From an initial conversation amongst Drs. Mirzei, Curby and Barbas, while at the FILA Advanced GR Coaches Course in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2007, an idea was conceived for an organization that could be a source of scientific expertise for our sport, provide a means for collaboration and collegial support, as well as providing important camaraderie in our work that relates to wrestling.  Further development took place in 2009 while in Komotini, Greece for International Congress on Physical Education and Sport and the Special Symposium: The sport of wrestling today and its development in the future.  In 2010 we helped to organize the FILA Scientific Congress for the 2010 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow.   In 2011 we have launched the publication of The International Journal of Wrestling Science. Today we have over 200 members from over 30 countries!

Officers & Council

Director: David Curby, EdD, USA
Assistant Director: Ioannis Barbas PhD, Greece
Secretary: Bahman Mirzaei, PhD, Iran

INWR Executive Council

Professor Dr. Harold Tunnemann (Germany)
Professor Dr. Boris Podlivaev (Russia)
Professor Dr.Yuri Shakmuradov (Russia)
Professor Dr. Fikrat Kerimov (Uzbekistan)
Asst. Professor Dr. Ramazan Savranbasi (Turkey)