World Wrestling Championships 2006

The 2006 World Wrestling Championships took place from September 25 to October 1, 2006 in Guangzhou . It was wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles . The wrestlers were divided into seven weight classes. A total of 435 wrestlers took part, 220 of them in Greco-Roman and 215 in freestyle, as well as 164 female wrestlers.

German participants

The DRB sent a contingent of 16 wrestlers who achieved the following placements:

Greco-Roman:

• under 60 kg: Heinz Marnette (9th),
• under 66 kg: Marcus Thätner (20th),
• under 74 kg: Konstantin Schneider (5th),
• under 84 kg: Bernhard Mayr (24th),
• under 120 kg: Ralf Böhringer (17.)

Freestyle:

• under 74 kg: Peter Weisenberger (33.),
• under 84 kg: David Bichinashvili (9th),
• under 96 kg: Stefan Kehrer (9th),
• under 120 kg: Martin Siddiqui (19.)

Women:

• under 48 kg: Alexandra Engelhardt (13th),
• under 51 kg: Brigitte Wagner (5th),
• under 55 kg: Jessica Bechtel (5th),
• under 59 kg: Stefanie Stüber (8th),
• under 63 kg: Stéphanie Groß (24.),
• under 67 kg: Maria Müller (3rd) ,
• under 72 kg: Anita Schätzle (12.)

Austrian participants

The ÖRSV sent a squad with two wrestlers who achieved the following placements:

Women:

• under 59 kg: Birgit Stern (19th),
• under 63 kg: Nikola Hartmann-Dünser (16.)

Swiss participants

The SARV sent a squad with five wrestlers who achieved the following placements:

Greco-Roman:

• under 74 kg: Reto Bucher (11.)

Freestyle:

• under 66 kg: Gregory Sarassin (26.),
• under 84 kg: Thomas Bucheli (wrestler) (23rd),
• under 120 kg: Naveen Singh Suhag (24.)

Women:

• under 55 kg: Nadine Tokar (26.)

Greco-Roman

The Greco-Roman style competitions took place from September 25-27, 2006.

Medalist

class	gold	silver	bronze
-55 kg	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	Rövşən Bayramov	Lindsey Durlacher Park Eun-chul
-60 kg	Joseph Warren	Dawit Bedinadze	Vyacheslav Jaste Bünyamin Emik
-66 kg	Li Yanyan	Kanatbek Begaliev	Sergei Kowalenko Justin Harry Lester
-74 kg	Volodymyr Shazkych	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	Manuchar K Wirkwelia Mark Overgaard Madsen
-84 kg	Mohamad Abd El Fatah	Nazmi Avluca	Alexei Mishin Saman Tahmasebi
-96 kg	Heiki Nabi	Marek Švec	Kaloyan Dintschew Hamza Yerlikaya
-120 kg	Hassan Baroev	Mijaín López	Sjarhej Arzjuchin İsmail Güzel

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	1	0	3
2	United States	1	0	2
3	Iran	1	0	1
4th	Egypt	1	0	0
	People's Republic of China	1	0	0
	Estonia	1	0	0
	Ukraine	1	0	0
8th	Turkey	0	1	3
9	Georgia	0	1	1
10	Azerbaijan	0	1	0
	Finland	0	1	0
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0
	Cuba	0	1	0
	Czech Republic	0	1	0
15th	Bulgaria	0	0	1
	Denmark	0	0	1
	South Korea	0	0	1
	Belarus	0	0	1

Freestyle

The freestyle competitions took place from September 27-29, 2006.

Medalist

class	gold	silver	bronze
-55 kg	Radoslav Velikov	Bessik Kuduchow	Named Abdullajew Samuel Henson
-60 kg	Morad Mohammadi	Mike Zadick	Noriyuki Takatsuka Mawlet Batirov
-66 kg	Bill Zadick	Otar Tushishvili	Geandry Garzón Caballero Andrij Stadnik
-74 kg	Ibragim Aldatov	Ali Bazri Ashgar	Soslan Tigijew Don Pritzlaff
-84 kg	Saschid Saschidow	Revas Mindorashvili	Reza Yazdani Sajurbek Sochiev
-96 kg	Khadzhimurad Gazalov	Giorgi Gogschelidze	Michel Batista Ruslan Sheikov
-120 kg	Artur Taymazov	Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow	Fardin Masoumi Valadi Ruslan Basiev

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	2	2	1
2	Iran	1	1	2
	United States	1	1	2
4th	Uzbekistan	1	0	2
5	Ukraine	1	0	1
6th	Bulgaria	1	0	0
7th	Georgia	0	3	0
8th	Cuba	0	0	2
9	Armenia	0	0	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1
	Japan	0	0	1
	Belarus	0	0	1

Women

The women's competitions took place from September 29th to October 1st, 2006. Japan celebrated athletes on the podium in all 7 competitions.

Medalist

class	gold	silver	bronze
-48 kg	Chiharu Icho	Ren Xuecheng	Iwona Matkowska-Sadowska Francine de Paola-Martinez
-51 kg	Hitomi Sakamoto	Lindsay Belisle	Patricia Miranda Aljona Adaschinskaja
-55 kg	Saori Yoshida	Maryja Jahorawa	Minerva Montero Perez Ida-Theres Nerell
-59 kg	Ayako Shōda	Su Lihui	Alka Tomar Nataliya Sinisin
-63 kg	Kaori Icho	Xu Haiyan	Monika Ewa Michalik Helena Allandi
-67 kg	Jing Ruixue	Martine Dugrenier	Maria Müller Eri Sakamoto
-72 kg	Stanka Slatewa	Kyōko Hamaguchi	Jelena Perepelkina Kristie Marano

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Japan	5	1	1
2	People's Republic of China	1	3	0
3	Bulgaria	1	0	0
4th	Canada	0	2	0
5	Belarus	0	1	0
6th	Poland	0	0	2
	Russia	0	0	2
	Sweden	0	0	2
	United States	0	0	2
10	Germany	0	0	1
	India	0	0	1
	Italy	0	0	1
	Spain	0	0	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1

Web links

• Complete medal table (Greco-Roman men ) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Complete medal table (freestyle men ) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Complete medal table (women) at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Guangzhou 2006 Official Website (Chinese, English, French)