32 U.S. wrestlers are in updated UWW Ranking Series standings, with five Americans ranked at No. 1
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
J'den Cox of the USA celebrates his 2019 World Title. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors
COUSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland – United World Wrestling has posted its updated UWW Ranking Series standings for the 2020 season. These rankings are based upon specific results in the Ranking Series, and will be used to determine the seeded wrestlers at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo this summer.
The United States has a strong presence in the Ranking Series in all styles, with 32 athletes in the current rankings, including 17 in the top 10 of their weight classes.
Currently at No. 1 are five 2019 World champions from the USA: women wrestlers Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg) and Adeline Gray, plus men’s freestyle wrestlers Kyle Dake (79 kg) and J’den Cox (92 kg). Winchester, Dake and Cox will compete at different weight classes this year, as they enter one of the Olympic weights for the season.
There are three USA wrestlers at No. 3: men’s freestyle wrestlers Kyle Snyder (97 kg), Pat Downey (86 kg), plus Greco-Roman wrestler Max Nowry (55 kg).
Holding strong at No. 1 is women’s wrestler Kayla Miracle (62 kg). Three U.S. wrestlers are currently at No. 5, men’s freestyle wrestlers Tyler Graff (61 kg) and Jordan Burroughs (74 kg), plus women’s freestyle Victoria Francis (72 kg).
Two U.S. wrestlers are ranked in a pair of weight classes. In addition to his No. 1 at 79 kg, Dake is also No. 9 at his new weight class, which is 74 kg. Women’s star Sarah Hildebrandt is ranked No. 9 at two different weight classes, at 53 kg (her 2019 weight) and down at 50 kg (her 2020 weight class).
This year, Ranking Series events include the 2019 World Championships, the upcoming continental championships, and two Ranking Series events in Italy and Poland. The first Ranking Series event was hosted in Rome, Italy in mid-January, the Matteo Pellicone. The second Ranking Series event will be in Warsaw, Poland, June 4-7.
U.S. wrestlers in the current UWW Ranking Series Standings
No. 1 at 79 kg FS – Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes WC)
No. 1 at 92 kg FS – J’den Cox, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 55 kg W – Jacarra Winchester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 68 kg W – Tamyra Mensah-Stock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 76 kg W – Adeline Gray, Denver, Colo. (New York AC)
No. 3 at 97 kg FS – Kyle Snyder, State College, Pa. (Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)
No. 3 at 86 kg FS – Pat Downey, Cranbury, N.J. (Titan Mercury WC/New Jersey RTC)
No. 3 at 55 kg GR - Max Nowry, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 4 at 62 kg W – Kayla Miracle, Iowa City, Iowa (Sunkist Kids/Hawkeye WC)
No. 5 at 61 kg FS – Tyler Graff, Princeton, N.J. (Titan Mercury WC/New Jersey RTC)
No. 5 at 74 kg FS – Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC)
No. 5 at 72 kg W – Victoria Francis, Marietta, Ga. (Titan Mercury WC)
No. 6 at 65 kg W – Forrest Molinari, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC)
No. 7 at 63 kg GR – Ryan Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 9 at 57 kg FS – Thomas Gilman, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC)
No. 9 at 74 kg FS – Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes RTC)
No. 9 at 50 kg W – Sarah Hildebrandt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 9 at 53 kg W - Sarah Hildebrandt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 10 at 86 kg FS – Zahid Valencia, Belleflower, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
No. 11 at 57 kg FS – Joe Colon, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
No. 11 at 65 kg FS – Jordan Oliver, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel RTC)
No. 11 at 86 kg FS – Alex Dieringer, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC)
No. 11 at 53 kg W – Katherine Shai, Denver, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC)
No. 12 at 65 kg FS – Zain Retherford, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
No. 12 at 50 kg W – Victoria Anthony, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Sunkist Kids)
No. 12 at 57 kg W – Alli Ragan, Iowa City, Iowa (Sunkist Kids/Hawkeye WC)
No. 13 at 50 kg W – Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 13 at 97 kg GR – G’Angelo Hancock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
No. 13 at 130 kg GR – Adam Coon, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC)
No. 14 at 57 kg FS – Daton Fix, Sand Springs, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC)
