#WrestleParis

Women's Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 - 11:20 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS, France -- A total of 288 wrestlers will qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024 in 18 weight classes. The qualification is a three-stage process beginning with the World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

The World Championships offers five quotas for each of the 18 Olympic categories -- a total of 90 quotas. Wrestlers who earn gold, silver or bronze will earn a spot for their countries. Additionally, the losers of the bronze-medal matches will wrestle in a playoff to determine the fifth allocation in Belgrade.

Japan was the only country to qualify for all six weight classes in Women's Wrestling at the World Championships. The United States was second best with three spots for Paris. Mongolia, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan won two spots each from the World Championships while 13 other countries won one spot each.

One Individual Neutral Athlete and one quota for the Indian Olympic Association were also earned in Belgrade.

Here's the list of all the Paris Olympics-qualified nations in Women's Wrestling:

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Japan (Yui SUSAKI)
Mongolia (Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV)
China (Ziqi FENG)
United States (Sarah HILDEBRANDT)
Turkiye (Evin DEMIRHAN)
Colombia (Alisson CARDOZO REY)
Cuba (Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ)
Egypt (Nada MOHAMED)
Algeria (Ibtissem DOUDOU)

53kg
Japan (Akari FUJINAMI)
Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA as Individual Neutral Athlete
ANTIM for Indian Olympic Association
Ecuador (Lucia YEPEZ)
Sweden (Jonna MALMGREN)
United States (Dominique PARRISH)
Venezuela (Betzabeth AGUELLO)
Nigeria (Christianah OGUNSANYA)
Guam (Mia AQUINO)

57kg
Japan (Tsugumi SAKURAI)
Moldova (Anastasia NICHITA)
United States (Helen MAROULIS)
Nigeria (Odunayo ADEKUOROYE)
Poland (Anhelina LYSAK)
Canada (Hannah TAYLOR)
Ecuador (Luisa VALVERDE)
Algeria (Chaimaa AOUISSI)
Guam (Rckaela AQUINO)

62kg
Kyrgyzstan (Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA)
Japan (Sakura MOTOKI)
Norway (Grace BULLEN)
Ukraine (Iryna KOLIADENKO)
Germany (Luisa NIEMESCH)
United States (Kayla MIRACLE)
Canada (Ana GODINEZ)
Nigeria (Esther KOLAWOLE)
Tunisia (Siwar BOUSETA)

68kg
Turkiye (Buse TOSUN)
Mongolia (Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN)
Moldova (Irina RINGACI)
France (Koumba LARROQUE)
Japan (Ami ISHII)
Venezuela (Soleymi CARABALLO)
United States (Amit ELOR)
Nigeria (Blessing OBORUDUDU)
New Zealand (Tayla FORD)

76kg
Japan (Yuka KAGAMI)
Kyrgyzstan (Aiperi MEDEY KYZY)
United States (Adeline GRAY)
Colombia (Tatiana RENTERIA)
Cuba (Milaimys MARIN)
Canada (Justina DI STASIO)
Ecuador (Genesis REASCO)
Nigeria (Hannah RUEBEN)
Tunisia (Zaineb SGHAIER)

#development

UWW and Inspire Institute of Sport sign MoU to advance wrestling development in India

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 - 10:01 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (August 27) -- United World Wrestling (UWW) and the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The MoU was signed at the Wrestling House, UWW's hospitality venue, located on a boat next to the iconic Eiffel Tower.

This strategic partnership is designed to foster collaboration and enhance the development of wrestling in India by establishing a framework for mutually beneficial programs, projects, and activities. The MoU reflects the commitment of both UWW and IIS to support elite and pre-elite wrestling athletes, as well as suitably qualified coaches in India.

IIS, a charitable trust dedicated to social development through sports, education, and health, operates a state-of-the-art high-performance training center in Vijayanagar, Karnataka. The facility meets international standards and is focused on promoting Olympic sports in India, providing young talents with the resources and training necessary to succeed.

The institute is prominent in developing wrestling, among other sports, in India. Olympic bronze medalists Bajrang PUNIA (IND) and Sakshi MALIK (IND) have been associated with it in past. Recently, IIS trainees World Championships bronze medalist ANTIM (IND) and Nisha DAHIYA (IND) wrestled at the Paris Olympics.

Nikhil PILANAGOILA (IND)Nikhil PILANAGOILA (IND), left, will compete at the U20 World Championships. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

At the age-group level, IIS has supported U20 Asian Championships gold medalists Dhanshri FAND (IND) and NITIKA (IND). Former U20 World Championships medalist HARSHITA (IND), U17 world medalist Jaskaran SINGH (IND), U23 Asian champion RADHIKA (IND) and Nikhil YADAV (IND), who will participate in the upcoming U20 World Championships in Spain are all out of the IIS stable.

UWW's involvement in this partnership is part of its broader strategic global development plan, which aims to elevate the sport of wrestling worldwide, with a particular focus on supporting the growth of wrestling in India.

Both UWW and IIS are eager to begin this collaborative journey, confident that their joint efforts will contribute significantly to the success and international recognition of Indian wrestling. Their joint efforts will contribute significantly to the success and international recognition of Indian wrestling.