2021 World Wrestling Championships

2021 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Oslo, Norway
Dates	2–10 October 2021
Stadium	Nye Jordal Amfi
Champions
Freestyle	RWF
Greco-Roman	RWF
Women	Japan
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The 2021 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 2 to 10 October 2021 in Oslo, Norway. ^[1]

The event was subsequent to the 2019 World Championships due to the cancelation of the 2020 edition during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2] The 2020 Individual World Cup was held as replacement for the World Wrestling Championships.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	7	3	3	13
2	United States	5	5	5	15
3	Japan	5	3	4	12
4	Russian Wrestling Federation	4	5	9	18
5	Kyrgyzstan	2	2	2	6
6	Moldova	2	1	0	3
7	Azerbaijan	1	1	4	6
8	Poland	1	0	3	4
9	Armenia	1	0	1	2
	Belarus	1	0	1	2
11	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
12	Georgia	0	3	5	8
13	Germany	0	1	3	4
	Turkey	0	1	3	4
15	India	0	1	1	2
	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
17	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
20	Mongolia	0	0	6	6
21	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
22	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		30	30	60	120

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Russian Wrestling Federation	173	Russian Wrestling Federation	152	Japan	196
2	United States	168	Iran	146	United States	147
3	Iran	162	Azerbaijan	107	Mongolia	78
4	Georgia	68	Georgia	92	Ukraine	73
5	Turkey	58	Turkey	66	India	67
6	Mongolia	56	Hungary	60	Kyrgyzstan	65
7	Belarus	45	Japan	54	Russian Wrestling Federation	64
8	Azerbaijan	42	Armenia	49	Bulgaria	49
9	Poland	39	Poland	46	Canada	47
10	Armenia	39	Belarus	40	Moldova	45

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Weight	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Thomas Gilman   United States	Alireza Sarlak   Iran	Horst Lehr   Germany
			Aryan Tsiutryn   Belarus
61 kg details	Abasgadzhi Magomedov Russian Wrestling Federation	Daton Fix   United States	Arsen Harutyunyan   Armenia
			Toshihiro Hasegawa   Japan
65 kg details	Zagir Shakhiev Russian Wrestling Federation	Amir Mohammad Yazdani   Iran	Alibek Osmonov   Kyrgyzstan
			Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga   Mongolia
70 kg details	Magomedmurad Gadzhiev   Poland	Ernazar Akmataliev   Kyrgyzstan	Yevgeny Zherbaev Russian Wrestling Federation
			Zurabi Iakobishvili   Georgia
74 kg details	Kyle Dake   United States	Tajmuraz Salkazanov   Slovakia	Fazlı Eryılmaz   Turkey
			Timur Bizhoev Russian Wrestling Federation
79 kg details	Jordan Burroughs   United States	Mohammad Nokhodi   Iran	Radik Valiev Russian Wrestling Federation
			Nika Kentchadze   Georgia
86 kg details	Hassan Yazdani   Iran	David Taylor   United States	Abubakr Abakarov   Azerbaijan
			Artur Naifonov Russian Wrestling Federation
92 kg details	Kamran Ghasempour   Iran	Magomed Kurbanov Russian Wrestling Federation	Osman Nurmagomedov   Azerbaijan
			J'den Cox   United States
97 kg details	Abdulrashid Sadulaev Russian Wrestling Federation	Kyle Snyder   United States	Mahamed Zakariiev   Ukraine
			Mojtaba Goleij   Iran
125 kg details	Amir Hossein Zare   Iran	Geno Petriashvili   Georgia	Mönkhtöriin Lkhagvagerel   Mongolia
			Taha Akgül   Turkey

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Ken Matsui   Japan	Emin Sefershaev Russian Wrestling Federation	Nugzari Tsurtsumia   Georgia
			Eldaniz Azizli   Azerbaijan
60 kg details	Victor Ciobanu   Moldova	Zholaman Sharshenbekov   Kyrgyzstan	Stepan Maryanyan Russian Wrestling Federation
			Murad Mammadov   Azerbaijan
63 kg details	Meisam Dalkhani   Iran	Leri Abuladze   Georgia	Kensuke Shimizu   Japan
			Lenur Temirov   Ukraine
67 kg details	Mohammad Reza Geraei   Iran	Nazir Abdullaev Russian Wrestling Federation	Ramaz Zoidze   Georgia
			Almat Kebispayev   Kazakhstan
72 kg details	Malkhas Amoyan   Armenia	Sergey Kutuzov Russian Wrestling Federation	Gevorg Sahakyan   Poland
			Kristupas Šleiva   Lithuania
77 kg details	Roman Vlasov Russian Wrestling Federation	Sanan Suleymanov   Azerbaijan	Roland Schwarz   Germany
			Mohammad Ali Geraei   Iran
82 kg details	Rafig Huseynov   Azerbaijan	Burhan Akbudak   Turkey	Adlan Akiev Russian Wrestling Federation
			Pejman Poshtam   Iran
87 kg details	Kiryl Maskevich   Belarus	Lasha Gobadze   Georgia	Turpal Bisultanov   Denmark
			Arkadiusz Kułynycz   Poland
97 kg details	Mohammad Hadi Saravi   Iran	Alex Szőke   Hungary	Artur Sargsian Russian Wrestling Federation
			G'Angelo Hancock   United States
130 kg details	Ali Akbar Yousefi   Iran	Zurabi Gedekhauri Russian Wrestling Federation	Iakobi Kajaia   Georgia
			Oskar Marvik   Norway