No. 14 at 57 kg W – Jenna Burkert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 14 at 86 kg GR – Joe Rau, Chicago, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC)
No. 15 at 86 kg GR – Patrick Martinez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 16 at 77 kg GR – RaVaughn Perkins, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
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Top-Ten Freestyle Rankings
57kg
1. Zavur UGUEV (RUS) - 60
2. Suleyman ATLI (TUR) - 40
3. Stevan Andria MICIC (SRB) - 32
4. Kumar RAVI (IND) - 25
5. Nurislam SANAYEV (KAZ)- 25
6. Reza ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI) - 20
7. Bekhbayar ERDENEBAT (MGL) - 18
8. Givi DAVIDOVI (ITA) - 16
9. Thomas Patrick GILMAN (USA) - 16
10. Oscar Eduardo TIGREROS URBANO (COL) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Joe COLON (USA) – 14
14 – Daton Fix (USA) - 10
61kg
1. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) - 60
2. Magomedrasul IDRISOV (RUS) - 40
3. Rahul AWARE (IND) - 25
4. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) - 25
5. Tyler Lee GRAFF (USA) - 20
6. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) - 20
7. Rassul KALIYEV (KAZ) - 18
8. Kerim HOJAKOV (TKM) - 16
9. Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ) -14
10. Kumar RAVI (IND) - 14
65kg
1. Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (RUS) - 60
2. Bajrang PUNIA (IND) - 41
3. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) - 40
4. Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) - 25
5. Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) - 24
6. Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL) - 20
7. Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) - 20
8. Haji ALI (BRN) 18
9. Alexander SEMISOROW (GER) - 16
10. Jong Chol SON (PRK) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Jordan OLIVER (USA) – 14
12. Zain RETHERFORD (USA) - 12
70kg
1. David BAEV (RUS) - 60
2. Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) - 40
3. Yones Aliakbar EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI) - 25
4. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) - 25
5. Nicolae COJOCARU (GBR) - 20
6. Zurabi IAKOBISHVILI (GEO) - 20
7. Kojiro SHIGA (JPN) - 18
8. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) - 16
9. Ali Pasha Ruslanovich UMARPASHAEV (BUL) - 14
10. Elaman DOGDURBEK UULU (KGZ) - 12
74kg
1. Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) - 60
2. Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) - 40
3. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ) - 32
4. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA) - 25
5. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) - 25
6. Mao OKUI (JPN) - 20
7. Kamil RYBICKI (POL) - 18
8. Khadzhimurad GADZHIYEV (AZE) - 16
9. Kyle DAKE (USA) - 16
10. Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN) - 14
79kg
1. Kyle Douglas DAKE (USA) - 60
2. Jabrayil HASANOV (AZE) - 40
3. Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) - 25
4. Gadzhi NABIEV (RUS ) - 25
5. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) - 20
6. Galymzhan USSERBAYEV (KAZ) - 20
7. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) - 18
8. Jitender JITENDER (IND) - 16
9. Gombodorj DORJVANCHIG (MGL) - 14
10. Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) - 14
86kg
1. Hassan YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) - 60
2. Deepak PUNIA (IND) - 40
3. James DOWNEY III (USA) - 26
4. Artur NAIFONOV (RUS) - 25
5. Stefan REICHMUTH ( SUI) - 25
6. Myles Nazem AMINE (SMR) - 20
7. Carlos IZQUIERDO MENDEZ (COL) - 20
8. Ahmed DUDAROV (GER) - 18
9. Taimuraz FRIEV NASKIDAEVA (ESP) - 16
10. Zahid VALENCIA (USA) – 16
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Alex DIERINGER (USA) - 14
92kg
1. J'Den COX (USA) - 58
2. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) - 38
3. Irakli MTSITURI (GEO) - 23
4. Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RUS) - 23
5. Georgii RUBAEV (MDA) - 18
6. Nurgali NURGAIPULY (KAZ) - 18
7. Parveen PARVEEN (IND) - 16
8. Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR) - 14
9. Liubomyr SAGALIUK (UKR) - 12
10. Takuma OTSU (JPN) - 10
97kg
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) - 60
2. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) - 40
3. Kyle SNYDER (USA) - 39
4. Magomedgadji NUROV (MKD) - 25
5. Alisher YERGALI (KAZ) - 20
6. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) - 20
7. Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB) - 18
8. Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) - 18
9. Nicolai CEBAN (MDA) - 16
10. Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) - 16
125kg
1. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) - 60
2. Taha AKGUL (TUR) - 40
3. Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR) - 25
4. Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB) - 25
5. Badzha KHUTABA (SYR) - 20
6. Zhiwei DENG (CHN) - 20
7. Egzon SHALA (KOS) - 18
8. Yadollah MOHEBI (IRI) - 16
9. Amir ZARE (IRI) - 16
10. Jamaladdin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) - 14
Top-Ten Women's Wrestling Rankings
50kg
1. Mariya STADNIK (AZE) - 60
2. Emilia Alina VUC (ROU) - 54
3. Oksana LIVACH (UKR) - 32
4. Valentina Ivanovna ISLAMOVA BRIK (KAZ) - 25
5. Ekaterina POLESHCHUK (RUS) - 25
6. Yanan SUN (CHN) - 20
7. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) - 18
8. Yuki IRIE (JPN) - 16
9. Sarah Ann HILDEBRANDT (USA) - 16
10. Ellen RIESTERER (GER) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
12. Victoria ANTHONY (USA) – 12
13. Whitney CONDER (USA) - 10
53kg
1. Yong Mi PAK (PRK) - 60
2. Vinesh VINESH (IND) - 41
3. Mayu MUKAIDA (JPN) - 40
4. Qianyu PANG (CHN) - 37
5. Luisa Elizabeth VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU) - 32
6. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) - 20
7. Roksana Marta ZASINA (POL) - 20
8. Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (CUB) - 16
9. Sarah Ann HILDEBRANDT (USA) - 14
10. Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) – 12
Others U.S. in rankings
11. Katherine SHAI (USA) - 12
55kg
1. Jacarra Gwenisha WINCHESTER (USA) - 58
2. Nanami IRIE (JPN) - 38
3. Iryna HUSYAK (UKR) - 28
4. Bolortuya BAT OCHIR (MGL) - 23
5. Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (RUS) - 23
6. Bediha GUN TUR) - 18
7. Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ) - 18
8. Anna LUKASIAK (POL) - 14
9. Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) - 14
10. Annika WENDLE (GER) - 12
57kg
1. Risako KAWAI (JPN) - 60
2. Odunayo folasade ADEKUOROYE (NGR) - 43
3. Ningning RONG (CHN) - 40
4. Iryna KURACHKINA (BLR) - 25
5. Jowita Maria WRZESIEN (POL) - 20
6. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) - 20
7. Marina SIMONYAN (RUS) - 18
8. Giullia RODRIGUES PENALBER DE OLIVEIRA (BRA) - 16
9. Anshu ANSHU (IND) - 16
10. In Sun JONG (PRK) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
12. Allison RAGAN (USA) – 14
14. Jenna BURKERT (USA) - 14
59kg
1. Linda MORAIS (CAN) - 58
2. Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) - 38
3. Anhelina LYSAK (UKR) - 32
4. Shoovdor BAATARJAV (MGL) - 23
5. Xingru PEI (CHN) - 23
6. Pooja DHANDA (IND) - 18
7. Tetiana OMELCHENKO (AZE) - 16
8. Yuzuka INAGAKI (JPN) - 14
9. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER) - 12
10. Yuliya PISARENKA (BLR) - 12
62kg
1. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) - 76
2. Taybe Mustafa YUSEIN (BUL) - 40
3. Yuliia TKACH OSTAPCHUK (UKR) - 30|
4. Kayla Colleen Kiyoko MIRACLE (USA) - 26
5. Henna Katarina JOHANSSON (SWE) - 25
6. Yukako KAWAI (JPN) - 25
7. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) - 20
8. Jong Sim RIM (PRK) - 20
9. Kriszta Tunde INCZE (ROU) - 14
10. Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) - 14
65kg
1. Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) - 72
2. Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) - 38
3. Elis MANOLOVA (AZE) - 23
4. Xiaoqian WANG (CHN) - 23
5. Yuliana Vasileva YANEVA (BUL) - 18
6. Forrest Ann MOLINARI (USA) - 18
7. Aina TEMIRTASSOVA (KAZ) - 16
8. Kadriye AKSOY (TUR) - 14
9. Malin Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) - 12
10. Oksana KUKHTA HERHEL (UKR) - 12
68kg
1. Tamyra Mariama MENSAH (USA) - 74
2. Anna Jenny Eva Maria FRANSSON (SWE) - 40
3. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) - 30
4. Danielle Suzanne LAPPAGE (CAN) - 26
5. Anna Carmen SCHELL (GER) - 25
6. Battsetseg SORONZONBOLD (MGL) - 25
7. Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) - 20
8. Sara DOSHO (JPN) - 20
9. Agnieszka Jadwiga WIESZCZEK KORDUS (POL) - 16
10. Feng ZHOU (CHN) - 16
72kg
1. Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) - 58
2. Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) - 38
3. Paliha PALIHA (CHN) - 23
4. Masako FURUICHI (JPN) - 23
5. Victoria Christine FRANCIS (USA) - 18
6. Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) - 18
7. Beste ALTUG (TUR) - 16
8. Alexandra Nicoleta ANGHEL (ROU) - 14
9. Maria SELMAIER (GER) - 14
10. Komal Bhagwan GOLE (IND) - 12
76kg
1. Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) - 60
2. Hiroe MINAGAWA SUZUKI (JPN) - 40
3. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) - 37
4. Qian ZHOU (CHN) - 34
5. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) - 30
6. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN) - 30
7. Epp Mäe (EST) - 25
8. Hui Tsz CHANG (TPE) - 18
9. Alla BELINSKA (UKR) - 16
10. Kamile GAUCAITE (LTU) – 12
Top-Ten Greco-Roman Rankings
55kg
1. Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO) - 58
2. Khorlan ZHAKANSHA (KAZ) - 38
