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Australian wrestling body

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Wrestling Australia Ltd.
Official website

Sport	Wrestling
Jurisdiction	Australia
Abbreviation	WAL
Affiliation	United World Wrestling (UWW)
Regional affiliation	Oceanian Council of Associated Wrestling
www.wrestling.com.au

Wrestling Australia (formerly known as the Australian Wrestling Union) is the organization that currently governs Beach wrestling, Freestyle wrestling, and Greco-Roman wrestling for Men and Women in Australia. Wrestling Australia is also the official representative to the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and to United World Wrestling (UWW) and is the national governing body of the sport.

Structure

Wrestling Australia is affiliated to the Oceanian Council of Associated Wrestling (COLA) and United World Wrestling and is recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).

The national body has six state member associations:

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

"Wrestling: Australian Wrestling Union" (PDF). humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
"About Wrestling Australia".
"Results".

External links

Official website

v t e National members of United World Wrestling
Disciplines Freestyle wrestling Greco-Roman wrestling Beach wrestling Pankration
Africa (CALA)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BOT BUR CAF CGO CHA CIV CMR COD COM EGY ERI GAB GAM GBS GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR MAD MAR MAW MLI MOZ MTN MRI NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM STP SUD TAN TGO TUN UGA ZIM
Americas (CPLA)	ARG BAH BAR BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA GUA HAI HON ISV JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SUR TRI URU USA VEN VIN
Asia (AAWC)	AFG BAN CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA LAO LIB MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (CELA)	ALB ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR Wrestling Federation of Belarus [ru] BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GEO GER German Wrestling Association [de] GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU Russian Wrestling Federation [ru] SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania (COLA)	ASA AUS FSM GUM KIR MHL NIU NMI NRU NZL PLW SAM SOL TGA TUV
Major Events FILA Wrestling World Championships Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

v t e Sports governing bodies in Australia (AUS)
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball/Beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross country Nordic combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Aerobatics Aero-modelling Gliding Parachuting Auto racing Bandy Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Cue sports Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lacrosse Motor racing Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Power Boating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby union Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Lifesaving Non-surf Surf Underwater sports Waterski and wakeboard Wushu
Paralympics and disabled sports	Blind sports Disabled Wintersport Australia
Other sports	Arm wrestling Australian rules football Backgammon Bowls Broomball Brasilian Jiu Jitsu Croquet Darts Drag racing Draughts Fullbore rifle Gaelic games Greyhound racing Gridiron Harness racing Jujutsu Karting Kendo Mixed martial arts Muaythai Parkour Pickleball Pitch and Putt Polocrosse Powerlifting Professional boxing Radio-controlled racing Thoroughbred horse racing Quidditch Real tennis Rugby league Rodeo Sambo Skateboarding Touch football Woodchopping
Multi-sport organisations	Australian Olympic Committee Commonwealth Games Australia Confederation of Australian Sport Deaf Sports Australia Paralympics Australia
Government bodies	National Sports Tribunal Sport Integrity Australia Australian Sports Commission

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