Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
at the
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games were held in
Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
from 10 to 13 August 2022. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) has the right to participate with a maximum of
one wrestler per weight category in all styles (Greco-Roman, women and freestyle).
The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021.
In May 2020, the
Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), who are responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games, postponed the games as the
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
were postponed to July and August 2021, due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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Competition schedule
All times are ( UTC+3)
Medal table
Medalists
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
Participating nations
A total of 253 athletes from 31 nations competed in wrestling at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games:
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Gallery
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Weightlifting 57kg Medal Ceremony 20220811.jpg, 57 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Weightlifting 74kg Medal Ceremony 20220811 1.jpg, 74 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Weightlifting 86kg Medal Ceremony 20220811.jpg, 86 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 63kg Medal Ceremony 20220812 2.jpg, 63 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 67kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 67 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 77kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 77 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 82kg Medal Ceremony 20220812 1.jpg, 82 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 87kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 87 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 97kg Medal Ceremony 20220812 2.jpg, 97 kg Medal Ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 130kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 130 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 55kg Medal ceremony 20220812 1.jpg, 55 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 57kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 57 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 65kg Medal ceremony 20220812 1.jpg, 65 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 68kg Medal ceremony 20220813.jpg, 68 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 76kg Medal ceremony 20220812 1.jpg, 76 kg Medal ceremony
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 65kg Zelimkhan Abakarov 20220810.jpg, Men's freestyle 65 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 79kg Muhammet Akdeniz 20220811.jpg, Men's freestyle 79 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 97kg Mustafa Sessiz 20220810.jpg, Men's freestyle 97 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling Greco-Roman 60kg 20220813 1.jpg, Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 82kg 20220812 1.jpg, Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 53kg Rahime Arı 20220811.jpg, Women's freestyle 53 kg
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Women Wrestling 55kg 20220812 1.jpg, Zeynep Yetgil
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling Greco-Roman 60kg Zholaman Sharshenbekov 20220813.jpg, Zholaman Sharshenbekov
5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Men Wrestling 63kg 20220812 2.jpg, Shirzad Beheshti
References
External links
Official websiteResults
{{Events at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
Islamic Solidarity Games
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
International wrestling competitions hosted by Turkey