World University Wrestling Championships

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The World University Wrestling Championships, an international competition in Wrestling, have been held in alternate years since 1968 each time in a different host city. [1] [2]

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Editions

NumberYearHost cityN° of Countries
1 1968 Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey 7
2 1996 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran 18
3 1998 Flag of Turkey.svg Ankara, Turkey 16
4 2000 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan 23
5 2002 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Edmonton, Canada 27
6 2004 Flag of Poland.svg Łódź, Poland 26
7 2005 Flag of Turkey.svg Izmir, Turkey
8 2006 Flag of Mongolia.svg Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 30
9 2008 Flag of Greece.svg Thessaloniki, Greece 27
10 2010 Flag of Italy.svg Turin, Italy 32
11 2012 Flag of Finland.svg Kuortane, Finland 24
12 2014 Flag of Hungary.svg Pécs, Hungary 27
13 2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çorum, Turkey 24
14 2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Goiânia, Brazil 12
15 2019 Flag of Brazil.svg Goiânia, Brazil

Champions

Men's Freestyle

YearHost city55 kg60 kg66 kg74 kg84 kg96 kg120 kgTeam
2012 Flag of Finland.svg Kuortane, Finland Flag of Russia.svg Khuresh
Donduk-Ool
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl
Shuptar
Flag of Turkey.svg Mustaf
Kaya
Flag of Iran.svg Reza
Afzali
Flag of Iran.svg Meisam
Mostafa-Jokar
No Medal Flag of Turkey.svg Taha
Akgül
YearHost city57 kg61 kg65 kg70 kg74 kg79 kg86 kg92 kg97 kg125 kgTeam
2014 Flag of Hungary.svg Pécs, Hungary Flag of Japan.svg Fumitaka
Morishita
Flag of Mongolia.svg Tuvshintulga
Tumenbileg
Flag of Turkey.svg Selahattin
Kilicsallayan
Flag of Moldova.svg Evgheni
Nedealco
Flag of the United States.svg Tyler
Caldwell
No

Participant

Flag of Moldova.svg Piotr
Ianulov
No

Participant

Flag of Turkey.svg Fatih
Yasarli
Flag of the United States.svg Tyrell
Fortune
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çorum, Turkey Flag of Iran.svg Younes
Sarmasti
Flag of Russia.svg Viktor
Rassadin
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Meirzhan
Ashirov
Flag of Russia.svg Nadirbeg
Khizriev
Flag of Iran.svg Reza
Afzali
No

Participant

Flag of Iran.svg Mohammad
Javad Ebrahimi
No

Participant

Flag of Iran.svg Amir
Mohammadi
Flag of Iran.svg Seyyed Reza
Mousavi Kani
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Goiânia, Brazil Flag of Japan.svg Yudai
Fujita
Flag of Russia.svg Eduard
Grigorev
Flag of Japan.svg Kei
Yonezawa
Flag of Japan.svg Kirin
Kinoshita
Flag of Turkey.svg Muhammet
Akdeniz
Flag of Russia.svg Tazhitin
Akaev
Flag of Turkey.svg Osman
Göçen
Flag of Turkey.svg Mustafa
Sessiz
Flag of Russia.svg Asadula
Ibragimov
Flag of Hungary.svg Balint
Borsos
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Men's Greco-Roman

YearHost city55 kg60 kg66 kg74 kg84 kg96 kg120 kgTeam
2012 Flag of Finland.svg Kuortane, Finland Flag of the United States.svg Max
Nowry
Flag of Moldova.svg Donior
Islamov
Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan
Kozak
Flag of Iran.svg Hadi
Alizadeh
Flag of Iran.svg Taleb
Nematpour
Flag of Russia.svg Nikita
Melnikov
Flag of Iran.svg Bashir
Babajanzadeh
YearHost city59 kg66 kg71 kg75 kg80 kg86 kg98 kg130 kgTeam
2014 Flag of Hungary.svg Pécs, Hungary Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Kanybek
Zholchubekov
Flag of Hungary.svg Jäger
Krisztián
Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás
Lőrincz
Flag of Hungary.svg László
Szabó
Flag of Turkey.svg Aslan
Atem
Flag of Turkey.svg Metehan
Başar
Flag of Hungary.svg Ivan
Nemeth
Flag of Hungary.svg Bálint
Lám
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çorum, Turkey Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Kanybek
Zholchubekov
No
Participant
Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel
Liakh
No
Participant
Flag of Hungary.svg Peter
Nagy
No
Participant
Flag of Turkey.svg Fatih
Baskoy
No
Participant
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
YearHost city55 kg60 kg63 kg67 kg72 kg77 kg82 kg87 kg97 kg130 kgTeam
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Goiânia, Brazil Flag of Turkey.svg Ekrem
Öztürk
Flag of Russia.svg Rodoslav
Vasilev
Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke
Kitaoka
Flag of Russia.svg Arten
Manasov
Flag of Turkey.svg Murat
Dag
Flag of Russia.svg Fatih
Cengiz
Flag of Turkey.svg Burhan
Akbudak
Flag of Turkey.svg Ali
Cengiz
Flag of Turkey.svg Fatih
Baskoy
Flag of Turkey.svg Osman
Yildirim
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Women's Freestyle

YearHost city55 kg59 kg63 kg67 kg72 kgTeam
2012 Flag of Finland.svg Kuortane, Finland Flag of Ukraine.svg Iryna
Husyak
Flag of Japan.svg Yurika
Ito
Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuliya
Ostapchuk
Flag of Russia.svg Yulia
Prontsevich
Flag of the United States.svg Adeline
Gray
YearHost city48 kg53 kg55 kg58 kg60 kg63 kg69 kg75 kgTeam
2014 Flag of Hungary.svg Pécs, Hungary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jasmine
Mian
Flag of Moldova.svg Iulia
Leorda
Flag of Japan.svg Chiho
Hamada
Flag of Hungary.svg Emese
Barka
Flag of Russia.svg Mariia
Liulkova
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Danielle
Lappage
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dorothy
Yeats
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erica
Wiebe
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2016 Flag of Turkey.svg Çorum, Turkey Allyssa Cleaves

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Flag of Russia.svg Milana
Dadasheva
Flag of Turkey.svg Bediha
Gün
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika
Chumikova
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Linda
Morais
Flag of Russia.svg Anzhela
Fomenko
Flag of Turkey.svg Buse
Tosun
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justina
Di Stasio
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
YearHost city50 kg53 kg55 kg57 kg59 kg62 kg65 kg68 kg72 kg76 kgTeam
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Goiânia, Brazil Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jade
Dufour
Flag of Japan.svg Miho
Igarashi
Flag of Germany.svg Elena
Brugger
Flag of Hungary.svg Ramóna
Galambos
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Laurence
Beauregard
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Linda
Morais
Flag of Japan.svg Misuzu
Enomoto
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Indira
Moores
Flag of Japan.svg Mei
Shindo
Flag of Germany.svg Francy
Rädelt
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

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