Finnish Wrestling Federation
Suomen Painiliitto ry – Finnish Wrestling Federation
Paavo Nurmen Tie 1
FIN-00250 HELSINKI
| E-mails: | info@painiliitto.net or firstname.surname@painiliitto.net |
| FIN@uww.org | |
| President | Pekka Paavola |
| General Secretary | Pasi Sarkkinen +358 50 3600 036 |
| Administrative secretary | Antti Pekkala |
| Coaches GR | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Veli-Karri Suominen Jarkko Ala-Huikku (U20) Ville Pasanen (U17) |
| Coach WW-FS | Niko Kettunen |
- 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 about 100 wrestling clubs around the country