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
Sport Jiu Jitsu International Federation Jiu Jitsu many academies, teams, events, tournaments, and federations have been created to improve the sport, yet at the same time resulting in some politics between teams and federations that have delayed the prosperity and development of the sport. By 2011, Jiu-Jitsu or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was a sport practiced and recognized worldwide, but it did not have an established federation that met the IOC requirements and/or that was recognized as a single international governing body for the sport. With this in mind and main motivating factor a group of Jiu-Jitsu professors and tournament organizers thought that it was time to