World Wrestling Championships 2011

The 2011 World Wrestling Championships took place in Istanbul from September 12th to 18th . There were a total of 21 individual tournaments in the three fighting styles Greco-Roman , free style and women's free style. The fighting took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome .

The World Championship was the first opportunity to qualify for the wrestling competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games .

Time schedule

• September 12th: Men Greco (categories 55/66/96 kg)
• September 13th: Men Greco (categories 60/84 / fü kg)
• September 14th: Men Greco (category 74 kg), women (categories 48/51 kg)
• September 15: women (categories 55/59/63 kg)
• September 16: women (categories 67/72 kg) + men freestyle (category 55 kg)
• September 17th: Men freestyle (categories 60/84/96 kg)
• September 18th: Men freestyle (category 66/74/120 kg)

World Champion 2011

Overview of all 21 world champions from 2011:

category	Greco-Roman	Freestyle	Women
1	Rövşən Bayramov	Viktor Lebedev	Hitomi Obara
2	Omid Haji Noroozi	Bessik Kuduchow	Samira Rachmanova
3	Saeid Mourad Abdvali	Mehdi Taghavi Kermani	Saori Yoshida
4th	Roman Vlasov	Jordan Burroughs	Hanna Wassylenko
5	Alim Selimov	Sharif Sharifov	Kaori Icho
6th	Elis Guri	Reza Yazdani	Shelok Dolma
7th	Rıza Kayaalp	Alexei Shemarov	Stanka Slatewa

Greco-Roman style

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Rövşən Bayramov
2	Belarus	Elbek Tachiev
3	People's Republic of China	Shujin Li
	Russia	Bekchan Mankiev
5	Hungary	Peter Modos
	North Korea	Yun Won-chol
7th	South Korea	Choi Gyu-jin
8th	Japan	Kohei Hasegawa

Date: September 12, 2011
Defending champion Hamid Soryan Reihanpour , Iran
Participants: 37

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Omid Haji Noroozi
2	Kazakhstan	Almat Kebispayev
3	Russia	Saur Kuramagomedov
	Bulgaria	Iwo Angelow
5	Venezuela	Luis Liendo
	South Korea	Jung Ji-hyun
7th	Azerbaijan	Həsən Əliyev
8th	Armenia	Wahan Juharjan
23	Germany	Erik Weiss
29	Switzerland	Patrick Stadelmann

Date: September 13, 2011
Defending champion Hasan Aliyev , Azerbaijan
Participants: 42

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Saeid Mourad Abdvali
2	Georgia	Manuchar Tschadaia
3	Cuba	Pedro Mulens Herrera
	South Korea	Kim Hyeon-woo
5	Germany	Frank Stäbler
	United States	Justin Lester
7th	Hungary	Tamás Lőrincz
8th	Kyrgyzstan	Kanatbek Begaliev
13	Switzerland	Pascal Strebel
29	Austria	Marco Nigsch

Date: September 12, 2011
Defending champion Ambako Watschadze , Russia
Participants: 52

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Roman Vlasov
2	Turkey	Selçuk Çebi
3	Armenia	Arsen Julfalakyan
	Croatia	Neven Zugaj
5	Sweden	Robert Rosengren
	Kazakhstan	Asqat Dilmukhamedov
7th	Slovenia	Jure Kuhar
8th	Hungary	Péter Bácsi
25th	Germany	Konstantin Schneider
41	Switzerland	Jonas Bossert
45	Austria	Florian Morchl

Date: September 14, 2011
Defending champion Selçuk Çebi , Turkey
Participants: 47

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Belarus	Alim Selimov
2	Poland	Damian Janikowski
3	Turkey	Nazmi Avluca
	Finland	Rami Hietaniemi
5	Russia	Alan Khugayev
	Azerbaijan	Saman Tahmasebi
7th	Croatia	Nenad Žugaj
8th	Italy	Andrea Minguzzi
14th	Austria	Amer Hrustanovic
24	Germany	Jan Fischer
35	Switzerland	Thomas Suppiger

Date: September 13, 2011
Defending champion Christo Marinow , Bulgaria
Participants: 47

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Albania	Elis Guri
2	Sweden	Jimmy Lidberg
3	Turkey	Cenk İldem
	Russia	Rustam Stanislavowitsch Totrow
5	Belarus	Timofei Deinichenko
	Egypt	Mohamad Abd El Fatah
7th	Armenia	Artur Aleksanyan
8th	Germany	Mirko Englich

Date: September 12, 2011
Defending champion Amir Ali-Akbari , Iran
Participants: 43

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Rıza Kayaalp
2	Cuba	Mijaín López
3	Iran	Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh
	Kazakhstan	Nurmachan Tinaliev
5	Hungary	Mihály Deák Bárdos
	Poland	Lukasz Banak
7th	Greece	Xenofon Koutsioubas
8th	Bulgaria	Ivan Ivanov
20th	Germany	Nico Schmidt

Date: September 13, 2011
Defending champion Mijaín López , Cuba
Participants: 40

Nations ranking

Scoring: rank country Points 1  Russia 41 2  Turkey 35 3  Iran 30th 4th  Belarus 25th 5  Kazakhstan 23 6th  Bulgaria 21st  Azerbaijan 21st 8th  South Korea 20th 9  Armenia 19th  Hungary 19th 11  Cuba 17th 12  Poland 15th  Sweden 15th 14th  Croatia 14th 15th  Georgia 9  People's Republic of China 9  Germany 9 18th  Finland 8th 19th  Egypt 6th  North Korea 6th  United States 6th  Venezuela 6th 23  Japan 5 24  Greece 4th  Slovenia 4th 26th  Italy 3  Kyrgyzstan 3  Romania 3 29  Mexico 1  Slovakia 1  Ukraine 1

Medal table: rank country gold silver bronze 1  Iran 2 0 1 2  Turkey 1 1 2 3  Belarus 1 1 0 4th  Russia 1 0 3 5  Bulgaria 1 0 1 6th  Azerbaijan 1 0 0 7th  Kazakhstan 0 1 1  Canada 0 1 1 9  Sweden 0 1 0  Poland 0 1 0  Georgia 0 1 0 12  South Korea 0 0 1  People's Republic of China 0 0 1  Croatia 0 0 1  Finland 0 0 1  Armenia 0 0 1

Women

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Hitomi Sakamoto
2	Azerbaijan	Maria Stadnyk
3	People's Republic of China	Zhao Shasha
	Kazakhstan	Yildiz Eshimova
5	Colombia	Carolina Castillo Hidalgo
	Canada	Carol Huynh
7th	United States	Clarissa Chun
8th	Russia	Tatiana Samkova
15th	Germany	Jaqueline Schellin

Date: September 14, 2011
Defending champion Hitomi Obara Sakamoto , Japan
Participants: 40

Category up to 51 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Samira Rachmanova
2	Mongolia	Dawaasüchiin Otgontsetseg
3	Azerbaijan	Patimat Bagomedowa
	Canada	Jessica MacDonald
5	India	Rathi Neha
	Japan	Mareka Shidochi
7th	North Korea	Han Kum-ok
8th	People's Republic of China	Sun Yanan
9	Germany	Alexandra Engelhardt

Date: September 14, 2011
Defending champion Sofia Mattsson , Sweden
Participants: 23

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Saori Yoshida
2	Canada	Tonya Verbeek
3	Ukraine	Tetiana Lazareva
	Sweden	Ida-Theres Nerell
5	Russia	Maria Gurowa
	United States	Helen Maroulis
7th	Azerbaijan	Julia Ratkewitsch
8th	India	Geeta Kumari
30th	Germany	Nicole Hauptmann
34	Switzerland	Fabienne Wittenwiler

Date: September 15, 2011
Defending champion Saori Yoshida , Japan
Participants: 41

Category up to 59 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine	Hanna Wassylenko
2	Sweden	Sofia Mattsson
3	Azerbaijan	Sona Ahmadli
	Japan	Takako Saito
5	Mongolia	Dorjiin Narmandach
	Canada	Amanda Gerhart
7th	Belarus	Nadeschda Michalkowa
8th	France	Adeline Vescan

Date: September 15, 2011
Defending champion Sorondsonboldyn Battsetseg , Mongolia
Participants: 21

Category up to 63 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Japan	Kaori Icho
2	Hungary	Marianna Sastin
3	People's Republic of China	Jing Ruixue
	Mongolia	Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
5	United States	Elena Piroschkowa
	North Korea	Kim Ran-mi
7th	Ukraine	Yulia Ostaptchuk
8th	Austria	Stephanie Maierhofer
18th	Germany	Yvonne Englich-Hees

Date: September 15, 2011
Defending champion Kaori Ichō , Japan
Participants: 45

Category up to 67 kg

space	country	athlete
1	People's Republic of China	Shelok Dolma
2	Mongolia	Band singer Ojuunsüren
3	Japan	Yoshiko Inoue
	United States	Adeline Gray
5	Ukraine	Alina Stadnyk-Machynja
	Turkey	Burcu Orskaya
7th	Canada	Martine Dugrenier
8th	Belarus	Irina Zyrkewitsch
13	Germany	Aline Focken

Date: September 16, 2011
Defending champion Martine Dugrenier , Canada
Participants: 14

Category up to 72 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Stanka Slatewa
2	Russia	Ekaterina Bukina
3	Belarus	Vasilissa Marsaljuk
	United States	Ali Bernard
5	Cameroon	Laure Annabel Ali
	Kazakhstan	Güzäl Mänürowa
7th	Norway	Maja Gunvor Erlandsen
8th	Estonia	Epp Mae
27	Germany	Lisa Hug
28	Austria	Marina Gastl

Date: September 16, 2011
Defending champion Stanka Slatewa , Bulgaria
Participants: 31

Nations ranking

Scoring: rank country Points 1  Japan 52 2  Canada 33 3  Mongolia 32  United States 32 5  Russia 31  Azerbaijan 31 7th  People's Republic of China 29 8th  Ukraine 28 9  Sweden 17th 10  Belarus 16 11  Kazakhstan 14th 12  Bulgaria 10  North Korea 10 14th  Hungary 9  India 9 16  France 7th 17th  Cameroon 6th  Colombia 6th  Turkey 6th 20th  Norway 4th 21st  Austria 3  Estonia 3  Poland 3 24  Germany 2  Venezuela 2 26th  Brazil 1  Czech Republic 1  Mexico 1  Senegal 1

