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Wrestling

A look at the World Rankings in wrestling

A comprehensive list of the top three wrestlers in all official categories of the Olympics.

Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia
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Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia (Source: United World Wrestling)

By

C.C. Chengappa

Updated: 13 Jun 2021 8:41 AM GMT

With qualifications having come to a close for the Tokyo Olympics, wrestlers have an idea bout who they will be up against in their respective categories. Rankings have altered over the past several months with various championships and events taking place across the world. We take a look at all the top-ranked wrestlers across the 18 odd categories of Olympic wrestling.

Freestyle Category

57 kg

  • Rank 1- Ali Aburumaila – Palestine
  • Rank 2- Beka Bujiashvili- Georgia
  • Rank 3- Ravi Kumar - India

65kg

  • Rank 1-Joseph Mckenna - USA
  • Rank 2- Bajrang Punia - India
  • Rank 3- Krzystof Bienkowski - Poland

74kg

  • Rank 1- Frank Chamizo Marquez- Italy
  • Rank 2- Mostafa Mohabali Hosseinkhani- Iran
  • Rank 3 - Nurkozha Kaipanov- Kazakhstan

85kg

  • Rank 1 - Sandro Aminashvli- Georgia
  • Rank 2 - Zahid Valencia - USA
  • Rank 3 - Myles Amine - San Marino

97kg

  • Rank 1- Alisher Yergali- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 2 - Ali Khalil Shabanibengar- Iran
  • Rank 3 - Kolli Raymond Moore- USA

125kg

  • Rank 1-Oleg Bolton- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 2-Yusuf Batirmurzaev- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 3-Sumit Panghal- India
Two wrestlers battle it out in the World Wrestling Championships


Greco Roman Category

60kg

  • Rank 1 - Ildar Hafizov- USA
  • Rank 2 - Joshua Xavier Median-USA
  • Rank 3 - Sergey Emelin-Russia

67kg

  • Rank 1 - Almat Kebispaev- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 2 - Murat Firat- Turkey
  • Rank 3 - Mate Nemes- Russia

77kg

  • Rank 1 - Yunus Emre Basar- Turkey
  • Rank 2 - Peyton Burke Walsh- USA
  • Rank 3 - Tamas Lorincz- Hungary

87kg

  • Rank 1 - Zurabi Datunashvili- Russia
  • Rank 2 - John Walter Stefanowicz- USA
  • Rank 3 - Naser Ghasem Alizadeh- Iran

97kg

  • Rank 1- Musa Evloev- Russia
  • Rank 2- Kevin Castillo- Honduras
  • Rank 3- Mehdi Mohammed Balihamzehdeh- Iran

130kg

  • Rank 1-Riza Kaayalp-Turkey
  • Rank 2-Zurabi Gedekhauri- Russia
  • Rank 3- Naveen Sevlia- India
Vinesh Phogat at the World Wrestling Championships

Women's Wrestling

50kg

  • Rank 1- Valentina Ivanovna Brik- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 2- Mariya Stadnik- Russia
  • Rank 3- Miglena Selishka- Bulgaria

53kg

  • Rank 1- Vinesh Phoghat- India
  • Rank 2- Assylzat Sagymbay- Kazakhstan
  • Rank 3- Katarzyna Krawcyzk- Poland

57kg

  • Rank 1- Irinia Kurachkina- Belarus
  • Rank 2- Giullia Penalber- Brazil
  • Rank 3- Anshu Malik- India

62kg

  • Rank 1- Aisuluu Tynybekova- Kyrgyzstan
  • Rank 2- Marianna Sastin- Hungary
  • Rank 3- Lais Nunes- Brazil

68kg

  • Rank 1- Koumba Selene Larroque- France
  • Rank 2- Tamyra Stock Mensah- USA
  • Rank 3- Meerim Zhumanazarova- Kyrgyzstan

76kg

  • Rank 1- Epp Maee- Estonia
  • Rank 2- Aline Focken- Germany
  • Rank 3 - Natalia Vorobeva- Russia


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