The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's Freestyle Wrestling tournament was first held in 1987.
Roman Andreyevich Vlasov is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time Olympic Champion, a three-time World Champion, and a four-time European Champion. He also won the gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade. Furthermore, he was runner-up at the 2013 World Championships and the 2014 and 2015 World Cup. Vlasov trains under Viktor Kuznetsov, the same coach who raised Aleksandr Karelin.
Mark Madsen is a Danish professional mixed martial artist and former Greco-Roman wrestler. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Askhat Rakhatuly Dilmukhamedov is an amateur Kazakh Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's middleweight category. He won a bronze medal in his division at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Viktor Nemeš is a Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler. His twin brother Mate Nemeš is also a wrestler.
Alfonso Antonio Leyva Yepez is a Mexican Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist.
Men's Greco-Roman 77 kilograms competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place on 2–3 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku.
Armenia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Aik Mnatsakanian is a Georgian-born Bulgarian sport wrestler of Armenian descent who competes in the men's Greco Roman category. He has claimed two bronze medals in the World Wrestling Championships both in the men's 72 kg category in 2018 and in 2019. He competed in the men's 77 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Alex Michel Bjurberg Kessidis is a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships and the 2019 European Games. He represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Karapet Chalyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the European Games and a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also represented Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Sanan Suleymanov is an Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. In 2020, he won the gold medal in the 77 kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Pejman Poshtam is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a two-time medalist, including gold, at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Yosvanys Peña Flores is a Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler. At the Pan American Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the 77 kg event both in 2019 and in 2020. He also represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Roland Schwarz is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. In the final, he lost against Roman Vlasov of Russia. Chechen by nationality.
Mohammad Reza Geraei, is an Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler. At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event. In 2018, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kamal Ameer Bey is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He holds multiple gold medals in competitions such as the World Championships, US Nationals, Cerro Pelado and more.
Zoltán Lévai is a Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He also won the silver medal in the 77 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.
Malkhas Amoyan is an Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway, and he also won the gold medal in the men's 77 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Shohei Yabiku is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, having finished runner-up to Akzhol Makhmudov in men's Greco-Roman 77 kg at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In the 77 kg event, Yabiku won a bronze medal.
