Silva, a 2014 world silver medallist and Rio 2016 Olympian, has spent much of the past 12 months creating an outreach programme in her home city of Cubatão.

The programme provides educational and wrestling opportunities for girls.

"We are very proud of Aline," UWW President Nenad Lalović said.

"She is the type of female leader we want in our sport.

"She has taken her victories on the mat and is making a big impact with younger girls.

"We are honoured to present her this award."

Silva will receive $10,000 (£5,500/€6,300) from UWW and is expected to hire a coach and English teacher to help instruct 60 public school girls in Cubatão.

The outreach programme will also include weekly empowerment teachings with themes such as leadership, personal development and sexual and re-production rights.

"I think it's important to want something big for yourself and others," Silva said.

"And for these girls I want to show them what it means to have a goal and how to strive for it every day.

"I know that striving to reach a goal every day means you will make your dreams come true."

Silva begun her yet-to-be-named outreach programme by overseeing the Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP), an initiative created by the United States Department of State and administered by the University of Tennessee's Center for Sport, Peace and Society.

The GSMP consists of two pillars; empower women through sports and sport for community.

During her six weeks on-site, Silva created a plan of action to empower Brazilian women through sports and sought advice on ways to improve her new programme.

"I want to thank President Lalović and everyone at United World Wrestling for all their great work in promoting women’s wrestling and gender equality," she added. 

Silva is still training full-time and expects to compete at this year’s World Championships in Hungary’s capital Budapest.

Her goal is to medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.