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Beach Wrestling

Beach wrestling is a United World Wrestling discipline on sand. Two athletes compete in a marked sand area for throws, out-of-bounds and control actions; the format is short, easy to read and distinct from Olympic mat wrestling.

LevelVariant FamilyWrestling Family CategoryWrestling
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Classification

Category Wrestling
Family Wrestling Family
Level Variant

Weitere Angaben

Tags beach-wrestling, combat-sport, ringen-familie, ringen, wrestling

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score with legal wrestling actions in the marked sand area and win the bout.

Teilnehmer

Two athletes per bout.

Teamgröße

Individual bout.

Spielfeld

Marked sand area with safety zone.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Legal actions, out-of-bounds and bout result decide under UWW rules.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

  • sand area
  • competition clothing
  • score sheet

Wichtige Regelpunkte

  • safety breach
  • course/rule breach
  • equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

  • United World Wrestling (UWW)
  • United World Wrestling (UWW)