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Budapest Ranking Series Entry List

By United World Wrestling Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (May 28) — If you wanted to see how some of the Paris Olympians are preparing for the Games, follow the Ranking Series in Budapest. From June 6 to 9, Budapest will see almost 50 percent of the Paris-qualified wrestlers perform in the Ranking Series in their last leg of training. The tournament will also offer ranking points that can change a few seeds for the Games.

World champions, Olympic champions and superstars of wrestling will make up the 313-wrestler-strong field in Budapest with 134 Paris-qualified ones. The tournament will kick off on June 4 with all the action live on UWW+ on uww.org and the UWW App.

Freestyle

57kg
Aryan TSIUTRYN (AIN)
Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
AMAN (IND)
Ali MOMENIJOUJADEH (IRI)
Rei HIGUCHI (JPN)
Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)
Darian CRUZ (PUR)
Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

61kg
Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG)
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Gamal MOHAMED (EGY)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Nika ZAKASHVILI (GEO)
Shahdad KHOSRAVI MARDAKHEH (IRI)
Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
Bekbolot MYRZANAZAR UULU (KGZ)
Nils LEUTERT (SUI)
Nahshon GARRETT (USA)

65kg
Haji ALIYEV (AZE)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
Gyoergy SZILAGYI (HUN)
Abbas EBRAHIMZADEHSAVADKOUHI (IRI)
Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN)
Austin GOMEZ (MEX)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)

70kg
Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)
Arman ANDREASYAN (ARM)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Edemi BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Marcell DELY (HUN)
Mohammadali AMOUZADKHALILI (IRI)
Alibek OSMONOV (KGZ)
Evan HENDERSON (USA)

74kg
Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
Adam THOMSON (CAN)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
Ali Abbas REZAEIAGHOUZGELEH (IRI)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Nemanja KIMOSKI (SRB)
Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB)
Razambek JAMALOV (UZB)
Anthony MONTERO CHIRINOS (VEN)

79kg
Chems FETAIRIA (ALG)
Mihail GEORGIEV (BUL)
Piruzi KVLIVIDZE (GEO)
Otari BAGAURI (GEO)
Adel PANAEIAN (IRI)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)

86kg
Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG)
Jayden LAWRENCE (AUS)
Evsem SHVELIDZE (GEO)
Patrik MEZEI (HUN)
Patrik PUESPOEKI (HUN)
Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Ethan RAMOS (PUR)
Myles AMINE (SMR)
Trent HIDLAY (USA)
Bobur ISLOMOV (UZB)

92kg
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Iuza TSERTSVADZE (GEO)
Krisztian ANGYAL (HUN)
Balazs JUHASZ (HUN)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)

97kg 
Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (AIN)
Mostafa ELDERS (EGY)
Zaur BERADZE (GEO)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
Abolfazl BABALOO (IRI)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR)

125kg 
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (AIN)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Diaaeldin ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
Milan KORCSOG (HUN)
Amirreza MASOUMI VALADI (IRI)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Jonovan SMITH (PUR)
Mason PARRIS (USA)

Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI)Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) and Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN) can face each other at 67kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Greco-Roman

55kg
Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE)
Marat GARIPOV (BRA)
Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)
Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)

60kg
Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG)
Kevin DE ARMAS RODRIGUEZ (CUB)
Pridon ABULADZE (GEO)
Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI)
Amirreza DEHBOZORGI (IRI)
Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN)
Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)
Dahyun KIM (KOR)
Dalton ROBERTS (USA)
Jamal VALIZADEH (UWW)

63kg
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Moamen MOHAMED (EGY)
Stefan CLEMENT (FRA)
Leri ABULADZE (GEO)
Levente TOTH (HUN)
Meysam DALKHANI (IRI)
Yeongwoo JEONG (KOR)
Victor CIOBANU (MDA)
Razvan ARNAUT (ROU)
Enes BASAR (TUR)
Raiber RODRIGUEZ OROZCO (VEN)

67kg
Ishak GHAIOU (ALG)
Nestor ALMANZA TRUYOL (CHI)
Luis ORTA (CUB)
Andres MONTANO ARROYO (ECU)
Mamadassa SYLLA (FRA)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
David MANYIK (HUN)
Saeid ESMAEILI LEIVESI (IRI)
Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI)
Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Souleymen NASR (TUN)

72kg
Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE)
Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE)
Moustafa ALAMELDIN (EGY)
Gagik SNJOYAN (FRA)
Ibrahim GHANEM (FRA)
Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Otar ABULADZE (GEO)
Adam POHILEC (HUN)
Krisztofer KLANYI (HUN)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Danial SOHRABI (IRI)
Hyeonjin KANG (KOR)
Alejandro SANCHO (USA)

