The World U23 Wrestling Championships are the
Amateur Wrestling
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World Championship for
athletes
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-develo ...
under 23 years old and is organized by
United World Wrestling
United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of amateur wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including ...
. The tournament began in 2017.
Editions
* 2020 U23 World Wrestling Championships in
Tampere
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,
Finland
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not held due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Team rankings
Medals (2017–2022)
As of the
2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships.
See also
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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 ...
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List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
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List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)
This is a List of World Championships medalists in women's Freestyle Wrestling.
Light flyweight
* 44 kg: 1987–1996
Flyweight
* 47 kg: 1987–1996
* 46 kg: 1997–2001
* 48 kg: 2002–2017
* 50 kg: 2018–
Bantamweight
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List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling competition began in the modern Olympics in 1896. The first Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championships began in 1904. The World Wrestling Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Wrestling Championships ...
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Wrestling World Cup
Wrestling World Cup is an international wrestling competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The cups have been conducted by FILA (the UWW predecessor) every year sinc ...
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World Wrestling Championships
The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...
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World Wrestling Clubs Cup
World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling clubs competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling, United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held on the proposal ...
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World Beach Wrestling Championships
World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling.
History
The first World Championships took place in 2006, alongside the resurrected FILA Sambo World Champi ...
References
United World Wrestling Database2017 Results Book2018 Results Book2019 Results Book2021 Results Book2022 Results Book
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Under-23 sports competitions
World youth sports competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2017