Finnish Wrestling Federation

Suomen Painiliitto ry – Finnish Wrestling Federation
Valimotie 10
FIN-00380 HELSINKI

E-mails:
info@painiliitto.net or firstname.surname@painiliitto.net

FIN@uww.org

President
Pekka P. Paavola

General Secretary
Pasi Sarkkinen
+358 50 360 0036

Office Manager
Merja Lintala

Administrative secretary
Antti Pekkala

Coach GR
Juha Lappalainen

Coach GR
Marko Yli-Hannuksela

Coach GR (U20)
Jarkko Ala-Huikku

Coach GR (U17)
Ville Pasanen

Coach FS-WW
Niko Kettunen

Coach WW
Ville Lehtikangas

The first wrestling club, Helsingin Atleettiklubi (HAK) was founded in 1891
The first Finnish Championship was held on 23 October 1898
The Wrestling section was founded on 10 May 1910
Finnish Wrestling Federation was founded on 11 October 1931
Finnish wrestlers have won over 500 medals over the years in the Olympic Games, World and European Championships
Nowadays we have 105 wrestling clubs