3. Max Emiliano NOWRY (USA) - 30
4. Shota OGAWA (JPN) - 23
5. Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE) - 23
6. Liguo CAO (CHN) - 18
7. Vitalii KABALOEV (RUS) - 16
8. Davaabandi MUNKH ERDENE (MGL) - 14
9. Dogus AYAZCI (TUR) - 14
10. Ilkhom BAKHROMOV (UZB) - 12
60kg
1. Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) - 60
2. Sergey EMELIN (RUS) - 40
3. Ali Reza Ayat Ollah NEJATI (IRI) - 25
4. Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ) - 25
5. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) - 20
6. Lenur TEMIROV (UKR) - 20
7. Ivo Serafimov ANGELOV (BUL) - 18
8. Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO) - 16
9. Sailike WALIHAN (CHN) - 16
10. Victor CIOBANU (MDA) - 14
63kg
1. Shinobu OTA (JPN) - 58
2. Stepan MARYANYAN (RUS) - 38
3. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) - 23
4. Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM) - 23
5. Tynar SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) - 18
6. Meysam Karamali DALKHANI (IRI) - 18
7. Ryan Robert MANGO (USA) - 16
8. Jinwoong JUNG (KOR) - 14
9. Andres Roberto MONTANO ARROYO (ECU) - 14
10. Rahman BILICI (TUR) - 12
67kg
1. Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) - 60
2. Artem SURKOV (RUS) - 40
3. Frank STAEBLER (GER) - 25
4. Mate NEMES (SRB) - 25
5. Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ibrahi ELSAYED (EGY) - 20
6. Fredrik Holmquist BJERREHUUS (DEN) - 20
7. Gevorg SAHAKYAN (POL) - 18
8. Hansu RYU (KOR) - 16
9. Makhmud BAKHSHILLOEV (UZB) - 16
10. Deyvid Tihomirov DIMITROV (BUL) - 14
72kg
1. Abuiazid MANTSIGOV (RUS) - 60
2. Aram VARDANYAN (UZB) - 40
3. Balint KORPASI (HUN) - 25
4. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL) - 25
5. Michael Felix WIDMAYER (GER) - 20
6. Jiyeon LEE (KOR) - 20
7. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) - 18
8. Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE) - 16
9. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) - 14
10. Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ibrahi ELSAYED (EGY) - 14
77kg
1. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) - 60
2. Alex Michel BJURBERG KESSIDIS (SWE) - 40
3. Mohammadali Abdolhamid GERAEI (IRI) - 25
4. Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) - 25
5. Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) - 20
6. Askhat DILMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ) - 20
7. Paulius GALKINAS (LTU) - 18
8. Roman VLASOV (RUS) - 16
9. Zotlan LEVAI (HUN) - 16
10. Pavel LIAKH (BLR) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
16. RaVaughn PERKINS (USA) – 10
82kg
1. Lasha GOBADZE (GEO) - 60
2. Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) - 40
3. Haitao QIAN (CHN) - 25
4. Saeid Morad ABDVALI (IRI) - 25
5. Iurii SHKRIUBA (UKR) - 20
6. Nurbek KHASHIMBEKOV (UZB) - 20
7. Adlan AKIEV (RUS) - 18
8. Maxat YEREZHEPOV (KAZ) - 16
9. Zotlan LEVAI (HUN) - 14
10. Singh GURPREET (IND) - 14
87kg
1. Zhan BELENIUK (UKR) - 60
2. Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) - 56
3. Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB) - 25
4. Denis Maksymilian KUDLA (GER) - 25
5. Mikalai STADUB (BLR) - 20
6. Atabek AZISBEKOV (KGZ) - 20
7. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) - 18
8. Ivan HUKLEK (CRO) - 16
9. Azamat KUSTUBAYEV (KAZ) - 14
10. Kumar SUNIL (IND) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
14. Josef RAU (USA) – 10
15. Patrick MARTINEZ (USA) – 10
97kg
1. Musa EVLOEV (RUS) - 60
2. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) - 40
3. Mélonin NOUMONVI (FRA) - 26
4. Mihail KAJAIA (SRB) - 25
5. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) - 25
6. Giorgi MELIA (GEO) - 20
7. Tadeusz MICHALIK (POL) - 20
8. Mohammadhadi Abdollah SARAVI (IRI) - 18
9. Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA) - 18
10. Artur OMAROV (CZE) – 16
Others U.S. in rankings
13. G’Angelo HANCOCK (USA) – 13
130kg
1. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) - 60
2. Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) - 40
3. Abdellatif mohamed ahmed MOHAMED (EGY) - 32
4. Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) - 26
5. Heiki NABI (EST) - 25
6. Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) - 25
7. Eduard POPP (GER) - 20
8. Amir Mohammadali GHASEMIMONJEZI (IRI) - 20
9. Murat RAMONOV (KGZ) - 18
10. Moises Salvador PEREZ HELLBURG (VEN) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
13. Adam COON (USA) - 13
COUSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland – United World Wrestling has posted its updated UWW Ranking Series standings for the 2020 season. These rankings are based upon specific results in the Ranking Series, and will be used to determine the seeded wrestlers at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo this summer.
