Friday 3 March 2017

Kripa Bishnoi Appointed as International Match Referee by UWW

Kripa Bishnoi Appointed as International Match Referee by UWW

Kripa Shankar Bishnoi, a former Indian wrestler (पहलवान) has been appointed as an international match referee by United World Wrestling (UWW), the sport’s global governing (शासक) body. Bishnoi joined
the long list of Indian referees (खेल पंच) at the international panel after clearing the examination for the Referees’ Courses, which was held in 2016 by UWW at Dortmund, Germany. Bishnoi was selected by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for the annual training course for match referees conducted by the UWW. The Arjuna awardee Bishnoi is the first international match referee from Madhya Pradesh. The 40-year-old had trained Bollywood star Aamir Khan and other actors for their roles in the wrestling-based film ‘Dangal’.

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