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World Wrestling Championships begin in Kazakhstan with 30 Turkish wrestlers
The World Wrestling Championships will begin tomorrow at Barys Arena in Kazakhstan and last nine days. Türkiye will compete with 30 wrestlers across 10 weight classes each in Greco-Roman, women’s and men’s freestyle wrestling.
Kazakhstan will host the World Wrestling Championships again after 2019. The event at Barys Arena will begin tomorrow and feature Greco-Roman, women’s and men’s freestyle wrestling competitions over nine days.
Competitions will be held in 10 weight classes in each of the three categories. Türkiye will take part in the championships with 30 national-team wrestlers and seek medals in every weight class.
Championship schedule
Greco-Roman wrestling competitions will take place from October 24 to 27, while the women’s events will be held from October 27 to 30. The men’s freestyle wrestling competitions will run from October 29 to November 1.
On the first day, qualification, quarterfinal and semifinal bouts will be held in the 55-, 60-, 77- and 82-kilogram weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling. The Turkish wrestlers who will compete tomorrow in this category are Ömer Halis Recep at 55 kilograms, Enes Başar at 60 kilograms, Ahmet Yılmaz at 77 kilograms and Yüksel Sarıçiçek at 82 kilograms.
Türkiye’s Greco-Roman roster
- 55 kilograms: Ömer Halis Recep
- 60 kilograms: Enes Başar
- 63 kilograms: Kerem Kamal
- 67 kilograms: Murat Fırat
- 72 kilograms: Cengiz Arslan
- 77 kilograms: Ahmet Yılmaz
- 82 kilograms: Yüksel Sarıçiçek
- 87 kilograms: Ali Cengiz
- 97 kilograms: İbrahim Tığcı
- 130 kilograms: Rıza Kayaalp
Rıza Kayaalp, the Turkish wrestler with the most world titles, will compete for his sixth gold medal in the history of the event.
Women’s roster
- 50 kilograms: Evin Demirhan Yavuz
- 53 kilograms: Zeynep Yetgil Kamal
- 55 kilograms: Tuba Demir
- 57 kilograms: Elvira Süleyman Kamaloğlu
- 59 kilograms: Bediha Gün
- 62 kilograms: Sevim Akbaş
- 65 kilograms: Ayşe Erkan
- 68 kilograms: Nesrin Baş
- 72 kilograms: Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu
- 76 kilograms: Kadriye Aksoy Koçak
Men’s freestyle roster
- 57 kilograms: Muhammet Karavuş
- 61 kilograms: Emrah Ormanoğlu
- 65 kilograms: Ahmet Duman
- 70 kilograms: Ferhat Kılıç
- 74 kilograms: Cüneyt Budak
- 79 kilograms: Okan Tahtacı
- 86 kilograms: İsmail Küçüksolak
- 92 kilograms: Fatih Altunbaş
- 97 kilograms: Alperen Tokgöz
- 125 kilograms: Hakan Büyükçıngıl
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