77kg
Abd OUAKALI (ALG)
Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE)
Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Jair CUERO MUNOZ (COL)
Pavel PUKLAVEC (CRO)
Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB)
Mahmoud ABDELRAHMAN (EGY)
Iuri LOMADZE (GEO)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI)
Mohammad MOKHTARI (IRI)
Nao KUSAKA (JPN)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Denis HORVATH (SVK)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Jesse PORTER (USA)

82kg
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
Peter DOEMOEK (HUN)
Miklos KIRALYHAZI (HUN)
Ashkan SAADATI FARD (IRI)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Alperen BERBER (TUR)
Spencer WOODS (USA)

87kg
Bachir SID AZARA (ALG)
Semen NOVIKOV (BUL)
Carlos MUNOZ JARAMILLO (COL)
Matej MANDIC (CRO)
Gurami KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Aivengo RIKADZE (GEO)
Tornike DZAMASHVILI (GEO)
Ariel ALFONSO (HON)
David LOSONCZI (HUN)
Istvan TAKACS (HUN)
Vendel VITAI (HUN)
Mohammadhossein MAHMOODI (IRI)
Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)
Shamil L OZHAEV (KAZ)
Seunghwan LEE (KOR)
Norbert SIPKA (SVK)
Ali CENGIZ (TUR)
Payton JACOBSON (USA)

97kg
Fadi ROUABAH (ALG)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mohamed GABR (EGY)
Giorgi MELIA (GEO)
Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO (HON)
Tamas LEVAI (HUN)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)
Shayan HABIBZARE (IRI)
Seungjun KIM (KOR)
Josef RAU (USA)

130kg
Beka KANDELAKI (AZE)
Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Heiki NABI (EST)
Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO)
Koppany LASZLO (HUN)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
Fardin HEDAYATI (IRI)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Seungchan LEE (KOR)
Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU)
Amine GUENNICHI (TUN)
Riza KAYAALP (TUR)
Adam COON (USA)

Helen MAROULIS (USA)Helen MAROULIS (USA) is entered to compete at 57kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Women’s Wrestling

50kg
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (AIN)
Ibtissem DOUDOU (ALG)
Madison PARKS (CAN)
Yu ZHANG (CHN)
Jiang ZHU (CHN)
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
Alisson CARDOZO REY (COL)
Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (CUB)
Emma LUTTENAUER (FRA)
VINESH (IND)
Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL)
Agata WALERZAK (POL)
Anna LUKASIAK (POL)
Evin DEMIRHAN YAVUZ (TUR)
Audrey JIMENEZ (USA)
Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA (UZB)

53kg
Laura HERIN AVILA (CUB)
Lucia YEPEZ (ECU)
ANTIM (IND)
Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL)
Milana DADASHEVA (AIN)
Jonna MALMGREN (SWE)
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR)
Nataliia KLIVCHUTSKA (UKR)
Sakibjamal ESBOSYNOVA (UZB)
Betzabeth ARGUELLO VILLEGAS (VEN)

55kg
Ekaterina VERBINA (AIN)
Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Emma TISSINA (KAZ)
Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ)
Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA)
Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)

57kg
Chaimaa AOUISSI (ALG)
Giullia PENALBER (BRA)
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Kexin HONG (CHN)
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
ANSHU (IND)
Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
Anhelina LYSAK (POL)
Helen MAROULIS (USA)

59kg
Nikolett SZABO (HUN)
Irina KUZNETSOVA (KAZ)
Diana KAYUMOVA (KAZ)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR)

62kg
Alina KASABIEVA (AIN)
Aleksandra SKIRENKO (AIN)
Lais NUNES (BRA)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
Luisa NIEMESCH (GER)
Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Natalia KUBATY (POL)
Siwar BOUSETA (TUN)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)
Kayla MIRACLE (USA)

65kg
Dinara KUDAEVA (AIN)
Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
Iris THIEBAUX (FRA)
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Iryna BONDAR (UKR)

68kg
Kseniia BURAKOVA (AIN)
Koumba LARROQUE (FRA)
NISHA (IND)
Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)
Tayla FORD (NZL)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)
Buse TOSUN (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)
Firuza ESENBAEVA (UZB)
Soleymi CARABALLO HERNANDEZ (VEN)

72kg
Pauline LECARPENTIER (FRA)
Kendra DACHER (FRA)
Viktoria FELHO (HUN)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Fanni NAGY NAD (SRB)
Iryna ZABLOTSKA (UKR)

76kg
Justina DI STASIO (CAN)
Tatiana RENTERIA (COL)
Milaimy MARIN POTRILLE (CUB)
Genesis REASCO VALDEZ (ECU)
REETIKA (IND)
Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)
Yasemin ADAR (TUR)

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Wrestling 2025 Season Preview

By Vinay Siwach

​CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 3) -- As the memories of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the World Championships in Tirana linger in the minds of wrestling fans, the 2025 season is already here. And it brings new hopes and a few challenges.

