2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 79 kg

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Men's freestyle 79 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates25–26 October
Competitors22 from 20 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 25 and 26 October 2025. [1]

Contents

This freestyle 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 Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)1
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)11

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)5
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitalii Malenkov  (UKR)0
Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Andrija Ivanović  (SRB)0 Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)10Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)10
Flag of Cuba.svg  Geannis Garzón Tamayo  (CUB)8
Flag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)5
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yerkhan Abil  (KAZ)5
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Umar Mavlaev  (SUI)1 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Farid Jabbarov  (AZE)0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Farid Jabbarov  (AZE)3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yerkhan Abil  (KAZ)3
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)3FFlag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)7
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Connor Church  (CAN)2 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)6
Flag of Moldova.svg  Ion Laurențiu Marcu  (MDA)4

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Davud Daudov  (AIN)2F
Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Pędzicki  (POL)8FFlag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Pędzicki  (POL)0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bayalige  (CHN)2 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Davud Daudov  (AIN)10
Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Chkhitunidze  (GEO)10Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Chkhitunidze  (GEO)0
Flag of India.svg  Chander Mohan  (IND)0 Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Chkhitunidze  (GEO)7
Flag of Japan.svg  Subaru Takahara  (JPN)4
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Davud Daudov  (AIN)4
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)11
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Aykan Seid  (BUL)3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Yael Pérez Ake  (MEX)0 Flag of Germany.svg  Gregor Eigenbrodt  (GER)2
Flag of Germany.svg  Gregor Eigenbrodt  (GER)11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Aykan Seid  (BUL)0
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)10
Flag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)7
Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)0

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Serbia.svg  Andrija Ivanović  (SRB)2Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)2Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Geannis Garzón Tamayo  (CUB)9Flag of Cuba.svg  Geannis Garzón Tamayo  (CUB)3Flag of Cuba.svg  Geannis Garzón Tamayo  (CUB)4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Aykan Seid  (BUL)0Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Davud Daudov  (AIN)3
Flag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)11FFlag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)13

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Levi Haines  (USA)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Turkey.svg  Metehan Yaprak  (TUR)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Geannis Garzón Tamayo  (CUB)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Mehdi Yousefi  (IRI)
5Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Nikita Mayeuski  (AIN)
5Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Davud Daudov  (AIN)
7Flag of Georgia.svg  Luka Chkhitunidze  (GEO)
8Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Pędzicki  (POL)
9Flag of Germany.svg  Gregor Eigenbrodt  (GER)
10Flag of Armenia.svg  Hayk Papikyan  (ARM)
11Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yerkhan Abil  (KAZ)
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Farid Jabbarov  (AZE)
13Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Aykan Seid  (BUL)
14Flag of Moldova.svg  Ion Laurențiu Marcu  (MDA)
15Flag of Japan.svg  Subaru Takahara  (JPN)
16Flag of Serbia.svg  Andrija Ivanović  (SRB)
17Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Umar Mavlaev  (SUI)
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Connor Church  (CAN)
19Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bayalige  (CHN)
20Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vitalii Malenkov  (UKR)
21Flag of India.svg  Chander Mohan  (IND)
22Flag of Mexico.svg  Yael Pérez Ake  (MEX)

References

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