2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships

The 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the sixth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 23 to 29 October 2023 in Tirana, Albania.[1] United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the World Championships though they had participated in the pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war.[2] UWW explained its decision to clear them for the World Championships by stating that their participation in certain events was not of their own will and their support for the war and the policy of their government could not be certainly concluded.[3] After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks[4] on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.[5]

2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships
Host cityAlbania Tirana, Albania
Dates23–29 October
StadiumTirana Olympic Park
Champions
Freestyle United States
Greco-Roman Turkey
Women Japan
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Iranian visa problems

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After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks[6] on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.[7]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Albania)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Individual Neutral Athletes [a]114823
1  Japan53412
2  United States5229
3  Turkey34512
4  Moldova2316
5  Ukraine1359
6United World Wrestling [b]1269
7  Kazakhstan1225
8  Georgia1135
9  Azerbaijan04711
10  Armenia0123
11  Croatia0112
12  Kyrgyzstan0033
13  Germany0022
14  Egypt0011
  France0011
  Greece0011
  Hungary0011
  Lithuania0011
  Mongolia0011
  Poland0011
  Romania0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (22 entries)303060120

Team ranking

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Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1   United States 148   Turkey 121   Japan 159
2   Turkey 113   Azerbaijan 93   Ukraine 146
3   Azerbaijan 87   Georgia 78 United World Wrestling 134
4 United World Wrestling 86   Armenia 77   United States 95
5   Japan 71   Kazakhstan 63   Turkey 80
6   Moldova 66   Ukraine 62   Canada 58
7   Georgia 64   Japan 47   Kazakhstan 56
8   Kazakhstan 60   Moldova 44   Moldova 51
9   Armenia 51 United World Wrestling 43   Azerbaijan 35
10   Kyrgyzstan 36   Kyrgyzstan 41   Romania 31

Medal summary

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Men's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg
details
Nachyn Mongush
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Manvel Khndzrtsyan
  Armenia
Bekzat Almaz Uulu
  Kyrgyzstan
Batkhuyagiin Mönkh-Erdene
  Mongolia
61 kg
details
Bashir Magomedov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Assylzhan Yessengeldi
  Kazakhstan
Mezhlum Mezhlumyan
  Armenia
Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu
  Kyrgyzstan
65 kg
details
Ibragim Ibragimov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Ziraddin Bayramov
  Azerbaijan
Brock Hardy
  United States
Abdullah Toprak
  Turkey
70 kg
details
Inalbek Sheriev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Yoshinosuke Aoyagi
  Japan
Giorgi Elbakidze
  Georgia
Kanan Heybatov
  Azerbaijan
74 kg
details
Keegan O'Toole
  United States
Imam Ganishov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Hikaru Takata
  Japan
Naveen Malik
United World Wrestling
79 kg
details
Magomed Magomaev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Ashraf Ashirov
  Azerbaijan
Vladimeri Gamkrelidze
  Georgia
Sagar Jaglan
United World Wrestling
86 kg
details
Aaron Brooks
  United States
Tatsuya Shirai
  Japan
Arslan Bagaev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Joshua Morodion
  Germany
92 kg
details
Muhammed Gimri
  Turkey
Ion Demian
  Moldova
Jacob Cardenas
  United States
Abduljalil Shabanov
  Azerbaijan
97 kg
details
Isaac Trumble
  United States
Radu Lefter
  Moldova
Sergey Kozyrev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Oktay Çiftçi
  Turkey
125 kg
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Wyatt Hendrickson
  United States
Adil Mısırcı
  Turkey
Azamat Khosonov
  Greece
Vakhit Galayev
  Azerbaijan

Men's Greco-Roman

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
details
Giorgi Tokhadze
  Georgia
Iskhar Kurbayev
  Kazakhstan
Farid Sadikhli
  Azerbaijan
Adem Uzun
  Turkey
60 kg
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Anvar Allakhiarov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Romeo Beridze
  Georgia
Mert İlbars
  Turkey
Sumit Dalal
United World Wrestling
63 kg
details
Rakhman Tavmurzaev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Hleb Makaranka
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Vitalie Eriomenco
  Moldova
Chiezo Maruyama
  Japan
67 kg
details
Sultan Assetuly
  Kazakhstan
Mustafa Safa Yıldırım
  Turkey
Haruto Yabe
  Japan
Muslim Imadaev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
72 kg
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Dmitrii Adamov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Irfan Mirzoiev
  Ukraine
Shant Khachatryan
  Armenia
Ruslan Nurullayev
  Azerbaijan
77 kg
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Alexandrin Guţu
  Moldova
Khasay Hasanli
  Azerbaijan
Khvicha Ananidze
  Georgia
Yryskeldi Maksatbek Uulu
  Kyrgyzstan
82 kg
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Aues Gonibov
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Alperen Berber
  Turkey
Emad Abouelatta
  Egypt
Karlo Kodrič
  Croatia
87 kg
details
Magomed Murtazaliev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Matej Mandić
  Croatia
Szymon Szymonowicz
  Poland
István Takács
  Hungary
97 kg
details
Pavel Hlinchuk
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Mustafa Olgun
  Turkey
Yuri Nakazato
  Japan
Lucas Lazogianis
  Germany
130 kg
details
Hamza Bakır
  Turkey
Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi
  Ukraine
Mikhail Laptev
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Sarkhan Mammadov
  Azerbaijan

