Moscow, Russia - After many years of service to FILA, the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles, Raphael Martinetti was rewarded on Thursday morning as he was elected as the sixth president in FILA history. Martinetti, the only candidate named for the position after Milan Ercegan stepped down, was elected after garnering 84 out of a possible 90 votes from the international wrestling delegates.    "I will do everything to ensure that our sport, wrestling, will remain an Olympic sport," Martinetti stated immediately after his election. His statement was in response to an International Olympic Committee announcement that one discipline of wrestling may be dropped from the 2008 Olympic Games.    "I promise that I will make sure that wrestling becomes one of the most important and popular Olympics sports," he added.    Martinetti is currently the President of the FILA Refereeing Commission. Before that, he served for 12 years as the Secretary for the FILA Refereeing Commission, while also serving as a FILA referee instructor. Before his election, he was also the Vice-President and member of the FILA Executive Committee.    He served as a technical delegate for the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games and several Continental and World Championships. He will serve as a technical delegate for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.    Martinetti has also been a Category E international referee since the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.    Martinetti served as the President of the Swiss Federation of Amateur Wrestling for 12 years after serving as the organization's National Technical Director for 12 years.    He initiated the reunification of the five wrestling federations in Switzerland into the Swiss Federation of Amateur Wrestling. He is currently an Honorary President of the Swiss Federation of Amateur Wrestling.    He has served as the President of the organizing committee of the 1973 Freestyle European Championships, the 1997 Veterans Freestyle World Championships and the 2001 Veterans Freestyle World Championships and Junior Women's World Championships.    As a competitor, Martinetti was a Swiss champion and won several medals at the Swiss national championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. As a member of Switzerland's National Team, Martinetti competed in several international events, including the European Championships and World Championships.    "Mr. Martinetti has deep roots in our sport as a wrestler and with FILA," Ercegan said. "FILA will be under the guidance of a great person."    Professionally, Martinetti is the owner and director of the Martinetti Brothers company in Martigny, Switzerland specializing in metal and other constructions. He is also the owner and an administrator of Cabotrac Ltd., specializing in the sale and manufacture of cables and lifting equipment as well as the owner and an administrator of Chapiteaux Multicolores SA, which erects and rents stands, terraces and tents for sporting and festive events.    The 59 year-old Martinetti and his wife Madeleine have three children: Catherine, David and Anne.