South African Wrestling Federation

South African Wrestling Federation (SAWF) is the organization that governs amateur freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling for men and women in South Africa. South African Wrestling Federation is affiliated to United World Wrestling (UWW) and is the national governing body of the sport. SAWF is also affiliated to SASCOC,^[3] and organizes national competitions such as the SAWF Presidents and Masters Championship.^[4]^[5]

Wrestlers

First female wrestlers in South Africa 1996 Anita Joubert, Louise Joubert

^ "South African Wrestling Federation". UWW. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ "New SAWF Executive Elected". wrestling.org.za. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ "South African Wrestling Federation". sascoc.co.za. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ "Brakpan wrestlers win medals". brakpanherald.co.za. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ "Wrestlers claim medals at championship". roodepoortrecord.co.za. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

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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
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Others sports	Australian rules football Bowls Horse racing Mind sports Rugby league Soaring
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