The United States has a strong presence in the Ranking Series in all styles, with 32 athletes in the current rankings, including 17 in the top 10 of their weight classes.
Currently at No. 1 are five 2019 World champions from the USA: women wrestlers Jacarra Winchester (55 kg), Tamyra Mensah-Stock (68 kg) and Adeline Gray, plus men’s freestyle wrestlers Kyle Dake (79 kg) and J’den Cox (92 kg). Winchester, Dake and Cox will compete at different weight classes this year, as they enter one of the Olympic weights for the season.
There are three USA wrestlers at No. 3: men’s freestyle wrestlers Kyle Snyder (97 kg), Pat Downey (86 kg), plus Greco-Roman wrestler Max Nowry (55 kg).
Holding strong at No. 1 is women’s wrestler Kayla Miracle (62 kg). Three U.S. wrestlers are currently at No. 5, men’s freestyle wrestlers Tyler Graff (61 kg) and Jordan Burroughs (74 kg), plus women’s freestyle Victoria Francis (72 kg).
Two U.S. wrestlers are ranked in a pair of weight classes. In addition to his No. 1 at 79 kg, Dake is also No. 9 at his new weight class, which is 74 kg. Women’s star Sarah Hildebrandt is ranked No. 9 at two different weight classes, at 53 kg (her 2019 weight) and down at 50 kg (her 2020 weight class).
This year, Ranking Series events include the 2019 World Championships, the upcoming continental championships, and two Ranking Series events in Italy and Poland. The first Ranking Series event was hosted in Rome, Italy in mid-January, the Matteo Pellicone. The second Ranking Series event will be in Warsaw, Poland, June 4-7.
U.S. wrestlers in the current UWW Ranking Series Standings
No. 1 at 79 kg FS – Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes WC)
No. 1 at 92 kg FS – J’den Cox, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 55 kg W – Jacarra Winchester, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 68 kg W – Tamyra Mensah-Stock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC)
No. 1 at 76 kg W – Adeline Gray, Denver, Colo. (New York AC)
No. 3 at 97 kg FS – Kyle Snyder, State College, Pa. (Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)
No. 3 at 86 kg FS – Pat Downey, Cranbury, N.J. (Titan Mercury WC/New Jersey RTC)
No. 3 at 55 kg GR - Max Nowry, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 4 at 62 kg W – Kayla Miracle, Iowa City, Iowa (Sunkist Kids/Hawkeye WC)
No. 5 at 61 kg FS – Tyler Graff, Princeton, N.J. (Titan Mercury WC/New Jersey RTC)
No. 5 at 74 kg FS – Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb. (Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC)
No. 5 at 72 kg W – Victoria Francis, Marietta, Ga. (Titan Mercury WC)
No. 6 at 65 kg W – Forrest Molinari, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC)
No. 7 at 63 kg GR – Ryan Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 9 at 57 kg FS – Thomas Gilman, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC)
No. 9 at 74 kg FS – Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes RTC)
No. 9 at 50 kg W – Sarah Hildebrandt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 9 at 53 kg W - Sarah Hildebrandt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 10 at 86 kg FS – Zahid Valencia, Belleflower, Calif. (Sunkist Kids)
No. 11 at 57 kg FS – Joe Colon, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
No. 11 at 65 kg FS – Jordan Oliver, Chapel Hill, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel RTC)
No. 11 at 86 kg FS – Alex Dieringer, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC)
No. 11 at 53 kg W – Katherine Shai, Denver, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC)
No. 12 at 65 kg FS – Zain Retherford, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC)
No. 12 at 50 kg W – Victoria Anthony, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Sunkist Kids)
No. 12 at 57 kg W – Alli Ragan, Iowa City, Iowa (Sunkist Kids/Hawkeye WC)
No. 13 at 50 kg W – Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 13 at 97 kg GR – G’Angelo Hancock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
No. 13 at 130 kg GR – Adam Coon, Ann Arbor, Mich. (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC)
No. 14 at 57 kg FS – Daton Fix, Sand Springs, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy RTC)
No. 14 at 57 kg W – Jenna Burkert, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
No. 14 at 86 kg GR – Joe Rau, Chicago, Ill. (Titan Mercury WC)
No. 15 at 86 kg GR – Patrick Martinez, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
