# 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships

The 2023 U23 World Wrestling Championships was the sixth edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from 23 to 29 October 2023 in Tirana, Albania. United World Wrestling (UWW) authorized some Russian wrestlers to participate in the World Championships though they had participated in the pro-war rally and expressed their support for the Russo-Ukrainian war. UWW explained its decision to clear them for the World Championships by stating that their participation in certain events was not of their own will and their support for the war and the policy of their government could not be certainly concluded. After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.

## Iranian visa problems

After Albania was specified as the host, the Albanian government announced that the Iranian wrestling team will not receive visas due to the IRGC's cyber attacks on the Albanian government and Iran-Albania relations.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Albania)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 11 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Moldova | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | United World Wrestling | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 10 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 30 | 30 | 60 | 120 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | United States | 148 | Turkey | 121 | Japan | 159 |
| 2 | Turkey | 113 | Azerbaijan | 93 | Ukraine | 146 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 87 | Georgia | 78 | United World Wrestling | 134 |
| 4 | United World Wrestling | 86 | Armenia | 77 | United States | 95 |
| 5 | Japan | 71 | Kazakhstan | 63 | Turkey | 80 |
| 6 | Moldova | 66 | Ukraine | 62 | Canada | 58 |
| 7 | Georgia | 64 | Japan | 47 | Kazakhstan | 56 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 60 | Moldova | 44 | Moldova | 51 |
| 9 | Armenia | 51 | United World Wrestling | 43 | Azerbaijan | 35 |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 41 | Romania | 31 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg details | Nachyn Mongush Authorised Neutral Athletes | Manvel Khndzrtsyan Armenia | Bekzat Almaz Uulu Kyrgyzstan |
| 57 kg details | Nachyn Mongush Authorised Neutral Athletes | Manvel Khndzrtsyan Armenia | Batkhuyagiin Mönkh-Erdene Mongolia |
| 61 kg details | Bashir Magomedov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Assylzhan Yessengeldi Kazakhstan | Mezhlum Mezhlumyan Armenia |
| 61 kg details | Bashir Magomedov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Assylzhan Yessengeldi Kazakhstan | Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu Kyrgyzstan |
| 65 kg details | Ibragim Ibragimov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Ziraddin Bayramov Azerbaijan | Brock Hardy United States |
| 65 kg details | Ibragim Ibragimov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Ziraddin Bayramov Azerbaijan | Abdullah Toprak Turkey |
| 70 kg details | Inalbek Sheriev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Yoshinosuke Aoyagi Japan | Giorgi Elbakidze Georgia |
| 70 kg details | Inalbek Sheriev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Yoshinosuke Aoyagi Japan | Kanan Heybatov Azerbaijan |
| 74 kg details | Keegan O'Toole United States | Imam Ganishov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Hikaru Takata Japan |
| 74 kg details | Keegan O'Toole United States | Imam Ganishov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Naveen Malik United World Wrestling |
| 79 kg details | Magomed Magomaev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Ashraf Ashirov Azerbaijan | Vladimeri Gamkrelidze Georgia |
| 79 kg details | Magomed Magomaev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Ashraf Ashirov Azerbaijan | Sagar Jaglan United World Wrestling |
| 86 kg details | Aaron Brooks United States | Tatsuya Shirai Japan | Arslan Bagaev Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 86 kg details | Aaron Brooks United States | Tatsuya Shirai Japan | Joshua Morodion Germany |
| 92 kg details | Muhammed Gimri Turkey | Ion Demian Moldova | Jacob Cardenas United States |
| 92 kg details | Muhammed Gimri Turkey | Ion Demian Moldova | Abduljalil Shabanov Azerbaijan |
| 97 kg details | Isaac Trumble United States | Radu Lefter Moldova | Sergey Kozyrev Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 97 kg details | Isaac Trumble United States | Radu Lefter Moldova | Oktay Çiftçi Turkey |
| 125 kg details | Wyatt Hendrickson United States | Adil Mısırcı Turkey | Azamat Khosonov Greece |
| 125 kg details | Wyatt Hendrickson United States | Adil Mısırcı Turkey | Vakhit Galayev Azerbaijan |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Giorgi Tokhadze Georgia | Iskhar Kurbayev Kazakhstan | Farid Sadikhli Azerbaijan |
| 55 kg details | Giorgi Tokhadze Georgia | Iskhar Kurbayev Kazakhstan | Adem Uzun Turkey |
| 60 kg details | Anvar Allakhiarov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Romeo Beridze Georgia | Mert İlbars Turkey |
| 60 kg details | Anvar Allakhiarov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Romeo Beridze Georgia | Sumit Dalal United World Wrestling |
| 63 kg details | Rakhman Tavmurzaev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Hleb Makaranka Authorised Neutral Athletes | Vitalie Eriomenco Moldova |