Medal table: rank country gold silver bronze 1  Japan 3 0 2 2  Russia 1 1 0 3  People's Republic of China 1 0 2 4th  Ukraine 1 0 1 5  Bulgaria 1 0 0 6th  Mongolia 0 2 1 7th  Azerbaijan 0 1 2 8th  Canada 0 1 1  Sweden 0 1 1 10  Hungary 0 1 0 11  United States 0 0 2 12  Kazakhstan 0 0 1  Belarus 0 0 1

Freestyle

Results

Category up to 55 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Viktor Lebedev
2	Bulgaria	Radoslav Velikov
3	Iran	Hassan Rahimi
	Kazakhstan	Dajulet Niyazbekov
5	United States	Nicholas Simmons
	Armenia	Mihran Jaburjan
7th	Georgia	Vladimer Khinchegashvili
8th	Japan	Shinichi Yumoto
29	Germany	Marcel Ewald
31	Switzerland	Urs Wild

Date: September 16, 2011
Defending champion Viktor Lebedev , Russia
Participants: 45

Category up to 60 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Bessik Kuduchow
2	Puerto Rico	Franklin Gomez
3	Japan	Kenichi Yumoto
	Kazakhstan	Dajuren Zhumaziev
5	Georgia	Malchaz Zarkua
	France	Didier Païs
7th	Cuba	Alejandro Valdés
8th	Azerbaijan	Selimchan Huseinow
20th	Germany	Tim Schleicher
31	Switzerland	Urs Wild

Date: September 17, 2011
Defending champion Bessik Kuduchow , Russia
Participants: 47

Category up to 66 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Mehdi Taghavi Kermani
2	Japan	Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
3	Azerbaijan	Jabrail Hasanow
	Cuba	Livan Lopez Azcuy
5	Bulgaria	Leonid Basan
	Russia	Mawlet Batirov
7th	Kyrgyzstan	Inokenti Inokentiev
8th	Slovakia	Jakub Kacenak
13	Germany	Saba Javad Bolaghi
35	Switzerland	Steven Graf

Date: September 18, 2011
Defending Champion Sushil Kumar , India
Participants: 46
Defending Champion Sushil Kumar from India took 14th place.

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Jordan Burroughs
2	Iran	Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi
3	Georgia	Dawit Chutishvili
	Azerbaijan	Əşrəf Əliyev
5	Kazakhstan	Abdulhakim Shapiev
	Venezuela	Ricardo Roberrty Moreno
7th	Uzbekistan	Rashid Kurbanov
8th	Belarus	Murad Gaidarov
10	Germany	Andrei Shyka
23	Austria	Philipp Crepaz

Date: September 18, 2011
Defending champion Denis Zargusch , Russia
Participants: 45

Category up to 84 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Azerbaijan	Sharif Sharifov
2	Ukraine	Ibragim Aldatov
3	Russia	Albert Saritov
	Georgia	Dato Marsagishvili
5	Latvia	Armands Zvirbulis
	United States	Cael Sanderson
7th	Iran	Alireza Goudarzi
8th	Japan	Shinya Matsumoto
17th	Germany	David Bichinashvili
25th	Switzerland	Marco giant

Date: September 17, 2011
Defending champion Michail Ganew , Bulgaria
Participants: 46

Category up to 96 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Iran	Reza Yazdani
2	Turkey	Serhat Balcı
3	Belarus	Ruslan Sheikov
	United States	Jacob Varner
5	Nigeria	Sinivie Boltic
	Kazakhstan	Taimuras Tigiev
7th	Tajikistan	Rustam Iskandari
8th	Hungary	Gergely Kiss
38	Germany	William Harth

Date: September 17, 2011
Defending champion Chetag Gasjumow , Azerbaijan
Participants: 41

Category up to 120 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Belarus	Alexei Shemarov
2	Russia	Biljal Machov
3	Georgia	Dawit Modsmanashvili
	Azerbaijan	Jamaladdin Magomedov
5	United States	Tervel Dlagnev
	Mongolia	Djargalsaichany Chuluunbat
7th	Turkey	Fatih Çakıroğlu
8th	Uzbekistan	Artur Taymazov
19th	Germany	Nick Matuhin

Date: September 19, 2011
Defending champion Biljal Machow , Russia
Participants: 31

Nations ranking

Scoring:

Medal table: rank country gold silver bronze 1  Russia 2 1 1  Iran 2 1 1 3  Azerbaijan 1 0 3 4th  United States 1 0 1  Belarus 1 0 1 6th  Japan 0 1 1 7th  Bulgaria 0 1 0  Ukraine 0 1 0  Puerto Rico 0 1 0  Turkey 0 1 0 11  Georgia 0 0 3 12  Kazakhstan 0 0 2 13  Cuba 0 0 1

Web links

• Website of the world association FILA for the 2011 World Cup in Istanbul