2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships

The 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the sixth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 23 to 29 October 2023 in Tirana, Albania.^[1] United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the World Championships though they had participated in the pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war.^[2] UWW explained its decision to clear them for the World Championships by stating that their participation in certain events was not of their own will and their support for the war and the policy of their government could not be certainly concluded.^[3] After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks^[4] on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.^[5]

2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships
Host city	Tirana, Albania
Dates	23–29 October
Stadium	Tirana Olympic Park
Champions
Freestyle	United States
Greco-Roman	Turkey
Women	Japan
← 2022 2024 →

Iranian visa problems

After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks^[6] on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.^[7]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Albania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [a]	11	4	8	23
1	Japan	5	3	4	12
2	United States	5	2	2	9
3	Turkey	3	4	5	12
4	Moldova	2	3	1	6
5	Ukraine	1	3	5	9
6	United World Wrestling [b]	1	2	6	9
7	Kazakhstan	1	2	2	5
8	Georgia	1	1	3	5
9	Azerbaijan	0	4	7	11
10	Armenia	0	1	2	3
11	Croatia	0	1	1	2
12	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	3	3
13	Germany	0	0	2	2
14	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		30	30	60	120

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	United States	148	Turkey	121	Japan	159
2	Turkey	113	Azerbaijan	93	Ukraine	146
3	Azerbaijan	87	Georgia	78	United World Wrestling	134
4	United World Wrestling	86	Armenia	77	United States	95
5	Japan	71	Kazakhstan	63	Turkey	80
6	Moldova	66	Ukraine	62	Canada	58
7	Georgia	64	Japan	47	Kazakhstan	56
8	Kazakhstan	60	Moldova	44	Moldova	51
9	Armenia	51	United World Wrestling	43	Azerbaijan	35
10	Kyrgyzstan	36	Kyrgyzstan	41	Romania	31

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Nachyn Mongush  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Manvel Khndzrtsyan  Armenia	Bekzat Almaz Uulu  Kyrgyzstan
			Batkhuyagiin Mönkh-Erdene  Mongolia
61 kg details	Bashir Magomedov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Assylzhan Yessengeldi  Kazakhstan	Mezhlum Mezhlumyan  Armenia
			Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu  Kyrgyzstan
65 kg details	Ibragim Ibragimov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Ziraddin Bayramov  Azerbaijan	Brock Hardy  United States
			Abdullah Toprak  Turkey
70 kg details	Inalbek Sheriev  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Yoshinosuke Aoyagi  Japan	Giorgi Elbakidze  Georgia
			Kanan Heybatov  Azerbaijan
74 kg details	Keegan O'Toole  United States	Imam Ganishov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Hikaru Takata  Japan
			Naveen Malik United World Wrestling
79 kg details	Magomed Magomaev  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Ashraf Ashirov  Azerbaijan	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze  Georgia
			Sagar Jaglan United World Wrestling
86 kg details	Aaron Brooks  United States	Tatsuya Shirai  Japan	Arslan Bagaev  Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Joshua Morodion  Germany
92 kg details	Muhammed Gimri  Turkey	Ion Demian  Moldova	Jacob Cardenas  United States
			Abduljalil Shabanov  Azerbaijan
97 kg details	Isaac Trumble  United States	Radu Lefter  Moldova	Sergey Kozyrev  Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Oktay Çiftçi  Turkey
125 kg details	Wyatt Hendrickson  United States	Adil Mısırcı  Turkey	Azamat Khosonov  Greece
			Vakhit Galayev  Azerbaijan

