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@unitedworldwrestling.org | |
| President | Dr Tuomo Karila |
| General Secretary | Pertti Vehviläinen +358 400 625 414 |
| Office Manager | Merja Lintala |
| Sports coordinator – General Secretary of U23 World Championships 2020 |
Antti Pekkala |
| Coaches GR | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Juha Lappalainen Jarkko Ala-Huikku (U20) Ville Pasanen (U17) |
| Coach WW-FS | Ahto Raska |
| Coach WW | Tiina Vainionpää (U17-U20) |
| Coach FS | Niko Kettunen (U17-U20) |
- 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 420 medals over the years in the Olympic Games, World and European Championships
- Nowadays we have 105 wrestling clubs