High Performance/Coaching
APPOINTMENT OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHES
Wrestling Australia are pleased to announce the appointment of the following National Coaches:
National Head Coach | Carissa Holland |
National Assistant Coaches | Connor Evans, Mohsen Lack and Amin Yaqhobi |
Wrestling Australia looks forward to working with the appointed coaches over the next year.
2022 Commonwealth Games - Birmingham
Wrestling Australia sent six athletes to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
57kgs Freestyle - Justin Holland
65kgs Freestyle - Mostafa Rezaeifar
86kgs Freestyle - Jayden Lawrence
97kgs Freestyle - Thomas Barns
57kgs Females - Irene Symeonidis
76kgs Females - Naomi De Bruine
Africa and Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier
The Africa and Oceania Olympic Games Qualifier was conducted in Tunisia from the 2nd-4th April 2021. Wrestling Australia sent four wrestlers to the Olympic Qualifier:
65kgs Freestyle- Mostafa Rezaeifar
86kgs Freestyle- Jayden Lawrence
97kgs- Thomas Barns
53kgs Females- Irene Symeonidis
The team was accompanied by the Head Coach Aminullah Yaqhobi
Appointment of High Performance Roles
The following 2 National Coaching Roles were appointed in October 2020, these positions will be in place for 1 years:
Assistant Greco-Roman Coach- Amir Gholiizadeh
Assistant High Performance and Development Manager- Jakob Panotas
Assistant Female Coach- Carissa Holland
Appointment of Nationals Coaching Role
The following 6 Nationals Coaching Roles were appointed in October 2019, these positions will be in place for 2 years.
Nationals Head Coach - Aminullah Yaqhobi
National Skills Coach - Talgat Ilyasov
Nationals Greco-Roman Coach - Adrian Tesanovic
Nationals Assistant Greco-Roman Coach - Ben Keaney
National Female Coach - Ainura Igamberdyyeva
National High Performance and Development Manager - Brett Cash.
2019 Senior World Championships
Wrestling Australia will be sending a team of 3 athletes to the 2019 Senior World Championships:
Female 76kgs: Naomi De Bruine
Female 55kgs: Irene Symeonidis
Male 70kgs: Josh Riley
Good luck to all competitors.
2018 Youth Olympic Games
Wrestling Australia is happy to have one representative at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games:
110kg Male - Thomas Barns
Thomas will be accompanied to the event by National Skills Coach
Good Luck to Thomas.
2018 Commonwealth Games
Wrestling Australia is happy to announce that the following eight athletes will represent Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast:
50kg Female - Rupinder Kaur
53kg Female - Carissa Holland
76kg Female - Naomi De Bruine
57kg Male - Tom Cicchini
65kg Male - Mehrdad Tarash
74kg Male - Connor Evans
86kgs Male - Jayden Lawrence
97ks Male - Nick Verreynne
Good Luck to all competitors.
2017 Senior World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Australia is happy to announce that the following six athletes have been selected to compete at the 2017 Senior Worlds Wrestling Championships . The event is being held in France, Paris between the 21st to 26th August.
48kgs Female - Rupinder Kaur
53kgs Female - Jessica Lavers McBain
55kgs Female - Carissa Holland
58kgs Female - Ariadne Burkhart
65kgs Male - Liam Neyland
74kgs Male - Connor Evans
The following coaches will attend the team to the event: Konstantin Ermakovic
2017 Cadet World Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Australia is happy to announce that one athlete will be representing Australia at the 2017 Cadet World Wrestling Championships.
Tom Barns- 100kgs
Alan Landy will be accompanying Tom to the competition.
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Wrestling Australia is happy to announce that the following six athletes have been selected to compete at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
48kgs Female - Rupinder Kaur
53kgs Female - Carissa Holland
58kgs Female - Ariadne Burkhart
57kgs Male - Petrus Palm
65kgs Male - Liam Neyland
74kgs Male - Connor Evans
The following two coaches will accompany the Wrestling Team:
Konstantin Ermakovic
Brett Cash
The Games are being between the 17th-27th September in Ashgabat, Turkenistan.
More information can be found here:http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/eighteen-athletes-selected-for-ashgabat-2017
Good Luck to all wrestlers and coaches.