U20 World Champions by Country Since 2022

As we finish wrapping up the 2026 U20 World Championships, we wanted to look at the winners from this event and how they impact the recent history of their home countries. With that being said, here are the gold medal counts by country, by style, for the last five U20 World Championship events. 

Men’s Freestyle

Azerbaijan (2)

Dzhabrail Gadzhiev (74 kg - 2022)

Kanan Heybatov (70 kg - 2022)

France (2)

Rakhim Magamadov (86 kg - 2023, 86 kg - 2022)

Georgia (1)

Sandro Kurashvili (92 kg - 2026)
 

India (1)

Kumar Mohit (61 kg - 2023)
 

Iran (13)

Ali Rezaei Aghouzgeleh (74 kg - 2024)

Mohammadmobin Azimi (92 kg - 2023)

Abolfazl Babaloo (97 kg - 2023)

Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei (92 kg - 2022)

Sina Khalili (70 kg - 2026)

Ali Khorramdel (70 kg - 2024)

Amir Reza Masoumi (125 kg - 2024)

Abolfazl Mohammad Nezhad (125 kg - 2026)

Mohammad Shakeri (65 kg - 2023)

Amirreza Masoumi Valadi (125 kg - 2023, 125 kg - 2022)

Sobhan Yari (79 kg - 2022)

Mahdi Yousefihajivar (79 kg - 2025)

Japan (5)

Yuto Nishiuchi (57 kg - 2023, 61 kg - 2022)

Masonsuke Ono (61 kg - 2024)

Ryoya Yamashita (70 kg - 2024)

Ariya Yoshida (74 kg - 2026)
 

Kazakhstan (2)

Rizabek Aitmukhan (97 kg - 2024)

Yedige Kassimbek (125 kg - 2025)
 

Russia (7)

Ibragim Kadiev (86 kg - 2024, 79 kg - 2023)

Ismail Khaniev (79 kg - 2026, 74 kg - 2025)

Magomed Magomedov (57 kg - 2026)

Mustafagadzhi Malachdibirov (92 kg - 2024)

Magomed Ozdamirov (57 kg - 2025)
 

Turkmenistan (1)

Alp Arslan Begenjov (79 kg - 2024)
 

USA (14)

Bo Bassett (65 kg - 2026)

Marcus Blaze (61 kg - 2025)

Michael Boyle (97 kg - 2026)

PJ Duke (70 kg - 2025)

Ben Kueter (97 kg - 2022)

Luke Lilledahl (57 kg - 2024)

Max McEnelly (86 kg - 2025)

Mitchell Mesenbrink (74 kg - 2023)

Justin Rademacher (97 kg - 2025)

Aaron Seidel (61 kg - 2026)

Meyer Shapiro (70 kg - 2023)

Aeoden Sinclair (86 kg - 2026)

Luke Stanich (65 kg - 2025)

Jore Volk (57 kg - 2022)

Uzbekistan (2)

Umidjon Jalolov (65 kg - 2022)

Sherzod Poyonov (92 kg - 2025)
 

Women’s Freestyle

Belarus (1)

Aryna Martynava (55 kg - 2023)
 

Canada (1)

Kaura Coles (53 kg - 2026)

China (5)

Yanrong Li (50 kg - 2023)

Chenlin Song (68 kg - 2026)

Yangzhen (62 kg - 2025)

Jin Zhang (53 kg - 2024)

Yu Zhang (50 kg - 2024)
 

Hungary (1)

Eniko Elekes (65 kg - 2023)
 

India (8)

Jyoti Berwal (76 kg - 2024)

Savita Dalal (62 kg - 2023)

Kajal Dhochak (76 kg - 2026, 72 kg - 2025)

Priya Malik (76 kg - 2023)

Antim Panghal (53 kg - 2023, 53 kg - 2022)

Tapsya (57 kg - 2025)
 

Italy (1)

Aurora Russo (59 kg - 2023)
 

Japan (21)

Ray Hoshino (68 kg - 2025, 68 kg - 2023)

Nana Ikehata (65 kg - 2024)

Ami Ishii (68 kg - 2022)

Umi Ito (50 kg - 2022)

Yuu Katsume (50 kg - 2026)

Momoko Kitade (65 kg - 2025)

