2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates21–22 October
Competitors24 from 22 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  2024
2026  

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 21 and 22 October 2025. [1]

Contents

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yehor Yakushenko  (UKR)6
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Iussuf Matsiyev  (KAZ)1

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Finland.svg  Aapo Viitala  (FIN)4F
Flag of Turkey.svg  Muhittin Emre Helvacı  (TUR)9FFlag of Turkey.svg  Muhittin Emre Helvacı  (TUR)5
Flag of Moldova.svg  Ilia Cernovol  (MDA)0 Flag of Finland.svg  Aapo Viitala  (FIN)0
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Javokhir Shodiyarov  (UZB)0 Flag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)6
Flag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)9Flag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)8
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Nurmanbet Raimaly Uulu  (KGZ)0
Flag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yehor Yakushenko  (UKR)6
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Abubakar Khaslakhanau  (AIN)9
Flag of Iran.svg  Hadi Seydi Avendi  (IRI)11Flag of Iran.svg  Hadi Seydi Avendi  (IRI)1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Dorian Trejo Olguin  (MEX)0 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Abubakar Khaslakhanau  (AIN)3
Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Gabisonia  (GEO)11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yehor Yakushenko  (UKR)3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Zichen  (CHN)3 Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Gabisonia  (GEO)0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yehor Yakushenko  (UKR)8

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Croatia.svg  Tomislav Brkan  (CRO)4
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Juan Díaz Blanco  (VEN)3 Flag of Germany.svg  Darius Kiefer  (GER)7
Flag of Germany.svg  Darius Kiefer  (GER)5Flag of Germany.svg  Darius Kiefer  (GER)1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Guliyev  (AZE)1 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)3
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)5Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)9
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Mihail Melehov  (BUL)0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Iussuf Matsiyev  (KAZ)9
Flag of Serbia.svg  Uroš Krstin  (SRB)4
Flag of India.svg  Naman  (IND)0 Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)5
Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)9Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)0
Flag of Japan.svg  Kyo Kitawaki  (JPN)12Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Iussuf Matsiyev  (KAZ)4
Flag of the United States.svg  Maxwell Ramberg  (USA)1 Flag of Japan.svg  Kyo Kitawaki  (JPN)1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Iussuf Matsiyev  (KAZ)2

Repechage

Repechage round 1Bronze medals
Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Gabisonia  (GEO)2Flag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)7
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Abubakar Khaslakhanau  (AIN)11Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Abubakar Khaslakhanau  (AIN)7
Flag of Japan.svg  Kyo Kitawaki  (JPN)0Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)1
Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)4Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)1

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yehor Yakushenko  (UKR)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Iussuf Matsiyev  (KAZ)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Estonia.svg  Richard Karelson  (EST)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Maksim Averin  (AIN)
5Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Abubakar Khaslakhanau  (AIN)
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Arshak Geghamyan  (ARM)
7Flag of Germany.svg  Darius Kiefer  (GER)
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Muhittin Emre Helvacı  (TUR)
9Flag of Finland.svg  Aapo Viitala  (FIN)
10Flag of Japan.svg  Kyo Kitawaki  (JPN)
11Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Gabisonia  (GEO)
12Flag of Iran.svg  Hadi Seydi Avendi  (IRI)
13Flag of Serbia.svg  Uroš Krstin  (SRB)
14Flag of Croatia.svg  Tomislav Brkan  (CRO)
15Flag of Venezuela.svg  Juan Díaz Blanco  (VEN)
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yang Zichen  (CHN)
17Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Guliyev  (AZE)
18Flag of the United States.svg  Maxwell Ramberg  (USA)
19Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Nurmanbet Raimaly Uulu  (KGZ)
20Flag of Moldova.svg  Ilia Cernovol  (MDA)
21Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Javokhir Shodiyarov  (UZB)
22Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Mihail Melehov  (BUL)
23Flag of India.svg  Naman  (IND)
24Flag of Mexico.svg  Dorian Trejo Olguin  (MEX)

References

  1. "U23 World Championships". uww.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.