Women's freestyle

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 kg
details
Umi Ito
  Japan
Audrey Jimenez
  United States
Emma Luttenauer
  France
Elnura Mammadova
  Azerbaijan
53 kg
details
Mako Oono
  Japan
Mariana Drăguțan
  Moldova
Altyn Shagayeva
  Kazakhstan
Liliia Malanchuk
  Ukraine
55 kg
details
Umi Imai
  Japan
Neha Sharma
United World Wrestling
Aryna Martynava
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Andreea Ana
  Romania
57 kg
details
Sara Natami
  Japan
Zhala Aliyeva
  Azerbaijan
Elvira Kamaloğlu
  Turkey
Reena Sangwan
United World Wrestling
59 kg
details
Solomiia Vynnyk
  Ukraine
Sena Nagamoto
  Japan
Nitika Sansanwal
United World Wrestling
Anastasiia Sidelnikova
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
62 kg
details
Yuzuka Inagaki
  Japan
Iryna Bondar
  Ukraine
Irina Kuznetsova
  Kazakhstan
Alina Kasabieva
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
65 kg
details
Irina Rîngaci
  Moldova
Amina Tandelova
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Yulia Leskovets
  Ukraine
Monika
United World Wrestling
68 kg
details
Nesrin Baş
  Turkey
Alina Shauchuk
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
Manola Skobelska
  Ukraine
Tindra Sjöberg
  Sweden
72 kg
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Amit Elor
  United States
Jyoti Berwal
United World Wrestling
Iryna Zablotska
  Ukraine
Viktoryia Radzkova
  Authorised Neutral Athletes
76 kg
details
Reetika Hooda
United World Wrestling
Kennedy Blades
  United States
Kamilė Gaučaitė
  Lithuania
Anastasiya Alpyeyeva
  Ukraine

Participating nations

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564 wrestlers from 54 countries:

  1. Individual Neutral Athletes (57)
  2.   Albania (13) (Host)
  3.   Armenia (20)
  4.   Australia (1)
  5.   Austria (2)
  6.   Azerbaijan (25)
  7.   Belgium (4)
  8.   Bulgaria (7)
  9.   Canada (19)
  10.   Chile (1)
  11.   Croatia (6)
  12.   Cyprus (1)
  13.   Czech Republic (2)
  14.   Egypt (6)
  15.   Spain (4)
  16.   Estonia (4)
  17.   Finland (6)
  18.   France (10)
  19.   United Kingdom (1)
  20.   Guinea-Bissau (1)
  21.   Georgia (20)
  22.   Germany (10)
  23.   Greece (10)
  24.   Hungary (10)
  25.   Italy (6)
  26.   Jordan (2)
  27.   Japan (29)
  28.   Kazakhstan (30)
  29.   Kyrgyzstan (18)
  30.   Kosovo (1)
  31.   Saudi Arabia (6)
  32.   Latvia (3)
  33.   Lithuania (5)
  34.   Morocco (1)
  35.   Moldova (22)
  36.   Mexico (4)
  37.   Mongolia (1)
  38.   North Macedonia (3)
  39.   Nigeria (1)
  40.   Norway (2)
  41.   Philippines (1)
  42.   Poland (19)
  43.   Puerto Rico (9)
  44.   Romania (9)
  45.   South Africa (2)
  46.   Serbia (4)
  47.   Switzerland (4)
  48.   Slovakia (2)
  49.   Sweden (7)
  50.   Tajikistan (1)
  51.   Tunisia (6)
  52.   Turkey (30)
  53.   Ukraine (30)
  54.   United States (30)
  55.   Venezuela (6)
  56. United World Wrestling (30)

References

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  1. ^ https://cms.uww.org/article/u23-world-championships-entries-released
  2. ^ "Questions unanswered over Russian participation at World Wrestling Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Wrestling body explains why it let Russian champions compete at world champs despite pro-war rally". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ^ بیانیه اتحادیه جهانی کشتی درباره ویزا ندادن آلبانی به تیم ایران؛ گزارش علی عمادی (in Persian), 2023-10-24, retrieved 2023-10-26
  5. ^ "واکنش اتحادیه جهانی کشتی به ندادن ویزا به ایران از سوی آلبانی". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  6. ^ بیانیه اتحادیه جهانی کشتی درباره ویزا ندادن آلبانی به تیم ایران؛ گزارش علی عمادی (in Persian), 2023-10-24, retrieved 2023-10-26
  7. ^ "واکنش اتحادیه جهانی کشتی به ندادن ویزا به ایران از سوی آلبانی". ایسنا (in Persian). 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-10-26.

Notes

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  1. ^ As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the UWW. No flags at all were used for these delegations, not even the UWW flag. The UWW does not include the medals won by these wrestlers in the official medal table, they results were not counted in the team rankings.
  2. ^ As a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).
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