With the spotlight turning toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, this season promises to be a crucial stepping stone in winning a medal in LA 2028.

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The four Ranking Series events in 2025 and the continental championships will serve as vital platforms for athletes preparing for the World Championships in September.

Freestyle (Click here to read full Freestyle preview)

At the 2024 World Championships, Masanosuke ONO (JPN) and Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) stood out. Sadulaev will return to 97kg to reclaim the gold medal he lost to Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) in 2023. The 97kg weight class is highly competitive, with Tazhudinov’s Olympic win further elevating the stakes.

Kyle SNYDER (USA), once a dominant force at 97kg, now faces a crucial year after missing the Paris Olympics podium. In the 86kg category, Iran's Hassan YAZDANI (IRI), who narrowly missed a second Olympic gold due to injury, will decide which weight class is best for him in 2025.

The season kicks off in Zagreb in February and moves to Tirana for the first two Ranking Series. The continental championships will follow and Iran’s dominance in Asia is likely to continue with top wrestlers like Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) and Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI) expected to compete in the Asian Championships in Amman.

The European Championships will be key to gauging team strengths, with Azerbaijan looking to build on a successful 2024. The form of neutral athletes will also be under the scanner in Slovakia. The Pan-American Championships in May will see the United States dominate.

The World Championships will feature fierce competition, with new faces emerging in the U.S. and Iran, and Japan announcing themselves in style at the Olympics. Add to the mix the neutral athletes and we have a blockbuster.

Japan will be challenged at the World Championships by Iran, U.S., AINs and dark horses like Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia.

Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)Iran won two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Greco-Roman (Click here to reach full Greco-Roman preview)

Can Iran be topped as the best Greco-Roman country? This will be the big question of 2025 as Iran, which had an outstanding Olympics and age-group World Championships, tries to bring more talented wrestlers in its line-up.

Iran excels in the heavier weight classes, with champions like Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) at 82kg, Alireza MOHAMMADI (IRI) at 87kg, Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) at 97kg, and Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) at 130kg. It will try new faces in the lower weight classes with Olympic champion Saied ESMAEILI (IRI) staying at 67kg.

Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN)Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN), blue, and Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) have dominated the 60kg weight class in recent past. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Japan and Kyrgyzstan had successful Olympics. However, the latter is still searching for a gold medal. The rivalry between Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) and and Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) is likely to continue in 2025 along with Nao KUSAKA (JPN) and Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) at 77kg.

Europe will have more competition with Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Armenia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary and the neutral athletes in contention. The 77kg and 87kg weight class will be the most contested and it will be interesting to see who will be the new stars of 97kg and 130kg.

Greco-Roman is unpredictable at the World Championships. There is not one weight class that his a favorite. However, one can expect Azerbaijan, Iran, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Armenia, Hungary and a few AINs to be on the podium.

JapanJapan won eight gold medals at the Paris Olympics. (Photo: United World Wrestling)

Women's Wrestling (Click here to read full Women's Wrestling preview)

Japan remains the dominant force in women’s wrestling, securing four of the six gold medals at the Paris Olympics, including their first-ever win at 76kg.

The United States, which claimed the remaining two golds, stands as Japan’s primary challenger. Amit ELOR (USA) and Kennedy BLADES (USA) will lead the U.S. charge in the build-up to the 2028 LA Games, with both nations having strong domestic qualifying systems.

China has had success at the Olympics and World Championships but struggles to challenge Japan at the senior level. In Asia, China faces increasing competition from India and Kyrgyzstan.

IndiaIndia has shown rapid rise in Women's Wrestling. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

India's growing success in age-group wrestling shows promise, but its performance at the senior level, especially at the World Championships, remains inconsistent. Wrestlers like ANTIM (IND), ANSHU (IND), NISHA (IND), and REETIKA (IND) have potential but must maintain consistency.

Kyrgyzstan, with two Olympic medalists in Paris, is aiming for gold next cycle. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) still has more to give, while Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ) and Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) will lead the new generation.

European countries struggled in Paris, winning only four medals out 24, failing to secure medals in 50kg, 53kg, and 76kg.

One team that is gives hope is Ukraine, led by with Paris medalist Iryna KOLIDENKO (UKR), and boosted by return of Oleksandra KHOMENETS (UKR) and rise of Iryna BONDAR (UKR).

Despite emerging challenges, Japan continues to be the team to beat in women’s wrestling.