Referees + rules

Wrestling rules must be interpreted and applied with absolute consistency wherever and whenever the competition is taking place. United World Wrestling and the IWF therefore developed a training and education system for our referees to ensure that refereeing standards continue to improve and the rules of the game are applied.

 

Current Referees

  • Olexiy Sapozhnikov

    Category I

  • Andrei Afanssiev

    Category II

  • Arkadi Lempert

    Category III

  • Olga Leshchynska

    Category III

  • Oleg Leshchynkyi

    Category III

  • Michael Markman

    Category III

  • Yevgeny Sapozhnikov

    Category III

  • Uri Poliyak

    Category III

Retired Referees

  • Aviram Shmuely

    2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

  • Boris Yohananov

    2016 Rio Olympic Games

Honorary Referees

  • Aviram Shmuely

    2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

  • Michael Lashevsky Z"L

    1996 Atlanta Olympic Games

  • Mort Geller Z"L

    1988 Seoul Olympic Games

  • Joseph Gutfreund Z"L

    1972 Munich Olympic Games