Wrestling World Championships 2010

The 2010 World Wrestling Championships took place from September 6th to 12th, 2010 at the Olimpijski sports complex in Moscow . It was wrestled in both Greco-Roman and free styles . The wrestlers were divided into seven weight classes. A total of 631 wrestlers took part, 245 of them in Greco-Roman and 231 in freestyle, as well as 155 female wrestlers.

World Champion 2010

Overview of all 21 world champions from 2010:

category	Greco-Roman	Freestyle	Women
1	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	Viktor Lebedev	Hitomi Sakamoto
2	Həsən Əliyev	Bessik Kuduchow	Oleksandra Kohut
3	Ambako Watschadze	Sushil Kumar	Saori Yoshida
4th	Selçuk Çebi	Denis Zargusch	Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg
5	Christo Marinow	Mikhail Ganev	Kaori Icho
6th	Amir Ali-Akbari	Chetag Gasyumov	Martine Dugrenier
7th	Mijaín López	Biljal Machov	Stanka Slatewa

Greco-Roman style

The Greco-Roman style competitions took place from September 6th to 8th, 2010.

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour
2	South Korea	Choi Gyu-jin
3	Armenia	Roman Amojan
	Russia	Nasir Mankiev
5	Bulgaria	Wenelin Wenkow
	Hungary	Peter Modos
7th	Finland	Jani Haapamäki
8th	Poland	David Ersetic
14th	Germany	Florian Crusius

Date: September 2010
Defending champion Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran
Participants: 34
25-year-old Hamid Soryan Reihanpour won his fifth title at his fifth World Cup.

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Həsən Əliyev
2	Japan	Ryūtaro Matsumoto
3	Kazakhstan	Almat Kebispayev
	South Korea	Jung Ji-hyun
5	Georgia	Rewas Laschchi
	Bulgaria	Iwo Angelow
7th	Kyrgyzstan	Ruslan Tümönbajew
8th	Ukraine	Lenur Temirov
27	Switzerland	Patrick Stadelmann

Date: September 2010
Defending champion Islambek Albijew , Russia
Participants: 31

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Ambako Watschadze
2	Ukraine	Poor Vardanyan
3	Azerbaijan	Vitali Rhimov
	Turkey	Vasif Arsimanov
5	France	Steeve Guénot
	Hungary	Tamás Lőrincz
7th	Switzerland	Pascal Strebel
8th	South Korea	Kim Hyeon-woo
22nd	Germany	Christian Fetzer

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Fərid Mansurov , Azerbaijan
Participants: 36

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Selçuk Çebi
2	Armenia	Arsen Julfalakyan
3	Kyrgyzstan	Danijar Kobonov
	Russia	Emil Sharafedinow
5	Japan	Takehiro Kanakubo
	Azerbaijan	Rafiq Husynov
7th	Kazakhstan	Roman Meljoschin
8th	Croatia	Neven Zugaj
15th	Germany	Konstantin Schneider
37	Switzerland	Thomas Suppinger

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Selçuk Çebi , Turkey
Participants: 39

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Christo Marinow
2	Cuba	Pablo Shorey Hernandez
3	Russia	Alexei Mishin
	Croatia	Nenad Žugaj
5	Poland	Damian Janikowski
	Azerbaijan	Nazmi Avluca
7th	Kazakhstan	Alhatsur Otsdiev
8th	Georgia	Vladimir Gegeschidze
12	Austria	Amer Hrustanovic
16	Germany	Jan Fischer

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Nazmi Avluca , Turkey
Participants: 40
The reigning Asian champion Taleb Nariman Nematpour , who refused to compete against the Israeli Denis Nikolajew , caused a political scandal . On the grounds that he had stomach problems, he continued Iran's boycott policy against Israel, which had been going on since 1979.

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Amir Ali-Akbari
2	Belarus	Timofei Deinichenko
3	Russia	Aslanbek Kushtov
	Sweden	Jimmy Lidberg
5	Uzbekistan	David Saldadze
	United States	Justin Ruiz
7th	Cuba	Yunior Estrada Falcon
8th	Italy	Daigoro Timoncini
11	Germany	Mirko Englich
24	Austria	Lukas Hörmann

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Balázs Kiss , Hungary
Participants: 34

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Cuba	Mijaín López
2	Armenia	Yuri Patrikeev
3	Turkey	Rıza Kayaalp
	Kazakhstan	Nurmachan Tinaliev
5	United States	Dremiel Byers
	Czech Republic	Marek Švec
7th	Russia	Hassan Baroev
8th	Poland	Lukasz Banak
27	Germany	Ralf Boehringer

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Mijaín López , Cuba
Participants: 31

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Iran	2	0	0
2	Cuba	1	1	0
3	Russia	1	0	4th
4th	Turkey	1	0	2
5	Azerbaijan	1	0	1
6th	Bulgaria	1	0	0
7th	Armenia	0	2	1
8th	South Korea	0	1	1
9	Japan	0	1	0
	Ukraine	0	1	0
	Belarus	0	1	0
12	Kazakhstan	0	0	2
13	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1
	Croatia	0	0	1
	Sweden	0	0	1

Scoring (Top 10)

rank	country	Points
1	Russia	46
2	Turkey	32
3	Armenia	26th
	Azerbaijan	26th
5	Bulgaria	24
	Kazakhstan	24
	Cuba	24
8th	Iran	22nd
9	South Korea	20th
10	Japan	15th

Freestyle

The freestyle competitions took place from September 10th to 12th, 2010. Russia celebrated athletes on the podium in all 7 competitions.

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Viktor Lebedev
2	Azerbaijan	Toğrul Əsgərov
3	Japan	Yasuhiro Inaba
	Cuba	Frank Chamizo Marquez
5	South Korea	Kim Hyo-sub
	Mongolia	Bajaraagiin Naranbaatar
7th	Bulgaria	Radoslav Velikov
8th	Belarus	Ryswan Hajjyeu
11	Switzerland	Urs Wild
19th	Germany	Tim Schleicher

Date: September 2010
Defending champion Yang Kyong-il , North Korea
Participants: 33

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Bessik Kuduchow
2	Ukraine	Wassyl Fedoryschyn
3	Iran	Seyed Mohammadi Pahnekalaei
	Azerbaijan	Selimkhan Khuseinov
5	Turkey	Ersin Cetin
	Kyrgyzstan	Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu
7th	Cuba	Alejandro Valdés
8th	South Korea	Lee Seung-chul
23	Germany	Marcel Ewald

Date: September 2010
Defending champion Bessik Kuduchow , Russia
Participants: 34

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	India	Sushil Kumar
2	Russia	Alan Gogaev
3	Azerbaijan	Cəbrayıl Həsənov
	Cuba	Geandry Garzón Caballero
5	Canada	Haislan Veranes Garcia
	Mongolia	Bujandschawyn Batdsorig
7th	South Africa	Heinrich Barnes
8th	Germany	Martin Daum

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Mehdi Taghavi , Iran
Participants: 35

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Denis Zargusch
2	Iran	Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi
3	Hungary	Gábor Hatos
	Kazakhstan	Abdulhakim Shapiev
5	Poland	Krystian Brzozowski
	Cuba	Iván Fundora
7th	Bulgaria	Kiril Tersiev
8th	Ukraine	Volodymyr Syrotyn
9	Germany	Andrei Shyka
20th	Switzerland	Marco giant
31	Austria	Philipp Crepaz

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Denis Zargusch , Russia
Participants: 35

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Mikhail Ganev
2	Uzbekistan	Sajurbek Sochiev
3	Russia	Soslan Kzojew
	Cuba	Reineri Salas Perez
5	Moldova	Piotr Ianulov
	Ukraine	Ibragim Aldatov
7th	Poland	Maciej Balawender
8th	Georgia	Dato Marsagishvili
16	Germany	David Bichinashvili

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Sajurbek Sochijew , Uzbekistan
Participants: 33

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Chetag Gasyumov
2	Russia	Khadzhimurad Gazalov
3	Kyrgyzstan	Aleksei Krupnyakov
	Georgia	Giorgi Gogschelidze
5	Belarus	Ruslan Sheikov
	Iran	Arfan Amiri
7th	Canada	Khetag Pliev
8th	Cuba	Michel Batista Martinez
21st	Germany	Johannes Kessel

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Chadschimurad Gazalov , Russia
Participants: 33

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Biljal Machov
2	Uzbekistan	Artur Taymazov
3	Greece	Ioannis Arzoumanidis
	Georgia	Levan Berianidze
5	Azerbaijan	Ali Issayev
	Hungary	Daniel Ligeti
7th	Iran	Fardin Masoumi Valadi
8th	Kazakhstan	Marid Mutalimov

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Biljal Machow , Russia
Participants: 28

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	4th	2	1
2	Azerbaijan	1	1	2
3	Bulgaria	1	0	0
	India	1	0	0
5	Uzbekistan	0	2	0
6th	Iran	0	1	1
7th	Ukraine	0	1	0
8th	Cuba	0	0	3
9	Georgia	0	0	2
10	Greece	0	0	1
	Japan	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1
	Hungary	0	0	1

Scoring (Top 10)

rank	country	Points
1	Russia	66
2	Azerbaijan	42
3	Cuba	37
4th	Iran	28
5	Georgia	21st
6th	Bulgaria	18th
	Ukraine	18th
	Uzbekistan	18th
9	Kyrgyzstan	14th
	Hungary	14th

Women

The women's competitions took place from September 8-10, 2010. The wrestlers from Japan secured medals in six of the seven competitions. Only Mami Shinkai could not place in the medal ranks with a fifth place in the weight class up to 67 kg.