Moe Kiyooka (55 kg - 2022)

Natsumi Masuda (53 kg - 2025)

Ayano Moro (76 kg - 2022)

Sakura Motoki (59 kg - 2022)

Ruka Natami (57 kg - 2022)

Sae Noguchi (59 kg - 2026)

Rinka Ogawa (50 kg - 2025)

Sakura Onishi (62 kg - 2026, 59 kg - 2025, 59 kg - 2024)

Konami Ono (57 kg - 2026)

Nonoka Ozaki (62 kg - 2022)

Sowaka Uchida (57 kg - 2024)

Chisato Yoshida (72 kg - 2026)

Mahir Yoshitake (65 kg - 2022)
 

Russia (2)

Magarita Salnazarian (65 kg - 2026)

Alina Shevchenko (68 kg - 2024)
 

Ukraine (3)

Iryna Bondar (62 kg - 2024)

Alina Filipovych (57 kg - 2023)

Nadiia Sokolovska (76 kg - 2025)
 

USA (6)

Amit Elor (72 kg - 2023, 72 kg - 2022)

Everest Leydecker (55 kg - 2026, 55 kg - 2025)

Jasmine Robinson (72 kg - 2024)

Cristelle Rodriguez (55 kg - 2024)
 

Greco-Roman

Armenia (4)

Suren Aghajanyan (60 kg - 2023)

Vigen Nazaryan (87 kg - 2022)

Gaspar Terteryan (72 kg - 2025)

Samvel Terteryan (77 kg - 2026)
 

Azerbaijan (5)

Kanan Abdullazade (67 kg - 2022)

Nihad Guluzade (55 kg - 2022)

Gurban Gurbanov (72 kg - 2022)

Aykhan Javadov (60 kg - 2026, 60 kg - 2025)
 

Belarus (1)

Abubakar Khaslakhanau (97 kg - 2023)
 

Egypt (1)

Moustafa Alameldin (67 kg - 2023)
 

Georgia (3)

Achiko Bolkvadze (87 kg - 2023)

Luka Kochalidze (87 kg - 2025)

Anri Putkaradze (77 kg - 2025)
 

Germany (1)

Deni Nakaev (77 kg - 2022)
 

Hungary (1)

Laszlo Darabos (130 kg - 2024)
 

Iran (13)

Alireza Abdevali (77 kg - 2024, 77 kg - 2023)

Ali Abedidarzi (97 kg - 2022)

Payam Farzad (55 kg - 2025)

Mohammadmehdi Gholampour (60 kg - 2024)

Fardin Hedayti (130 kg - 2023)

Saeid Esmaelli Leivesi (60 kg - 2022)

Iman Hossein Mohammadi (63 kg - 2022)

Alireza Mohmadipiani (82 kg - 2022)

Ahmadreza Mohsen Nezhad (67 kg - 2024, 63 kg - 2023)

Armin Shamsipourhaji (55 kg - 2026)

Ali Ahmadi Vafa (55 kg - 2024)
 

Japan (1)

Taizo Yoshida (87 kg - 2026)
 

Kazakhstan (3)

Kazybek Kalmagambetov (67 kg - 2026)

Iskhar Kurbayev (55 kg - 2023)

Islam Yevloyev (82 kg - 2024)
 

Kyrgyzstan (2)

Zhantoro Mirzaliev (67 kg - 2026)

Asan Zhanyshov (87 kg - 2024)
 

Russia (8)

Imran Aliev (72 kg - 2023)

Zaur Beslekoev (72 kg - 2024)

Mingiian Goriaev (72 kg - 2026)

Ali Ilyazov (130 kg - 2026, 130 kg - 2025)

Ramazan Nekhai (82 kg - 2026)

Mikahil Shkarin (82 kg - 2025)

Erzu Zakriev (63 kg - 2024)
 

Turkiye (1)

Alperen Berber (82 kg - 2023)
 

Ukraine (4)

Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi (130 kg - 2022)

Yehor Yakushenko (97 kg - 2026, 97 kg - 2025, 97 kg - 2024)

Uzbekistan (2)

Aytjan Khalmakhanov (63 kg - 2025)

Kuvonchbek Ismoilov (63 kg - 2026)