Sport in Azerbaijan Greco-Roman wrestling, particularly freestyle, are popular in Azerbaijan. With a history of great wrestlers, such as Namig Abdullayev, Farid Mansurov, Rovshan Bayramov, and Mariya Stadnik, Azerbaijan is considered among the elite nations in this sport. Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation was established in 1959 as part of the USSR Wrestling Federation. After Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation was established in 1993, and officially admitted to the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles at FILA Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in the same year. During 1993-1997, Etibar Sardar oglu Mammadov was the President, Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov the Vice President and Khanmirza Khanbala oglu Malikaliyev the
Turkish Deaf Sport Federation Federation was instrumental in hosting the 2017 Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, which was also the largest ever Deaflympics event to.be held in any nation. This is also the first instance, where Turkey went onto host a Deaflympic event. The President of the Deaf Sport Federation, Yakup Ümit Kihter thanked the officials who assisted to stage the 2017 Summer Deaflympics in Turkey. He also mentioned that events like Deaflympics would definitely help to improve the quality of sports in Turkey. Turkish Deaf Sport Federation Turkish Deaf Sport Federation is the official national sport governing body of Deaf sports in Turkey. The