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Hitomi Sakamoto
2	Russia	Lorissa Oorschak
3	People's Republic of China	Zhao Shasha
	Canada	Carol Huynh
5	Poland	Iwona Matkowska
	Azerbaijan	Patimat Bagomedowa
7th	United Kingdom	Jana Stadnik
8th	Ukraine	Kristina Daranutsa
25th	Germany	Jaqueline Schellin

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Mariya Stadnik , Azerbaijan
Participants: 25

Category up to 51 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Oleksandra Kohut
2	Japan	Yu Horiuchi
3	Russia	Samira Rachmanova
	Sweden	Sofia Mattsson
5	Kazakhstan	Tatiana Bakatjuk
	Poland	Roksana Zasina
7th	Romania	Estera Dobre
8th	Senegal	Isabelle Sambou
19th	Switzerland	Nadine Tokar

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Sofia Mattsson , Sweden
Participants: 20

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Saori Yoshida
2	Azerbaijan	Yulia Ratkevich
3	United States	Tatjana Padilla
	France	Anna Gomis
5	Kazakhstan	Ajym Abdildina
	Russia	Maria Gurowa
7th	Mongolia	Sin wiin Bjambatseren
8th	Canada	Jill Gallays

Date: September 9, 2010
Defending champion: Saori Yoshida , Japan
Participants: 23

Category up to 59 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Mongolia	Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg
2	People's Republic of China	Zhang Lan
3	Sweden	Johanna Mattsson
	Japan	Ayako Shōda
5	United States	Kelsey Campbell
	Canada	Tonya Verbeek
7th	Latvia	Laura Skujina
8th	Kazakhstan	Olga Kalinina

Date: September 9, 2010
Defending champion: Julia Ratkewitsch , Azerbaijan
Participants: 22

Category up to 63 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Kaori Icho
2	United States	Elena Pirozhkova
3	Sweden	Henna Johansson
	Russia	Lyubov Mikhailovna Volosova
5	Cuba	Katherine Vidiaux Lopez
	Hungary	Marianna Sastin
7th	Mongolia	Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
8th	Colombia	Sandra Roa
9	Germany	Yvonne Englich-Hees
18th	Austria	Stephanie Maierhofer

Date: September 9, 2010
Defending champion: Mio Nishimaki , Japan
Participants: 28

Category up to 67 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Canada	Martine Dugrenier
2	Kazakhstan	Jelena Schalygina
3	Nigeria	Ifeoma Iheanacho
	Ukraine	Alla Cherkassova
5	Japan	Mami Shinkai
	Azerbaijan	Nadezhda Sementsova
7th	Turkey	Burcu Orskaya
8th	Germany	Maria Selmaier

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Martine Dugrenier , Canada
Participants: 17

Category up to 72 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stanka Slatewa
2	Canada	Ohenewa Akuffo
3	Russia	Ekaterina Bukina
	Japan	Kyōko Hamaguchi
5	Sweden	Jenny Fransson
	Spain	Maider Unda Gonzales de Audicana
7th	People's Republic of China	Dan Li
8th	United States	Stephany Lee
20th	Germany	Maria Muller

Date: September 2010
Defending champion: Qin Xiaoqing , China
Participants: 20

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Japan	3	1	2
2	Canada	1	1	1
3	Ukraine	1	0	1
4th	Bulgaria	1	0	0
	Mongolia	1	0	0
6th	Russia	0	1	3
7th	People's Republic of China	0	1	1
	United States	0	1	1
9	Azerbaijan	0	1	0
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0
10	Sweden	0	0	3
11	France	0	0	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1

Scoring (Top 10)

rank	country	Points
1	Japan	61
2	Turkey	39
3	Canada	36
4th	Sweden	30th
5	United States	28
6th	Kazakhstan	24
7th	People's Republic of China	23
8th	Azerbaijan	22nd
	Mongolia	22nd
10	Ukraine	21st

Medal table

If you add up the medals from all 21 individual competitions, the following table of medals results:

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Russia	5	3	8th
2	Japan	3	2	3
3	Bulgaria	3	0	0
4th	Azerbaijan	2	2	3
5	Iran	2	1	1
6th	Ukraine	1	2	1
7th	Cuba	1	1	3
8th	Canada	1	1	1
9	Turkey	1	0	2
10	India	1	0	0
	Mongolia	1	0	0
12	Armenia	0	2	1
13	Uzbekistan	0	2	0
14th	Kazakhstan	0	1	3
15th	People's Republic of China	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	1	1
	United States	0	1	1
18th	Belarus	0	1	0
19th	Sweden	0	0	4th
20th	Georgia	0	0	2
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2
22nd	France	0	0	1
	Greece	0	0	1
	Croatia	0	0	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1
	Hungary	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