Bishkek, Oct. 28, 2024. /Kabar/. Member of the Kyrgyz Parliament Cholpon Sultanbekova elected as a member of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Bureau, according to the news published on the website of the UWW.
The elections for Bureau and Vice Presidents were held with at least two new women Bureau members during the UWW Congress in Tirana on Sunday, on the sidelines of the World Championships in Non-Olympic Weight Classes.
In the elections five Bureau members were due for re-election, with four being re-elected.
Women ruled the elections with one new Vice President and two new Bureau members were elected.
Pedro Silva, Peter Basca, Zamel Al Shahrani and Natalia Yaraguina were re-elected in the Bureau. Bruce Baumgartner was the newly elected member of the Bureau.
Since two new Bureau members could not be elected in the first round of elections, a second round was held, in which the two highest-placed candidates earned elections. Buyandelger Peljee and Cholpon Sultanbekova earned the most votes, collecting their Bureau spot.
UWW Bureau member and President of UWW Associated Styles Rodica Yaksi and Bureau member and President of African Council Fouad Meskout were elected as Vice Presidents in the first meeting of the newly elected Bureau.
Mikhail Mamashvili, Natalia Yaraguina, Theodoros Hamakos and Akhroldjan Ruziev were re-elected as Vice Presidents.
UWW Vice President Stan Dziedzic was not eligible for re-election, as he reached his term limit according to the UWW Constitution. However, he was made the Honorary Vice President of UWW on Monday.