LIMA, PERU – It was a strong tournament for Canadian wrestlers at the 2024 U20 Pan-American Championships, July 11-13, in Lima, Peru. When the competition was complete, Canadians bagged a total of 12 medals (one gold, five silver and six bronze). Both the men’s freestyle and women’s teams also found the podium with the men finishing second and the women third. Canada’s tournament was highlighted by Maple Ridge, B.C.’s Madisyn Grof who captured gold in the women’s 55kg weight class. Grof put on a strong performance winning all of her matches by technical superiority to top the podium. Afterward ..read more

OTTAWA – Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is pleased to announce that nominations for the WCL Hall of Fame, class of 2025 are now open. Nominations will remain open until October 31, 2024. Interested parties can nominate individuals by using the nomination form. Make sure to view the requirements prior to submitting a nomination. The WCL Hall of Fame Criteria can be found here. The Wrestling Canada Lutte (formerly Canadian Amateur Wrestling) Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to recognize outstanding achievement and contribution to Olympic wrestling in or for Canada. There are two cat ..read more

OTTAWA — Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is proud to announce the 20 athletes, coaches and support staff set to represent Canada at the 2024 U20 Pan-American (Pan-Am) Championships, July 11-13, in Lima, Peru. “Team Canada is sending an experienced group of young international wrestlers to the U20 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Peru. We are pleased to see so many of our talented athletes with previous international experience, which bodes well for this championship. This is an important tournament as a stepping stone to the World Championships later this summer,” said Chris Woodcroft, WCL ..read more

Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL), the national sport governing body for Olympic style wrestling in Canada, is seeking interested and qualified individuals to fill vacancies and serve on the Board of Directors for up to 2-year terms: 1 official up to 3 independent directors The Board of Directors’ primary role is to govern by providing leadership, strategic direction, and governance to WCL and its staff in pursuit of its vision and mission. The Board is elected by the membership of WCL and is ultimately accountable to the membership for competent stewardship that will ensure the long-term viabili ..read more

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – The Canadian team is coming home with 10 medals (two gold, four silver, four bronze) from the 2024 U17 Pan-American Championships, June 27-29 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The team was led by a pair of gold-medal winning performances from Winnipeg’s Kaura Coles at 53kg and Abbotsford, British Columbia’s Michaeljeet Grewal at 92kg. It was the second medal at the event for both Coles and Grewal. In 2022, Coles won silver at 49kg while Grewal was the defending gold medalist in his weight class from 2023. “A lot of hard work was put in before coming here ..read more

OTTAWA — Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is pleased to announce the 19 athletes, coaches and support staff that will represent Canada at the 2024 U17 Pan-American (Pan-Am) Championships, June 27-29 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. “WCL is sending our top U17 wrestlers to compete in the Pan-Am Championships in the Dominican Republic.  This will be the first time many of the wrestlers have the opportunity to represent Canada on the international stage,” said Chris Woodcroft, WCL High Performance Director. “The team has an extensive coaching and support staff accompanying the athletes to e ..read more

OTTAWA — Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is proud to announce the athletes, coaches and support staff that will represent Canada at the inaugural 2024 U23 Pan-American (Pan-Am) Championships, June 21-22 in Rionegro, Colombia. “Wrestling Canada Lutte is sending a strong contingent of athletes to compete at the first U23 Pan-American Wrestling Championships. The team is composed of our best next generation of high-performance athletes and boasts a few of our National Senior Champions,” said Chris Woodcroft, WCL High Performance Director. “This international experience will prove to be a valuable st ..read more

OTTAWA – Wrestling Canada Lutte is proud to announce that wrestling’s international federation, United World Wrestling (UWW), has selected two Canadian officials to referee the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Guelph, Ontario’s Marcia Chiasson and Kamloops, B.C.’s Demetra Koutsopodiotis will be part of a group of 50 referees from around the world who will officiate the Games. This will be the first Games for Chiasson who has been officiating since 1999. She became a national referee, with the Canadian Association of Wrestling Officials (CAWO), in 2002 and earned her UWW license in 2017. Since becomin ..read more

Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is seeking applications from individuals from the wrestling community to support various program work. Finance & Audit Committee Up to three participants Please refer to the Terms of Reference Events & Hosting Advisory Committee Up to seven participants Please refer to the Terms of Reference Coach Education & Development Advisory Committee One participant Please refer to the Terms of Reference Safety in Sport PTSO Alignment Working Group Up to five participants from the local wrestling community will be selected to work alongside staff and consul ..read more

OTTAWA —  The countdown to Paris 2024 is on and Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is proud to have recently named the six members of the Olympic team. Hannah Taylor, Ana Godinez Gonzalez, Linda Morais, Justina Di Stasio, Alex Moore and Amar Dhesi will all be competing at the Games, but before the wrestling competition begins on August 5, there is much that goes into getting the athletes there. From training expenses, travel, pre-tournament events, training camps, support staff costs, much is needed to ensure our team is at their peak when the competition begins. That is why WCL is asking for y ..read more