Meet the Team

Accolades include representing Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, a 5th place finish at the Commonwealth Championships 2013 in Johannesburg & two time British Champion 2013 & 2014. He has 25 years in the sport starting out at Milngavie Wrestling club in 1999 under David Scott jr/snr. He has been coaching for over 10 years helping Scottish Wrestling Rising stars and coaching kids classes.

Vasile Jornea (Coach/Team manager) - A former wrestler and current UWW Referee Vasile has 30 years wrestling experience from his junior days in Moldova, to seniors in France before coming to Scotland where he has been the manager for the Commonwealth team of 2018 as well as successfully organising the most camps in Scotland the team has ever had. Vasile was also at the head of event organising, overseeing the Scottish Championships, that was twice recognised (2023 & 2024) as the best competition in the past decade. Another accolade for Mr Jornea is that he has twice led the Scotland team to the Home Nations cup trophy (2021 & 2023) coming second in 2024.

A Commonwealth medallist himself in 1986, David has a wealth of experience in the Wrestling world both domestic and abroad.

He has over 25 years coaching experience and part of the coaching team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with another 20 years in the sport prior to that.

Learnt his trade in the Soviet Union, coaching teams in Germany to Bundesliga victory & has been head coach of 4 Scotland Commonwealth Games teams that have delivered 2 Bronze medals.

Brandon is the son of one of Scotlands most successful Wrestlers, Graham English. A two time Commonwealth medallist as well as representing the GB team at the Olympics in 1988. Though sadly no longer with us, Brandon aims to follow in those big footsteps of his father and for his young age is already on his way with a senior career that boasts:

• 2nd Scottish championships 2023

• U20 British championships 2023

• 3rd British championships 2024

• 1st Scottish championships 2024

Brandon is one of two coaches on our coaching pathway helping out at the junior sessions and due to his experience regularly takes the senior group for their warm up.

Artio began wrestling in Ukraine in 2020. He then came to Scotland in 2022 and started looking for a local club. He discovered the Glasgow Wrestling club on Facebook and came along where he met the rest of the team.

Artio's first competition was the Scottish Open in 2023 where he won silver. A few months later he went with the team to compete in England at the British Open and took another 2nd place.

Artio is the second wrestler on our coaching pathway program and helps with the junior sessions as well as aiding in translation to other young athletes from Ukraine.