World Wrestling Championships 2009

The 2009 wrestling world championships took place from September 21 to 27, 2009 in the Messecenter in Herning . It was wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles . The wrestlers were divided into seven weight classes. A total of 639 wrestlers took part, 245 of them in Greco-Roman and 222 in freestyle, as well as 172 female wrestlers.

Preparatory and qualifying tournaments

On the continental level, championship tournaments were held in the run-up to the world championships, which mostly also served as qualifications for the world championships:

• February 27th : Oceania Championships in Samoa
• March 31 : European Championships in Vilnius , Lithuania
• April 22nd : Pan American Championships in Maracaibo , Venezuela
• May 2nd : Asian Championships in Pattaya , Thailand
• May 15 : African Championships in Casablanca , Morocco

At the international level, this also applied to the following tournaments:

• June 25th : Mediterranean Games in Pescara , Italy
• July 1st : Summer Universiade in Belgrade , Serbia
• July 27 : Golden Grand Prix in Baku , Azerbaijan

World Champion 2009

Overview of all 21 world champions from 2009:

category	Greco-Roman	Freestyle	Women
1	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	Yang Kyong-il	Mariya Stadnik
2	Islambek Albiev	Bessik Kuduchow	Sofia Mattsson
3	Frid Mansurov	Mehdi Taghavi	Saori Yoshida
4th	Selçuk Çebi	Denis Zargusch	Julia Ratkewitsch
5	Nazmi Avluca	Sajurbek Sochiev	Mio Nishimaki
6th	Baláz's Kiss	Khadzhimurad Gazalov	Martine Dugrenier
7th	Mijaín López	Biljal Machov	Qin Xiaoqing

Greco-Roman

The Greco-Roman style competitions took place on September 25-27, 2009.

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour
2	Armenia	Roman Amojan
3	Azerbaijan	Rövşən Bayramov
	Denmark	Håkan Nyblom
5	Romania	Virgil Munteanu
	Turkey	Erhan Karakus
7th	South Korea	Choi Gyu-jin
8th	Finland	Jani Haapamäki

Date: September 25, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran
Olympic champion 2008: Nasir Mankijew , Russia
Participants: 36

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Islambek Albiev
2	Uzbekistan	Dilshod Aripov
3	Azerbaijan	Vitali Rhimov
	Kazakhstan	Nurbakyt Tengisbayev
5	Serbia	Before that, Štefanek
	Turkey	Nice sucu
7th	Georgia	Rewas Laschchi
8th	Japan	Ryūtaro Matsumoto

Date: September 26, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Dawit Bedinadze , Georgia
Olympic Champion 2008: Islambek Albijew , Russia
Participants: 36

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Frid Mansurov
2	Georgia	Manuchar Tschadaija
3	Cuba	Pedro Isaac Mullen
	Russia	Ambako Watschadze
5	Armenia	Sasun Ghambarjan
	Hungary	Tamás Lőrincz
7th	Iran	Afshin Byabangard
8th	Japan	Sutōmu Fujimura
11	Germany	Marcus Thätner
35	Switzerland	Pascal Strebel
37	Austria	Matthias Kathan

Date: September 27, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Fərid Mansurov , Azerbaijan
Olympic champion 2008: Steeve Guénot , France
Participants: 40
Olympic champions Steeve Guénot from France was only 15th.

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Selçuk Çebi
2	Denmark	Mark Overgaard Madsen
3	Iran	Farshad Alizadeh Kalehkeshi
	Belarus	Aljaksandr Kikinjou
5	Azerbaijan	Rafik Gusseinow
	Germany	Konstantin Schneider
7th	Finland	Henri Välimäki
8th	France	Christophe Guénot
28	Switzerland	Murat Argin

Date: September 27, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Jawor Janakiew , Bulgaria
Olympic champion 2008: Manuchar K Wirkwelia , Georgia
Participants: 36

