| Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city |  Brazil, Caxias Do Sul |
| Dates | 10–14 May 2022 |
| Stadium | UCS Ginásio Poliesportivo |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle |  Turkey |
| Greco-Roman |  Iran |
Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics was held in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil from 10 to 14 May 2022. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRI) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 |  Turkey (TUR) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | 16 | 16 | 26 | 58 | |
| Rank | Freestyle | Greco-Roman | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| 1 | Turkey | 144 | Iran | 153 |
| 2 |  Kazakhstan | 132 | Turkey | 145 |
| 3 | Iran | 130 | Kazakhstan | 110 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 76 | Ukraine | 73 |
| 5 |  India | 74 |  United States | 64 |
| 6 | United States | 65 |  Armenia | 63 |
| 7 |  Mongolia | 45 | India | 58 |
| 8 | Armenia | 42 |  Bulgaria | 40 |
| 9 |  Kyrgyzstan | 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 34 |
| 10 |  Venezuela | 10 |  Greece | 30 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 kg | Mohammad Siavoshi Iran | Gabit Yeszhanov Kazakhstan | Kürşat Kiraz Turkey |
| Senik Serobyan Armenia | |||
| 65 kg | Erkhembayar Namdagdorj Mongolia | Almazbek Isakov Kyrgyzstan | Keivan Rostamabadi Iran |
| Sinan Sadak Turkey | |||
| 70 kg | Onur Arı Turkey | Sabyrzhan Rsaly Kazakhstan | Foroud Hojjati Iran |
| 74 kg | Oğuz Dönder Turkey | Gassyr Turgynbay Kazakhstan | Virender Singh India |
| Hossein Nouri Iran | |||
| 86 kg | Anatolii Chervonenko Ukraine | Hamid Reza Kanaanizadeh Iran | Amit Krishan India |
| 92 kg | Ömer Saner Turkey | Mykyta Latiuk Ukraine | Bexultan Malaidar Kazakhstan |
| 97 kg | Sumit Dahiya India | Mohammad Rasoul Ghamarpour Iran | Lütfullah Mustafa Kılıç Turkey |
| 125 kg | Khairatkhaan Shonku Kazakhstan | Ali Shakibazadeh Iran | Serhii Drahan Ukraine |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 kg | Sadegh Abolvafaei Iran | Panayot Dimitrov Bulgaria | Smadiiar Zhumakadyrov Kyrgyzstan |
| Sargis Sargsyan Armenia | |||
| 60 kg | Mehdi Bakhshi Iran | Kürşat Kiraz Turkey | Vitalii Butenko Ukraine |
| Aldiyar Baltashev Kazakhstan | |||
| 67 kg | Mehmet Ali Yiğit Turkey | Ali Karimi Iran | Zhora Grigoryan Armenia |
Hugo Passos Portugal | |||
| 77 kg | Mantas Sinkevičius Lithuania | Muhammet Akdeniz Turkey | Nurzhan Assan Kazakhstan |
| Nikolaos Iosifidis Greece | |||
| 82 kg | Roman Iashchenko Ukraine | Bayram Aksu Turkey | Shirzad Mahaki Iran |
| 87 kg | Abouzar Rabiezadeh Iran | Ahmet Talha Kacur Turkey | Narek Nikoghosyan Armenia |
| Ashten Gene Johnson United States | |||
| 97 kg | Akbar Saberi Iran | Assylzhan Tazhiyev Kazakhstan | Amaree McKenstry United States |
| Andrii Kosov Ukraine | |||
| 130 kg | Khairatkhaan Shonku Kazakhstan | Mehmet Uysal Turkey | Milias Markov Kyrgyzstan |
| Alexandros Papadatos Greece |
128 wrestlers from 19 countries:
Algeria (1) Armenia (10)
Azerbaijan (2) Bulgaria (6)
Cameroon (1)
Cuba (6) Greece (4) India (13) Iran (16) Kazakhstan (16) Kyrgyzstan (4) Lithuania (1)
Moldova (1) Mongolia (3) Portugal (1) Turkey (16) Ukraine (10) United States (14) Venezuela (3)Belarusian and Russian wrestlers did not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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