The 2023

World Junior Wrestling Championships The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling. This event took place twice in 1979 and 1980. Summary LL : Fre ...

(U20) was the 45th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and was held in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, Jordan between 14 and 20 August 2023. The event was originally scheduled to be held in Warsaw, Poland from August 14-20. Due to Poland's refusal to issue visas to Russian and Belarusian wrestlers, United World Wrestling moved the tournament from Poland to Jordan.

Competition schedule

All times are ( UTC+3)

Medal table

Russian and Belarusian participation

:a In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.

Team ranking

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

Participating nations

647 wrestlers from 56 nations: #

Individual Neutral Athletes Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA) is a capacity under which athletes can compete at international sporting competitions without representing their nations, as is standard convention under the Olympic Charter. As of August 2022, only Russian and ...

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References

External links

UWW Database
{{World Juniors Wrestling Championships World Junior Wrestling Championships World Wrestling U20 Championships Wrestling Championships International sports competitions hosted by Jordan Sport in Amman 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships