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.

 
International wrestling rules
Beach Wrestling rules

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