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
International School Sport Federation of the ISF. The Committees include: Gymnasiade is the biggest school sport event for youth athletes aged 15-18. It is being held every two (even) years, hosts between 12-18 different sport disciplines and welcomes over 3000 pupils from all over the World. Gymnasiade 2018 hosted 18 sport competitions: ISF School Winter Games consisted of the following sport disciplines: Source : ISF Combat Games consist of the following sport disciplines: From August 22-26, 2018, the first ever World Schools Championships in sambo took place in Oryol, Russian Federation. Source : Around the 1960’s international sporting contests between schools were on the