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Top left: Provo High School senior Danny Shepherd using a spladle for a pin in one of his 182 pound matches at The Rumble. Lisa Shepherd photo. Top right: Tyler Hunter-Washer of California scores a takedown at the SCVWA Aftershock Classic Freestyle tournament in Hollister, Calif. Kim Steed photo. Bottom left: Tristian Jarboe, a junior from Columbia High School in Idaho, pins his opponent from Caldwell High School in the District III tournament. Pauline Atchison Downey photo. USA Wrestler is seeking your best wrestling photography for publication in a future issue of the magazine. Other photos may be posted on TheMat.com, in USA Wrestling Nation, or on USA Wrestling Weekly. USA Wrestling reserves the right to publish all materials submitted for the Photo Contest with no restrictions! Mail photos to: Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling, 6155 Lehman Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918. E-mail photos to: gabbott@usawrestling.org.


Herbert elected to FILA Athlete Commission


FILA News Bureau BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - Seven athletes were elected by their peers in Budapest, Hungary, at the World Wrestling Championships to serve on the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles’ (FILA) newly formed Athlete Commission.


The commission, which was part of the organization’s commit- ment to involve athletes in the international federation, includes three Olympic champions and wrestlers from three continents. The athletes on the commission include Maria Prevolaraki, Greece; Carol Huynh, Canada; Jake Herbert, USA; Kaori Icho, Japan; Christophe Guenot, France; Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran, and Tomas Lorincz, Hungary.


One of the athletes will be elected by the members to serve on FILA’s governing body, the Bureau, and to serve as chairman of the committee. The voting was done by the athletes repre- senting their countries at the World Wrestling Championships. Each athlete who made weight at the World Championships could nominate up to seven wrestlers for the committee. “This is our new direction that we promised the IOC when we made our case to stay in the Olympic Games, “ said FILA President Nenad Lalovic. “We want our current athletes involved in what we do, how we do things and to be a big part of the future that we have as an excellent organization.” The Athletes:


Jake Herbert, USA. 2009 World silver medalist, 2012


Olympian, NCAA two-time wrestling champion for Northwestern University. Active member for Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling.


Maria Prevolaraki, Greece. Mediterranean Games champi- on, London 2012 Olympian, last year was third in Women’s World Championships, silver medalist in European champi- onships. Trains at Club Ethniko in Athens. Carol Huynh, Canada. 2008 Olympic Gold medalist, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, parents are Chinese refugees who immigrated to Canada. Huynh entered the Wrestling Hall of Fame here in Budapest on Friday. She was a member of FILA’s presentation team in Buenos Aires at the IOC Session. Kaori Icho, Japan. Three-time Olympic gold medalist, won eight World titles, including one in Budapest. Sister Chiharu is a two-time silver medalist in the Olympic Games: in Athens and Beijing. Comes from Aomori in Northern Japan. Wrestles for ALCOK Wrestling Club in Tokyo. Christophe Guenot, France. Bronze medalist in 2008 Olympic Games. Older brother Steeve was the gold medalist in Beijing at 66 kg.


Hamid Soryan Reihanpour, Iran. Five-time World champion in Greco-Roman. Iran’s first Greco Olympic champion in London in 2012. Taking a year off from competition. Tomas Lorincz, Hungary. Silver medalist London, European champion this year. Brother Viktor was also on World team. He’s from Cegled Basutas Sport Club.


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