Topping the list of skilled wrestlers at heavyweight as the No. 1 seed is Amin Mirzazadeh of Iran, the current Senior World champion. Mirzazadeh is a two-time World champion and three-time World finalist. He draws experience from the 2020 Tokyo Games, ...
The No. 1 seed is 2023 World silver medalist Aiperi Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan. Medet Kyzy broke through with her fifth at the 2020 Olympics and added a World bronze in 2021. She added a 2021 U23 World title. She has won four straight events since the 20...
Amir Zare of Iran gets the No. 1 seed at this weight class. Zare has been the top heavyweight in recent years, with 2021 and 2023 World titles, plus bronze medals at the 2020 Olympics and the 2022 Worlds. He won gold medals in the last five internation...
Leading the group as the No. 1 seed at 97 kg is Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia, the 2023 Senior World silver medalist. Aleksanyan’s remarkable track record establishes him as a frontrunner in Paris. He will be aiming to add a second Olympic gold to his im...
The No. 1 seed is 2023 World champion Buse Tosun of Turkey, who also won 2018 and 2021 World bronze medals, and a 2018 U23 World title. She wrestled in the 2016 Olympics. Her half-bracket will include No. 4 Irina Ringaci, No. 5 Tetiana Sova Rizhko of U...
Magomedkham Magomedov of Azerbaijan gets the No. 1 seed at this weight class. Magomedov won a 2023 World silver medal and a 2022 World bronze medal. He was a Junior World champion for Russia in 2018 and switched nations in 2022.His half-bracket will in...
Leading the field as the No. 1 seed is Ali Cengiz of Turkey, the 2023 World champion. Cengiz’s dominance and technical skill have made him a top competitor, and he will be looking to add an Olympic gold to his two World medals in Paris.Zhan Beleniuk of...
The No. 1 seed is 2020 Olympic silver medalist and three-time World champion Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan. The most consistent star in this weight, Tynybekova won World gold in 2019, 2021 and 2023 and a bronze in 2017. She has won gold in eight of ...
Two-time World bronze medalist Azamat Daulenbekov of Kazakhstan gets the No. 1 seed. Daulenbekov was a 2024 Asian champion and has won three age-group World medals.His half-bracket will include No. 4 Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan, No. 5 Magomed Ramazan...
The 77 kg bracket will be one to watch, with a mix of young and experienced athletes battling for gold. The top seed is Nao Kusaka of Japan, a 2023 World bronze medalist. He is one of the younger competitors in the field with just four appearances at a...