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Nazmi Avluca
2	France	Mélonin Noumonvi
3	Cuba	Pablo Shorey Hernandez
	Iran	Habibollah Akhlaghi
5	Azerbaijan	Shalwa Gadabadse
	Georgia	Badri Chassaia
7th	Dominican Republic	José Antonio Arias Paredes
8th	Poland	Damian Janikowski
14th	Austria	Amer Hrustanovic
28	Germany	Jan Fischer

Date: September 26, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Alexei Mischin , Russia
Olympic champion 2008: Andrea Minguzzi , Italy
Participants:

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Baláz's Kiss
2	Sweden	Jimmy Lidberg
3	Iran	Amir Ali-Akbari
	Russia	Aslanbek Kushtov
5	Ukraine	Sergei Yeroshkin
	Uzbekistan	David Saldadze
7th	Turkey	Serkan Özden
8th	South Korea	To Chang-gun
10	Germany	Oliver Hassler

Date: September 26, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Ramas Nosadze , Georgia
Olympic champion 2008: Aslanbek Chuschtow , Russia
Participants: 34

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Cuba	Mijaín López
2	United States	Dremiel Byers
3	Turkey	Rıza Kayaalp
	Sweden	Jalmar Sjöberg
5	Belarus	Iossif Chugashvili
	Germany	Nico Schmidt
7th	Russia	Alexander Anuchin
8th	Hungary	Mihály Deák Bárdos

Date: September 27, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Mijaín López , Cuba
Olympic champion 2008: Mijaín López , Cuba
Participants: 30

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Turkey	2	0	1
2	Iran	1	0	3
3	Azerbaijan	1	0	2
	Cuba	1	0	2
	Russia	1	0	2
6th	Hungary	1	0	0
7th	Denmark	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	1	1
9	Armenia	0	1	0
	France	0	1	0
	Georgia	0	1	0
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0
	United States	0	1	0
14th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1
	Belarus	0	0	1

Freestyle

The freestyle competitions took place from September 21 to 23, 2009. The wrestlers from Russia secured medals in six of the seven competitions. Only Abdussalam Gadissow could not place himself in the medal ranks with a fifth place in the weight class up to 84 kg.

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	North Korea	Yang Kyong-il
2	Turkey	Sezer Akgül
3	Russia	Viktor Lebedev
	Belarus	Ryswan Hajjyeu
5	Azerbaijan	Named Sewdimow
	United Kingdom	Krasimir Krastanov
7th	Ukraine	Nikolai Avasijan
8th	Armenia	Mihran Jaburjan
21st	Germany	Tim Schleicher
32	Switzerland	Urs Wild

Date: September 21, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Bessik Kuduchow , Russia
Olympic Champion 2008: Henry Cejudo , USA
Participants: 32
The 22-year-old North Korean Yang-il, twelfth at the Olympic Games in Beijing the previous year, celebrated with the victory his first major international title in bantamweight. His opponent in the final, Sezer Akgül from Turkey, who was only 21 years old, had eliminated the Russian Viktor Lebedev in the semifinals, but then lost to the 1.57 meter tall North Korean.

The Olympic champion Cedujo was not at the start. The defending champion Bessik Kuduchow competed in the category up to 60 kg, where he celebrated his second world title.

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Bessik Kuduchow
2	Azerbaijan	Selimkhan Khuseinov
3	Uzbekistan	Dilshod Mansurov
	Ukraine	Wassyl Fedoryschyn
5	Japan	Maeda Shogo
	Iran	Morad Mohammadi
7th	Armenia	Artur Arakeljan
8th	Cuba	Maikel Perez Gonzalez

Date: September 22, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Mawlet Batirow , Russia
Olympic Champion 2008: Mawlet Batirow , Russia
Participants: 32
The 2007 world champion in the category up to 55 kg became world champion for the second time in his career. In the final, he defeated the Azerbaijani Selimchan Chusseinow, who had won the World Cup in Tehran in March 2009 in front of Evgeni Chawilow and the new world champion Bessik Kuduchow. For the 28-year-old European champion Chusseinow it was the second World Cup participation after 2001 (8th place up to 58 kg).

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Mehdi Taghavi
2	Russia	Rasul Jukayev
3	Kazakhstan	Leonid Spiridonov
	Japan	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
5	Turkey	Muhammed Ilkkam
	India	Sushil Kumar
7th	Azerbaijan	Cəbrayıl Həsənov
8th	Ukraine	Andrij Stadnik
17th	Germany	Saba Bolaghi
30th	Austria	Manfred Brötzner

Date: September 21, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Ramazan Şahin , Turkey
Olympic champion 2008: Ramazan Şahin , Turkey
Participants: 34
The 22-year-old Taghavi Kermani, Asian champion of the year 2009, was world champion at his first senior world championship. As a junior he had already won a world title twice.

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Denis Zargusch
2	Azerbaijan	Çamsulvara Çamsulvarayev
3	India	Rames Kumar
	Iran	Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi
5	Belarus	Murad Hajdarau
	Moldova	Alexandru Burcă
7th	Greece	Apostolos Taskoudis
8th	Bulgaria	Kiril Tersiev
11	Germany	Andrei Shyka

Date: September 23, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Makhach Murtasalijew , Russia
Olympic champion 2008: Buwaissar Saitijew , Russia
Participants: 31
The silver medal was won by the future IS fighter Tschamsulvarajew .

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Uzbekistan	Sajurbek Sochiev
2	United States	Jake Herbert
3	Ukraine	Ibragim Aldatov
	Azerbaijan	Sharif Sharifov
5	Russia	Abdussalam Gadissow
	Tajikistan	Yusup Abdussalomov
7th	Turkey	Gökhan Yavaşer
8th	Cuba	Reineris Salas Perez
37	Germany	David Bichinashvili

Date: September 22, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Georgi Ketojew , Russia
Olympic champion 2008: Rewas Mindoraschwili , Georgia
Participants: 37
Sochijew won all fights in two rounds with one exception and defeated the outsider Jakob Herbert from New York after 4: 08 minutes. The German participant David Bichinashvili gave up after an injury and finished last in the rankings without a win.

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Khadzhimurad Gazalov
2	Azerbaijan	Chetag Gasyumov
3	Turkey	Serhat Balcı
	Georgia	Giorgi Gogschelidze
5	Belarus	Ruslan Sheikov
	Iran	Saeid Ebrahimi
7th	Germany	Oldrik Wagner
8th	Egypt	Moustafa Emara

Date: September 21, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Chadschimurad Gazalow , Russia
Olympic champion 2008: Shirvani Muradow , Russia
Participants: 29
Gazalow had already defeated the later bronze medalist Gogschelidze from Georgia in two rounds in the second round. In the battle for a place in the final, he finally won against Saeid Ebrahimi from Iran. In the final, Gazalow then won by winning points after three rounds over the Azerbaijani Khetag Gasumow, who had previously defeated the Belarusian Ruslan Scheikow.

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Biljal Machov
2	Iran	Fardin Masoumi Valadi
3	United States	Tervel Dlagnev
	Greece	Ioannis Arzoumanidis
5	Georgia	Aleksi fashion baths
	Cuba	Disney Rodrigues
7th	Poland	Bartłomiej Bartnicki
8th	Azerbaijan	Ali Issayev

Date: September 22, 2009
World Cup 2007 (defending champion): Biljal Machow , Russia
Olympic champion 2008: Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan
Participants: 27
The 1.96 meter tall Biljal Machow managed to defend his title in the highest weight class in the men's freestyle. In his second major international tournament as a senior he was superior to his opponents and won the final against the Asian champion Masoumi from Iran.

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	4th	1	1
2	Iran	1	1	1
3	Uzbekistan	1	0	1
4th	North Korea	1	0	0
5	Azerbaijan	0	3	1
6th	Turkey	0	1	1
	United States	0	1	1
8th	Ukraine	0	0	2
9	Georgia	0	0	1
	Greece	0	0	1
	India	0	0	1
	Japan	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1
	Belarus	0	0	1

Women

The women's competitions took place from September 23-25, 2009.