| 63 kg details | Rakhman Tavmurzaev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Hleb Makaranka Authorised Neutral Athletes | Chiezo Maruyama Japan |
| 67 kg details | Sultan Assetuly Kazakhstan | Mustafa Yıldırım Turkey | Haruto Yabe Japan |
| 67 kg details | Sultan Assetuly Kazakhstan | Mustafa Yıldırım Turkey | Muslim Imadaev Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 72 kg details | Dmitrii Adamov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Irfan Mirzoiev Ukraine | Shant Khachatryan Armenia |
| 72 kg details | Dmitrii Adamov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Irfan Mirzoiev Ukraine | Ruslan Nurullayev Azerbaijan |
| 77 kg details | Alexandrin Guţu Moldova | Khasay Hasanli Azerbaijan | Khvicha Ananidze Georgia |
| 77 kg details | Alexandrin Guţu Moldova | Khasay Hasanli Azerbaijan | Yryskeldi Maksatbek Uulu Kyrgyzstan |
| 82 kg details | Aues Gonibov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Alperen Berber Turkey | Emad Abouelatta Egypt |
| 82 kg details | Aues Gonibov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Alperen Berber Turkey | Karlo Kodrič Croatia |
| 87 kg details | Magomed Murtazaliev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Matej Mandić Croatia | Szymon Szymonowicz Poland |
| 87 kg details | Magomed Murtazaliev Authorised Neutral Athletes | Matej Mandić Croatia | István Takács Hungary |
| 97 kg details | Pavel Hlinchuk Authorised Neutral Athletes | Mustafa Olgun Turkey | Yuri Nakazato Japan |
| 97 kg details | Pavel Hlinchuk Authorised Neutral Athletes | Mustafa Olgun Turkey | Lucas Lazogianis Germany |
| 130 kg details | Hamza Bakır Turkey | Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi Ukraine | Mikhail Laptev Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 130 kg details | Hamza Bakır Turkey | Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi Ukraine | Sarkhan Mammadov Azerbaijan |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg details | Umi Ito Japan | Audrey Jimenez United States | Emma Luttenauer France |
| 50 kg details | Umi Ito Japan | Audrey Jimenez United States | Elnura Mammadova Azerbaijan |
| 53 kg details | Mako Oono Japan | Mariana Drăguțan Moldova | Altyn Shagayeva Kazakhstan |
| 53 kg details | Mako Oono Japan | Mariana Drăguțan Moldova | Liliia Malanchuk Ukraine |
| 55 kg details | Umi Imai Japan | Neha Sharma United World Wrestling | Aryna Martynava Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 55 kg details | Umi Imai Japan | Neha Sharma United World Wrestling | Andreea Ana Romania |
| 57 kg details | Sara Natami Japan | Zhala Aliyeva Azerbaijan | Elvira Kamaloğlu Turkey |
| 57 kg details | Sara Natami Japan | Zhala Aliyeva Azerbaijan | Reena Sangwan United World Wrestling |
| 59 kg details | Solomiia Vynnyk Ukraine | Sena Nagamoto Japan | Nitika Sansanwal United World Wrestling |
| 59 kg details | Solomiia Vynnyk Ukraine | Sena Nagamoto Japan | Anastasiia Sidelnikova Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 62 kg details | Yuzuka Inagaki Japan | Iryna Bondar Ukraine | Irina Kuznetsova Kazakhstan |
| 62 kg details | Yuzuka Inagaki Japan | Iryna Bondar Ukraine | Alina Kasabieva Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 65 kg details | Irina Rîngaci Moldova | Amina Tandelova Authorised Neutral Athletes | Yulia Leskovets Ukraine |
| 65 kg details | Irina Rîngaci Moldova | Amina Tandelova Authorised Neutral Athletes | Monika United World Wrestling |
| 68 kg details | Nesrin Baş Turkey | Alina Shauchuk Authorised Neutral Athletes | Manola Skobelska Ukraine |
| 68 kg details | Nesrin Baş Turkey | Alina Shauchuk Authorised Neutral Athletes | Tindra Sjöberg Sweden |
| 72 kg details | Amit Elor United States | Jyoti Berwal United World Wrestling | Iryna Zablotska Ukraine |
| 72 kg details | Amit Elor United States | Jyoti Berwal United World Wrestling | Viktoryia Radzkova Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| 76 kg details | Reetika Hooda United World Wrestling | Kennedy Blades United States | Kamilė Gaučaitė Lithuania |
| 76 kg details | Reetika Hooda United World Wrestling | Kennedy Blades United States | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva Ukraine |

## Participating nations

564 wrestlers from 54 countries:
* Individual Neutral Athletes (57)
* Albania (13) (Host)
* Armenia (20)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (25)
* Belgium (4)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (19)
* Chile (1)
* Croatia (6)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Egypt (6)
* Spain (4)
* Estonia (4)
* Finland (6)
* France (10)
* United Kingdom (1)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Georgia (20)
* Germany (10)
* Greece (10)
* Hungary (10)
* Italy (6)
* Jordan (2)
* Japan (29)
* Kazakhstan (30)
* Kyrgyzstan (18)
* Kosovo (1)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Latvia (3)
* Lithuania (5)
* Morocco (1)
* Moldova (22)
* Mexico (4)
* Mongolia (1)
* North Macedonia (3)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (19)
* Puerto Rico (9)
* Romania (9)
* South Africa (2)
* Serbia (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Slovakia (2)
* Sweden (7)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Tunisia (6)
* Turkey (30)
* Ukraine (30)
* United States (30)
* Venezuela (6)
* United World Wrestling (30)