Youth Olympic Games

Women’s Wrestling Draws, Schedule, How to Follow

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 22:52 By Tim Foley

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BUENOS AIRES (October 12) – Women’s Wrestling wrestling at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games start tomorrow morning with 50 athletes across five weight classes vying for their first taste at Olympic glory. Cadet-level wrestlers from all five continents were selected after an extensive qualification process with names finalized by United World Wrestling on September 4th.

Wrestling will begin Saturday at 10am local/9am ET with finals beginning at 5:00pm local/4:00pm ET.

Watch the action LIVE on the Olympic Channel, HERE

The match-by-match competition schedule can be found on the official Buenos Aires YOG 2018 site, HERE

Women’s Freestyle, 43kg

Group A

Maria LEORDA (MDA)
Ella Mae DERRY (NZL)
Enkhzul BATBAATAR (MGL)
Sara Gouda Farouk MAHMOUD (EGY)
Simran SIMRAN (IND)
 

Group B

Emily King SHILSON (USA)
Heloisa Elena MARTINEZ (BRA)
Shahana NAZAROVA (AZE)
Justine Fanny VIGOUROUX (FRA)
Christianah Tolulope OGUNSANYA (NGR)

Women’s Freestyle, 49kg

Group A

Maria Jose MOSQUERA ROJAS (VEN)
Natallia VARAKINA (BLR)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Tiare Lynn Masako Dizon IKEI (USA)
Shokhida AKHMEDOVA (UZB)

Group B

Paulina Jean DUENAS (GUM)
Zineb ECH CHABKI (MAR)
Emma Jonna Denise MALMGREN (SWE)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Sopealai SIM (CAM)

Women’s Freestyle, 57kg

Group A

Anna Hella SZEL (HUN)
Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Lydia TOIDA (CMR)
Mansi MANSI (IND)
Mayra Alejandra PARRA ALVAREZ (VEN)

Group B

Kaetlyn Rae Okada QUINTANILLA (GUM)
Hala Wael Imbabi AHMED (EGY)
Nonoka OZAKI (JPN)
Andrea Monserrat LOPEZ MARTINEZ (MEX)
Anastasia BLAYVAS (GER)

Women’s Freestyle, 65kg

Group A

Xinru ZHOU (CHN)
Oyun Erdene TAMIR (MGL)
Yetzis Camila RAMIREZ MARQUEZ (CUB)
Sandra Elena ESCAMILLA MENCHACA (MEX)
Amina Roxana CAPEZAN (ROU)

Group B

Oksana CHUDYK (UKR)
Viktoria VESSO (EST)
Natacha Véronique NABAINA (CMR)
Sunmisola Idowu BALOGUN (NGR)
Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)

Women’s Freestyle, 73kg

Group A

Kseniya DZIBUK (BLR)
Linda Marilina MACHUCA (ARG)
Vahide Nur GOK (TUR)
Khadija JLASSI (TUN)
Svetlana OKNAZAROVA (UZB)

Group B

Yuka KAGAMI (JPN)
Milaimys de la Caridad MARIN POTRILLE (CUB)
Anika Elizabeth WHITE (CAN)
Julia Hanna Ellinor FRIDLUND (SWE)
Ioana Penina Nicole Uputaua LUDGATE (ASA)

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UWW History Makers of 2025: Kougioumtsidis, Reasco, Sultangali

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - 12:29 By Eric Olanowski

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 22) -- United World Wrestling has announced the History Makers of the Year 2025. The performance of these three wrestlers transcended competition and produced a once-in-a-generation accomplishment.

Freestyle’s History Maker 2025: Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

If there’s one nation that’s draped in sports tradition, it’s Greece, but surprisingly enough, the nation had never produced a male wrestling world champion.

Prior to 2025, wrestlers from Greece were 0-3 in gold-medal matches and had not reached a world finals since 1991. Then came 23-year-old Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS who stunned the world by defeating Levi HAINES (USA) 3-2 in the 79kg final to become his nation’s first-ever world champion.

Up until Kougioumtsidis' victory, Georgios ATHANASSIADIS (GRE) lost both of his world finals matches and Iraklis DESKOULIDIS (GRE) lost the final in 1991. The lone Greek woman to ever step to the top of the medal podium at the World Championships was Sofia POUMPOURIDOU (GRE), who won the women's 51kg gold on home soil in 2002.

"I'm very lucky that I am Greek," Kougioumtsidis said. "So I feel like I made all Greeks proud. I am Greek and I love my country." He continued, saying, “I'm the first male [from Greece] who won a gold medal at the World Championships. It's my dream come true. I think this year is a good achievement. I achieved my goal."

Women’s Wrestling History Maker: Genesis REASCO (ECU)

Reasco made history by becoming Ecuador's first-ever world champion, which came two years following Lucia YEPEZ (ECU) silver-medal finish at the 2023 World Championships where she still become the Ecuador's first-ever world medalist.

Reasco reached the pinnacle of the sport with a 4-2 victory in the 76kg final over two-time world medalist Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ), which came one match removed from knocking off Paris bronze medalist Milaimy MARIN (CUB) in the semifinals.

"I went in, gave my all, and it worked," Reasco said. "That’s how the gold medal was achieved, because honestly, I have a lot of respect for all my opponents. They gave everything out there on the mat, and they were really good matches -- both yesterday’s and today’s. Everything was very tough, very close."

Greco-Roman’s History Maker: Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)

Sultangali ended a 26-year Greco-Roman drought, giving Kazakhstan their first Greco world champion since 1999 with a very quick victory over Uzbek youngster Alisher GANIEV (UZB) in the 60kg finals at the World Championships.

Sultangali, who won two world bronze medals between 2018 and 2022, only needed 1:07 to cap off masterful first-period 9-0 win over Asian runner-up GANIEV (UZB).

"I didn’t plan to win the final match so easily and quickly," Sultangali said. "But it happened. Today is a historic day for our country because the last gold medal for Kazakhstan came in 1999, 26 years ago," said Sultangali, "I am happy that my country is happy."