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Maria Stadnik
2	Russia	Lorissa Oorschak
3	Ukraine	Lyudmila Balushka
	North Korea	So Sim-Hyang
5	United Kingdom	Jana Stadnik
	Vietnam	Thi Lua Nguyen
7th	Canada	Lindsay Rushton
8th	Japan	Makiko Sakamoto
12	Germany	Jaqueline Schellin

Date: September 23, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Clarissa Chun , United States
Olympic Champion 2008: Carol Huynh , Canada
Participants: 25

Category up to 51 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Sweden	Sofia Mattsson
2	North Korea	Han Kum-Ok
3	Ukraine	Oleksandra Kohut
	Japan	Yuri Kai
5	People's Republic of China	Hong Di
	Moldova	Natalia Budu
7th	Germany	Alexandra Engelhardt
8th	India	Babita Kumari

Date: September 23, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Hitomi Sakamoto , Japan
Olympic Champion 2008: non-Olympic
Participants: 27

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Saori Yoshida
2	Azerbaijan	Sona Əhmədli
3	Canada	Tonya Verbeek
	Belarus	Alena Filipawa
5	United States	Tatjana Padilla
	France	Anna Gomis
7th	Romania	Ana Maria Pavăl
8th	Kazakhstan	Ajym Abdildina

Date: September 24, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Saori Yoshida , Japan
Olympic champion 2008: Saori Yoshida , Japan
Participants: 27

Category up to 59 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Julia Ratkewitsch
2	Poland	Agata Pietrzyk
3	Hungary	Marianna Sastin
	Ukraine	Hanna Wassylenko
5	United States	Deanna Rix
	Canada	Katie Patroch
7th	Kazakhstan	Olga Kalinina
8th	Moldova	Ludmila Cristea
11	Germany	Natascha Ballas

Date: September 24, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Ayako Shōda , Japan
Olympic champion 2008: non-Olympic
Participants: 25

Category up to 63 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Mio Nishimaki
2	Russia	Lyubov Mikhailovna Volosova
3	Canada	Justine Bouchard
	Kazakhstan	Jelena Schalygina
5	Poland	Monika Ewa Michalik
	Azerbaijan	Olesja Samula
7th	United States	Elena Pirozhkova
8th	Bulgaria	Elina Wasewa
11	Austria	Nikola Hartmann-Dünser
12	Germany	Stefanie Stüber

Date: September 24, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Mio Nishimaki , Japan
Olympic champion 2008: Kaori Ichō , Japan
Participants: 25

Category up to 67 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Canada	Martine Dugrenier
2	Russia	Julia Bartnowskaya
3	Nigeria	Ifeoma Iheanacho
	Mongolia	Badrachyn Odontschimeg
5	Japan	Yoshiko Inoue
	United States	Adeline Gray
14th	Germany	Maria Muller
17th	Austria	Stephanie Maierhofer

Date: September 25, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Martine Dugrenier , Canada
Olympic Champion 2008: non-Olympic
Participants: 21

Category up to 72 kg

space	country	athlete
1	People's Republic of China	Qin Xiaoqing
2	Mongolia	Ochirbatyn Burmaa
3	Spain	Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana
	Bulgaria	Stanka Slatewa
5	Ukraine	Svetlana Sajenko
	Austria	Marina Gastl

Date: September 25, 2009
World Cup 2008 (defending champion): Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria
Olympic champion 2008: Wang Jiao , China
Participants: 21

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Azerbaijan	2	1	0
2	Japan	2	0	1
3	Canada	1	0	2
4th	People's Republic of China	1	0	0
	Sweden	1	0	0
6th	Russia	0	3	0
7th	Mongolia	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	1	1
9	Poland	0	1	0
10	Ukraine	0	0	3
11	Bulgaria	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1
	Spain	0	0	1
	Hungary	0	0	1
	Belarus	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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian wrestler who became ISIS suicide recruiter killed by US drone strike , express.co.uk , September 30, 2016
2. ↑ Olympic wrestler turned ISIS recruit killed in US drone strike , thecomeback.com , September 30, 2016