Returning World Medalists at the U17 World Championships

Earlier today, we posted the entry list for the 2026 U17 World Championships. The U17’s are a bit different from all of the other world championship events throughout the year as most of the international wrestlers are generally unknown to the American audience. Typically, once a wrestler does enough for fans to remember, they graduate to the next age group. 

Even so, here’s what we know about the field based on the 2025 U17 World Championships. Below are returning U17 world medalists (primarily from 2025) that are back to compete at this event again in 2026. 
 

Men’s Freestyle

60 kg

Sitender (India) - 2025 U17 World Champion (60 kg)
 

65 kg

Arseni Kikiniou (United States) - 2025 U17 World silver medalist (65 kg)
 

80 kg

Ayubjon Bozorzoda (Tajikistan) - 2025 U17 World silver medalist (71 kg)
 

110 kg

Magomed Omarov (Russia) - 2025 U17 World Champion (110 kg)

Hakim Taghiyev (Azerbaijan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (110 kg)

Women’s Freestyle

43 kg

Asema Asangaryeva (Kyrgyzstan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (40 kg)
 

46 kg

Inzhu Bakkozha (Kazakhstan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (43 kg)

Madison Healey (United States) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (43 kg)
 

53 kg

Rion Ogawa (Japan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (53 kg)

Mariia Zhytovoz (Hungary) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (53 kg)
 

57 kg

Epenesa Ellison (United States) - 2025 U17 World silver medalist (53 kg)

Janka Sillei (Hungary) - 2025 U17 World silver medalist (46 kg)
 

61 kg

Ozdenur Ozmez (Turkiye) - 2024 U17 World bronze medalist (61 kg)

69 kg

Taina Fernandez (United States) - 2025 U17 World Champion (61 kg), 2024 U17 World Champion (61 kg)
 

73 kg

Solomiia Petriv (Ukraine) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (69 kg)

 

Men’s Greco-Roman

51 kg

Kuanyshbek Zhangazhol (Kazakhstan) - 2025 U17 World Champion (45 kg)

Bunyod Hasanov (Uzbekistan) - 2025 U17 World Champion (48 kg)

Abdurrahman Huseynli (Azerbaijan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (45 kg)

Vadim Tarelunga (Moldova) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (45 kg)
 

55 kg

Abu Saga (Norway) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (51 kg)
 

60 kg

Nurali Askar (Kazakhstan) - 2025 U17 World silver medalist (55 kg)

Makhdi Barotov (Tajikistan) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (55 kg)

Amirreza Tahmasbpour (Iran) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (55 kg)

65 kg

Arseni Kikiniou (United States) - 2025 U17 World bronze medalist (65 kg)
 

71 kg

Janes Nazaryan (Armenia) - 2025 U17 World Champion (65 kg)
 

80 kg

Abdulaziz Kholmirzaev (Uzbekistan) - 2025 U17 World Champion (80 kg)