No. 16 at 77 kg GR – RaVaughn Perkins, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC/USOPTC)
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Top-Ten Freestyle Rankings
57kg
1. Zavur UGUEV (RUS) - 60
2. Suleyman ATLI (TUR) - 40
3. Stevan Andria MICIC (SRB) - 32
4. Kumar RAVI (IND) - 25
5. Nurislam SANAYEV (KAZ)- 25
6. Reza ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI) - 20
7. Bekhbayar ERDENEBAT (MGL) - 18
8. Givi DAVIDOVI (ITA) - 16
9. Thomas Patrick GILMAN (USA) - 16
10. Oscar Eduardo TIGREROS URBANO (COL) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Joe COLON (USA) – 14
14 – Daton Fix (USA) - 10
61kg
1. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) - 60
2. Magomedrasul IDRISOV (RUS) - 40
3. Rahul AWARE (IND) - 25
4. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) - 25
5. Tyler Lee GRAFF (USA) - 20
6. Abbos RAKHMONOV (UZB) - 20
7. Rassul KALIYEV (KAZ) - 18
8. Kerim HOJAKOV (TKM) - 16
9. Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ) -14
10. Kumar RAVI (IND) - 14
65kg
1. Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (RUS) - 60
2. Bajrang PUNIA (IND) - 41
3. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) - 40
4. Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) - 25
5. Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR) - 24
6. Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL) - 20
7. Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) - 20
8. Haji ALI (BRN) 18
9. Alexander SEMISOROW (GER) - 16
10. Jong Chol SON (PRK) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Jordan OLIVER (USA) – 14
12. Zain RETHERFORD (USA) - 12
70kg
1. David BAEV (RUS) - 60
2. Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) - 40
3. Yones Aliakbar EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI) - 25
4. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) - 25
5. Nicolae COJOCARU (GBR) - 20
6. Zurabi IAKOBISHVILI (GEO) - 20
7. Kojiro SHIGA (JPN) - 18
8. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) - 16
9. Ali Pasha Ruslanovich UMARPASHAEV (BUL) - 14
10. Elaman DOGDURBEK UULU (KGZ) - 12
74kg
1. Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) - 60
2. Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) - 40
3. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ) - 32
4. Zelimkhan KHADJIEV (FRA) - 25
5. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) - 25
6. Mao OKUI (JPN) - 20
7. Kamil RYBICKI (POL) - 18
8. Khadzhimurad GADZHIYEV (AZE) - 16
9. Kyle DAKE (USA) - 16
10. Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN) - 14
79kg
1. Kyle Douglas DAKE (USA) - 60
2. Jabrayil HASANOV (AZE) - 40
3. Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) - 25
4. Gadzhi NABIEV (RUS ) - 25
5. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) - 20
6. Galymzhan USSERBAYEV (KAZ) - 20
7. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) - 18
8. Jitender JITENDER (IND) - 16
9. Gombodorj DORJVANCHIG (MGL) - 14
10. Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) - 14
86kg
1. Hassan YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) - 60
2. Deepak PUNIA (IND) - 40
3. James DOWNEY III (USA) - 26
4. Artur NAIFONOV (RUS) - 25
5. Stefan REICHMUTH ( SUI) - 25
6. Myles Nazem AMINE (SMR) - 20
7. Carlos IZQUIERDO MENDEZ (COL) - 20
8. Ahmed DUDAROV (GER) - 18
9. Taimuraz FRIEV NASKIDAEVA (ESP) - 16
10. Zahid VALENCIA (USA) – 16
Other U.S. in rankings
11. Alex DIERINGER (USA) - 14
92kg
1. J'Den COX (USA) - 58
2. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) - 38
3. Irakli MTSITURI (GEO) - 23
4. Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RUS) - 23
5. Georgii RUBAEV (MDA) - 18
6. Nurgali NURGAIPULY (KAZ) - 18
7. Parveen PARVEEN (IND) - 16
8. Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR) - 14
9. Liubomyr SAGALIUK (UKR) - 12
10. Takuma OTSU (JPN) - 10
97kg
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) - 60
2. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) - 40
3. Kyle SNYDER (USA) - 39
4. Magomedgadji NUROV (MKD) - 25
5. Alisher YERGALI (KAZ) - 20
6. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) - 20
7. Magomed IBRAGIMOV (UZB) - 18
8. Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) - 18
9. Nicolai CEBAN (MDA) - 16
10. Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) - 16
125kg
1. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) - 60
2. Taha AKGUL (TUR) - 40
3. Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR) - 25
4. Khasanboy RAKHIMOV (UZB) - 25
5. Badzha KHUTABA (SYR) - 20
6. Zhiwei DENG (CHN) - 20
7. Egzon SHALA (KOS) - 18
