championships, Silver Medal
2015 European Games, Silver Medal
2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Gold Medal
2016 Olympic Games, 13th Place
2016 European Championships, Silver Medal -
Gotcha Tsitsiashvili
Greco-Roman
85 Kilograms
1994 European Championships, Silver Medal
1995 World Championships, Silver Medal
1995 European Championships, Bronze Medal
1996 Olympic Games, 5th Place
1996 European Championships, Bronze Medal
2000 Olympic Games, 6th Place
2003 World Championships, Gold Medal
2004 Olympic Games, 14th Place -
Victor Zilberman
Freestyle
77 Kilograms
1973 European Championships (Representing USSR), Silver Medalist
1974 World Cup (Representing USSR), Gold Medal
1974 Grand Prix Silver Medalist
1974 World Championships, Bronze Medal
1977 World Cup (Representing Canada), Silver Medal
1978 Commonwealth Games (Representing Canada), Silver Medal -
Evan Bernstien
Greco-Roman
90 Kilograms
1988 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Bronze Medal
1988 Olympic Games, 9th Place -
Ophir Bernstien
Freestyle
84 Kilograms
2013 Junior World Championships, Silver Medal
2014 University World Championships, Bronze Medal -
Henri Papiashvili (Z"L)
Greco Roman
90 Kilograms
1998 Junior World Championships, Gold Medal
2000 Olympic Qualification Tournament , Silver Medal -
Yuri Markman
Greco Roman
71 Kilograms
1997 Junior World Championships, Bronze Medal -
Boris Vinakurov
Greco Roman
74 Kilograms
Junior European Championships, Silver Medal -
Andrei Tsaryuk
Greco Roman
55 Kilograms
2012 Junior European Championships, Bronze Medal
2013 Junior World Championships, Bronze Medal
2016 U23 European Championships, Bronze Medal -
Ivan Alexandrov
Greco Roman
66 Kilograms
2000 Junior World Championships, Gold Medal
2004 European Championships, Bronze Medal -
Maxim Geller
Freestyle
68 Kilograms
1991 European Championships, Silver Medal
1992 Olympic Games, 11th Place -
Nik Zagranitschni
Greco Roman
48, 52 Kilograms
1992 Olympic Games, 11th Place
1993 European Championships, Silver Medal -
Boris Srulevich
Greco Roman
57 Kilograms
1993 Junior World Championships, Bronze Medal -
Sergei Kolesnikov
1999 Small Nations World Championships, Gold Medal
2002 University World Championships, Silver Medal -
Alex Davidovich
Greco Roman
62 Kilograms
1992 Olympic Games, 11th Place -
Matawi Baranov
Greco Roman
68 Kilograms
1992 Olympic Games, 11th Place -
Youri Evseychik
Greco Roman
130 Kilograms
1989 Junior European Championship (representing URS), Gold Medal
1991 Espoir World Championships (representing URS), Gold Medal
1998 World Championships, Bronze Medal
2000 Olympic Qualification Tournament, Gold Medal
2000 Olympic Games, 4th Place
2002 Grand Prix, Bronze Medal -
Michael Beilin
Greco Roman
63 Kilograms, 66 Kilograms
1999 World Championship, Bronze Medal
2001 World Championship, Bronze Medal
2002 European Championship. Bronze Medal