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Remina Yoshimoto   Japan	Sarah Hildebrandt   United States	Nadezhda Sokolova Russian Wrestling Federation
			Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal   Mongolia
53 kg details	Akari Fujinami   Japan	Iulia Leorda   Moldova	Katarzyna Krawczyk   Poland
			Samantha Stewart   Canada
55 kg details	Tsugumi Sakurai   Japan	Nina Hemmer   Germany	Oleksandra Khomenets   Ukraine
			Jenna Burkert   United States
57 kg details	Helen Maroulis   United States	Anshu Malik   India	Sae Nanjo   Japan
			Erkhembayaryn Davaachimeg   Mongolia
59 kg details	Bilyana Dudova   Bulgaria	Akie Hanai   Japan	Baatarjavyn Shoovdor   Mongolia
			Sarita Mor   India
62 kg details	Aisuluu Tynybekova   Kyrgyzstan	Kayla Miracle   United States	Nonoka Ozaki   Japan
			Enkhbatyn Gantuyaa   Mongolia
65 kg details	Irina Rîngaci   Moldova	Miwa Morikawa   Japan	Johanna Mattsson   Sweden
			Forrest Molinari   United States
68 kg details	Meerim Zhumanazarova   Kyrgyzstan	Rin Miyaji   Japan	Tamyra Mensah-Stock   United States
			Khanum Velieva Russian Wrestling Federation
72 kg details	Masako Furuichi   Japan	Zhamila Bakbergenova   Kazakhstan	Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu   Turkey
			Anna Schell   Germany
76 kg details	Adeline Gray   United States	Epp Mäe   Estonia	Samar Amer   Egypt
			Aiperi Medet Kyzy   Kyrgyzstan

Participating nations

648 competitors from 66 nations participated.

•   Albania (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Armenia (12)
•   Australia (1)
•   Austria (4)
•   Azerbaijan (22)
•   Bahrain (3)
•   Belarus (22)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (6)
•   Bulgaria (20)
•   Canada (15)
•   Chile (2)
•   Colombia (2)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Croatia (4)
•   Czech Republic (4)
•   Denmark (3)
•   Ecuador (2)
•   Egypt (3)
•   Estonia (7)
•   Finland (5)
•   France (9)
•   Georgia (20)
•   Germany (22)
•   Great Britain (3)
•   Greece (3)
•   Hungary (13)
•   India (30)
•   Iran (20)
•   Israel (3)
•   Italy (6)
•   Japan (30)
•   Kazakhstan (27)
•   Kenya (9)
•   Kyrgyzstan (15)
•   Latvia (3)
•   Lithuania (12)
•   Mexico (9)
•   Moldova (15)
•   Mongolia (20)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Nepal (2)
•   Nigeria (2)
•   North Macedonia (2)
•   Norway (12)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Poland (23)
•   Puerto Rico (2)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Romania (8)
• Russian Wrestling Federation (30)
•   San Marino (1)
•   Serbia (9)
•   Slovakia (6)
•   South Korea (27)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sri Lanka (5)
•   Sweden (8)
•   Switzerland (1)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Turkey (30)
•   Ukraine (30)
•   United States (30)
•   Venezuela (1)
•   Yemen (2)

• Under the Court of Arbitration for Sport ban, Russia may not use its name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" at any world championships until 16 December 2022. Thus, Russian wrestlers competed under a modified flag and the name "Russian Wrestling Federation" (RWF) at the 2021 World Championships. ^[3]

Disappearance of Donald Indrawansa

The manager of Sri Lanka's delegation at the championships was a 45-year-old wrestler from the country named Donald Indrawansa. During the event, on 4 October—the day before he was scheduled to go back home with his team—he suddenly disappeared without any witnesses or traces of him leaving. The rest of his team returned home safely. The Wrestling Federation of Sri Lanka announced it would investigate the incident, but its president said Indrawansa had likely used the trip to illegally immigrate to Europe, and condemned Indrawansa for lacking sportsmanship. His is one of numerous disappearances of Sri Lankans at overseas sporting events. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "World Championships".
2. "Olympic bronze medalist Kyle Dake to compete at World Championships". WETM - MyTwinTiers.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
3. "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
4. Thomas, Kris (14 October 2021). "An Athlete Went to Europe for a Competition. He Disappeared, Like Many Before Him". VICE. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
5. "Sri Lanka Wrestling Team Manager "disappears" in Norway". Latest in the News Sphere | The Morning. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.

External links

• Results Book
• Official website