8. Yadollah MOHEBI (IRI) - 16
9. Amir ZARE (IRI) - 16
10. Jamaladdin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) - 14
Top-Ten Women's Wrestling Rankings
50kg
1. Mariya STADNIK (AZE) - 60
2. Emilia Alina VUC (ROU) - 54
3. Oksana LIVACH (UKR) - 32
4. Valentina Ivanovna ISLAMOVA BRIK (KAZ) - 25
5. Ekaterina POLESHCHUK (RUS) - 25
6. Yanan SUN (CHN) - 20
7. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) - 18
8. Yuki IRIE (JPN) - 16
9. Sarah Ann HILDEBRANDT (USA) - 16
10. Ellen RIESTERER (GER) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
12. Victoria ANTHONY (USA) – 12
13. Whitney CONDER (USA) - 10
53kg
1. Yong Mi PAK (PRK) - 60
2. Vinesh VINESH (IND) - 41
3. Mayu MUKAIDA (JPN) - 40
4. Qianyu PANG (CHN) - 37
5. Luisa Elizabeth VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU) - 32
6. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) - 20
7. Roksana Marta ZASINA (POL) - 20
8. Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (CUB) - 16
9. Sarah Ann HILDEBRANDT (USA) - 14
10. Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) – 12
Others U.S. in rankings
11. Katherine SHAI (USA) - 12
55kg
1. Jacarra Gwenisha WINCHESTER (USA) - 58
2. Nanami IRIE (JPN) - 38
3. Iryna HUSYAK (UKR) - 28
4. Bolortuya BAT OCHIR (MGL) - 23
5. Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (RUS) - 23
6. Bediha GUN TUR) - 18
7. Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ) - 18
8. Anna LUKASIAK (POL) - 14
9. Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) - 14
10. Annika WENDLE (GER) - 12
57kg
1. Risako KAWAI (JPN) - 60
2. Odunayo folasade ADEKUOROYE (NGR) - 43
3. Ningning RONG (CHN) - 40
4. Iryna KURACHKINA (BLR) - 25
5. Jowita Maria WRZESIEN (POL) - 20
6. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) - 20
7. Marina SIMONYAN (RUS) - 18
8. Giullia RODRIGUES PENALBER DE OLIVEIRA (BRA) - 16
9. Anshu ANSHU (IND) - 16
10. In Sun JONG (PRK) – 14
Other U.S. in rankings
12. Allison RAGAN (USA) – 14
14. Jenna BURKERT (USA) - 14
59kg
1. Linda MORAIS (CAN) - 58
2. Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) - 38
3. Anhelina LYSAK (UKR) - 32
4. Shoovdor BAATARJAV (MGL) - 23
5. Xingru PEI (CHN) - 23
6. Pooja DHANDA (IND) - 18
7. Tetiana OMELCHENKO (AZE) - 16
8. Yuzuka INAGAKI (JPN) - 14
9. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER) - 12
10. Yuliya PISARENKA (BLR) - 12
62kg
1. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) - 76
2. Taybe Mustafa YUSEIN (BUL) - 40
3. Yuliia TKACH OSTAPCHUK (UKR) - 30|
4. Kayla Colleen Kiyoko MIRACLE (USA) - 26
5. Henna Katarina JOHANSSON (SWE) - 25
6. Yukako KAWAI (JPN) - 25
7. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) - 20
8. Jong Sim RIM (PRK) - 20
9. Kriszta Tunde INCZE (ROU) - 14
10. Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) - 14
65kg
1. Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) - 72
2. Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) - 38
3. Elis MANOLOVA (AZE) - 23
4. Xiaoqian WANG (CHN) - 23
5. Yuliana Vasileva YANEVA (BUL) - 18
6. Forrest Ann MOLINARI (USA) - 18
7. Aina TEMIRTASSOVA (KAZ) - 16
8. Kadriye AKSOY (TUR) - 14
9. Malin Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) - 12
10. Oksana KUKHTA HERHEL (UKR) - 12
68kg
1. Tamyra Mariama MENSAH (USA) - 74
2. Anna Jenny Eva Maria FRANSSON (SWE) - 40
3. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) - 30
4. Danielle Suzanne LAPPAGE (CAN) - 26
5. Anna Carmen SCHELL (GER) - 25
6. Battsetseg SORONZONBOLD (MGL) - 25
7. Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) - 20
8. Sara DOSHO (JPN) - 20
9. Agnieszka Jadwiga WIESZCZEK KORDUS (POL) - 16
10. Feng ZHOU (CHN) - 16
72kg
1. Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) - 58
2. Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) - 38
3. Paliha PALIHA (CHN) - 23
4. Masako FURUICHI (JPN) - 23
5. Victoria Christine FRANCIS (USA) - 18
6. Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) - 18
7. Beste ALTUG (TUR) - 16
8. Alexandra Nicoleta ANGHEL (ROU) - 14
9. Maria SELMAIER (GER) - 14
10. Komal Bhagwan GOLE (IND) - 12
76kg
1. Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) - 60
2. Hiroe MINAGAWA SUZUKI (JPN) - 40
3. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) - 37
4. Qian ZHOU (CHN) - 34
5. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) - 30
6. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN) - 30
7. Epp Mäe (EST) - 25
8. Hui Tsz CHANG (TPE) - 18
9. Alla BELINSKA (UKR) - 16
10. Kamile GAUCAITE (LTU) – 12
Top-Ten Greco-Roman Rankings
55kg
1. Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO) - 58
2. Khorlan ZHAKANSHA (KAZ) - 38
3. Max Emiliano NOWRY (USA) - 30
4. Shota OGAWA (JPN) - 23
5. Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE) - 23
6. Liguo CAO (CHN) - 18
7. Vitalii KABALOEV (RUS) - 16
8. Davaabandi MUNKH ERDENE (MGL) - 14
9. Dogus AYAZCI (TUR) - 14
10. Ilkhom BAKHROMOV (UZB) - 12
60kg
1. Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) - 60
2. Sergey EMELIN (RUS) - 40
3. Ali Reza Ayat Ollah NEJATI (IRI) - 25
4. Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ) - 25
5. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) - 20
6. Lenur TEMIROV (UKR) - 20
7. Ivo Serafimov ANGELOV (BUL) - 18
8. Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO) - 16
9. Sailike WALIHAN (CHN) - 16
10. Victor CIOBANU (MDA) - 14
63kg
1. Shinobu OTA (JPN) - 58
2. Stepan MARYANYAN (RUS) - 38
3. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) - 23
4. Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM) - 23
5. Tynar SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) - 18
6. Meysam Karamali DALKHANI (IRI) - 18
7. Ryan Robert MANGO (USA) - 16
8. Jinwoong JUNG (KOR) - 14
9. Andres Roberto MONTANO ARROYO (ECU) - 14
10. Rahman BILICI (TUR) - 12
67kg
1. Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) - 60
2. Artem SURKOV (RUS) - 40
3. Frank STAEBLER (GER) - 25
4. Mate NEMES (SRB) - 25
5. Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ibrahi ELSAYED (EGY) - 20
6. Fredrik Holmquist BJERREHUUS (DEN) - 20
7. Gevorg SAHAKYAN (POL) - 18
8. Hansu RYU (KOR) - 16
9. Makhmud BAKHSHILLOEV (UZB) - 16
10. Deyvid Tihomirov DIMITROV (BUL) - 14
72kg
1. Abuiazid MANTSIGOV (RUS) - 60
2. Aram VARDANYAN (UZB) - 40
3. Balint KORPASI (HUN) - 25
4. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL) - 25
5. Michael Felix WIDMAYER (GER) - 20
6. Jiyeon LEE (KOR) - 20
7. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) - 18
8. Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE) - 16
9. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) - 14
10. Mohamed Ibrahim Elsayed Ibrahi ELSAYED (EGY) - 14
77kg
1. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) - 60
2. Alex Michel BJURBERG KESSIDIS (SWE) - 40
3. Mohammadali Abdolhamid GERAEI (IRI) - 25
4. Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB) - 25
5. Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) - 20
6. Askhat DILMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ) - 20
7. Paulius GALKINAS (LTU) - 18
8. Roman VLASOV (RUS) - 16
9. Zotlan LEVAI (HUN) - 16
10. Pavel LIAKH (BLR) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
16. RaVaughn PERKINS (USA) – 10
82kg
1. Lasha GOBADZE (GEO) - 60
2. Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) - 40
3. Haitao QIAN (CHN) - 25
4. Saeid Morad ABDVALI (IRI) - 25
5. Iurii SHKRIUBA (UKR) - 20
6. Nurbek KHASHIMBEKOV (UZB) - 20
7. Adlan AKIEV (RUS) - 18
8. Maxat YEREZHEPOV (KAZ) - 16
9. Zotlan LEVAI (HUN) - 14
10. Singh GURPREET (IND) - 14
87kg
1. Zhan BELENIUK (UKR) - 60
2. Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) - 56
3. Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB) - 25
4. Denis Maksymilian KUDLA (GER) - 25
5. Mikalai STADUB (BLR) - 20
6. Atabek AZISBEKOV (KGZ) - 20
7. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) - 18
8. Ivan HUKLEK (CRO) - 16
9. Azamat KUSTUBAYEV (KAZ) - 14
10. Kumar SUNIL (IND) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
14. Josef RAU (USA) – 10
15. Patrick MARTINEZ (USA) – 10
97kg
1. Musa EVLOEV (RUS) - 60
2. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) - 40
3. Mélonin NOUMONVI (FRA) - 26
4. Mihail KAJAIA (SRB) - 25
5. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) - 25
6. Giorgi MELIA (GEO) - 20
7. Tadeusz MICHALIK (POL) - 20
8. Mohammadhadi Abdollah SARAVI (IRI) - 18
9. Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA) - 18
10. Artur OMAROV (CZE) – 16
Others U.S. in rankings
13. G’Angelo HANCOCK (USA) – 13
130kg
1. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) - 60
2. Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) - 40
3. Abdellatif mohamed ahmed MOHAMED (EGY) - 32
4. Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) - 26
5. Heiki NABI (EST) - 25
6. Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) - 25
7. Eduard POPP (GER) - 20
8. Amir Mohammadali GHASEMIMONJEZI (IRI) - 20
9. Murat RAMONOV (KGZ) - 18
10. Moises Salvador PEREZ HELLBURG (VEN) – 14
Others U.S. in rankings
13. Adam COON (USA) - 13
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