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Giorgi Tokhadze  Georgia	Iskhar Kurbayev  Kazakhstan	Farid Sadikhli  Azerbaijan
			Adem Uzun  Turkey
60 kg details	Anvar Allakhiarov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Romeo Beridze  Georgia	Mert İlbars  Turkey
			Sumit Dalal United World Wrestling
63 kg details	Rakhman Tavmurzaev  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Hleb Makaranka  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Vitalie Eriomenco  Moldova
			Chiezo Maruyama  Japan
67 kg details	Sultan Assetuly  Kazakhstan	Mustafa Yıldırım  Turkey	Haruto Yabe  Japan
			Muslim Imadaev  Authorised Neutral Athletes
72 kg details	Dmitrii Adamov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Irfan Mirzoiev  Ukraine	Shant Khachatryan  Armenia
			Ruslan Nurullayev  Azerbaijan
77 kg details	Alexandrin Guțu  Moldova	Khasay Hasanli  Azerbaijan	Khvicha Ananidze  Georgia
			Yryskeldi Maksatbek Uulu  Kyrgyzstan
82 kg details	Aues Gonibov  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Alperen Berber  Turkey	Emad Abouelatta  Egypt
			Karlo Kodrič  Croatia
87 kg details	Magomed Murtazaliev  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Matej Mandić  Croatia	Szymon Szymonowicz  Poland
			István Takács  Hungary
97 kg details	Pavel Hlinchuk  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Mustafa Olgun  Turkey	Yuri Nakazato  Japan
			Lucas Lazogianis  Germany
130 kg details	Hamza Bakır  Turkey	Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi  Ukraine	Mikhail Laptev  Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Sarkhan Mammadov  Azerbaijan

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Umi Ito  Japan	Audrey Jimenez  United States	Emma Luttenauer  France
			Elnura Mammadova  Azerbaijan
53 kg details	Mako Oono  Japan	Mariana Drăguțan  Moldova	Altyn Shagayeva  Kazakhstan
			Liliia Malanchuk  Ukraine
55 kg details	Umi Imai  Japan	Neha Sharma United World Wrestling	Aryna Martynava  Authorised Neutral Athletes
			Andreea Ana  Romania
57 kg details	Sara Natami  Japan	Zhala Aliyeva  Azerbaijan	Elvira Kamaloğlu  Turkey
			Reena Sangwan United World Wrestling
59 kg details	Solomiia Vynnyk  Ukraine	Sena Nagamoto  Japan	Nitika Sansanwal United World Wrestling
			Anastasiia Sidelnikova  Authorised Neutral Athletes
62 kg details	Yuzuka Inagaki  Japan	Iryna Bondar  Ukraine	Irina Kuznetsova  Kazakhstan
			Alina Kasabieva  Authorised Neutral Athletes
65 kg details	Irina Rîngaci  Moldova	Amina Tandelova  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Yulia Leskovets  Ukraine
			Monika United World Wrestling
68 kg details	Nesrin Baş  Turkey	Alina Shauchuk  Authorised Neutral Athletes	Manola Skobelska  Ukraine
			Tindra Sjöberg  Sweden
72 kg details	Amit Elor  United States	Jyoti Berwal United World Wrestling	Iryna Zablotska  Ukraine
			Viktoryia Radzkova  Authorised Neutral Athletes
76 kg details	Reetika Hooda United World Wrestling	Kennedy Blades  United States	Kamilė Gaučaitė  Lithuania
			Anastasiya Alpyeyeva  Ukraine

Participating nations

564 wrestlers from 54 countries:

1. Individual Neutral Athletes (57)
2.  Albania (13) (Host)
3.  Armenia (20)
4.  Australia (1)
5.  Austria (2)
6.  Azerbaijan (25)
7.  Belgium (4)
8.  Bulgaria (7)
9.  Canada (19)
10.  Chile (1)
11.  Croatia (6)
12.  Cyprus (1)
13.  Czech Republic (2)
14.  Egypt (6)
15.  Spain (4)
16.  Estonia (4)
17.  Finland (6)
18.  France (10)
19.  United Kingdom (1)
20.  Guinea-Bissau (1)
21.  Georgia (20)
22.  Germany (10)
23.  Greece (10)
24.  Hungary (10)
25.  Italy (6)
26.  Jordan (2)
27.  Japan (29)
28.  Kazakhstan (30)
29.  Kyrgyzstan (18)
30.  Kosovo (1)
31.  Saudi Arabia (6)
32.  Latvia (3)
33.  Lithuania (5)
34.  Morocco (1)
35.  Moldova (22)
36.  Mexico (4)
37.  Mongolia (1)
38.  North Macedonia (3)
39.  Nigeria (1)
40.  Norway (2)
41.  Philippines (1)
42.  Poland (19)
43.  Puerto Rico (9)
44.  Romania (9)
45.  South Africa (2)
46.  Serbia (4)
47.  Switzerland (4)
48.  Slovakia (2)
49.  Sweden (7)
50.  Tajikistan (1)
51.  Tunisia (6)
52.  Turkey (30)
53.  Ukraine (30)
54.  United States (30)
55.  Venezuela (6)
56. United World Wrestling (30)