Team USA Earns 7 Medals at Worlds in Men’s Freestyle

2023 UWW World Wrestling Championships
September, 2023, Belgrade
Photos by Durwood Tenny Photography
Pictured: David Taylor (USA) 86kg

Team USA captured 7 medals at the 2023 World Championships. Lead by World and Olympic Champion, David Taylor,
Team USA got Gold Medal performances from Vitali Arujau 61kg and Zain Retherford at 70kg. Kyle Dake wrestling at 74kg earned USA’s lone Silver Medal. Zahid Valencia 92kg, Kyle Snyder 97kg and Mason Parris 125kg all took home a Bronze Medal.

Importantly Team USA qualified 4 of the 6 Olympic weight classes. 74kg, 86kg, 97kg and 125kg have earned allotments for the 2024 Games in Paris.

Men’s Freestyle – Medal Summary

57kg (33 entries)
GOLD: Stevan MICIC (SRB
SILVER: Rei HIGUCHI (JPN)
BRONZE: Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
BRONZE: Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
5th-Place: Zavur UGUEV (AIN)

61kg (33 entries)
GOLD: Vitali ARUJAU (USA)
SILVER: Abasgadzhi MAGOMEDOV (AIN)
BRONZE: Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
BRONZE: Shota PHARTENADZE (GEO)

65kg (45 entries)
GOLD: Iszmail MUSUKAEV (HUN)
SILVER: Sebastian RIVERA (PUR)
BRONZE: Shamil MAMEDOV (AIN)
BRONZE: Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)
5th-Place: Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)

70kg (30 entries)
GOLD: Zain RETHERFORD (USA).
SILVER: Amirmohammad YAZDANI (IRI)
BRONZE: Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)
BRONZE: Arman ANDREASYAN (ARM)

74kg (45 entries)
GOLD: Zaurbek SIDAKOV (AIN)
SILVER: Kyle DAKE (USA)
BRONZE: Hetik CABOLOV (SRB)
BRONZE: Daichi TAKATANI (JPN)
5th-Place: Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

79kg (27 entries)
GOLD: Akhmed USMANOV (AIN)
SILVER: Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
BRONZE: Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)
BRONZE: Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR)

86kg (48 entries)
GOLD: David TAYLOR (USA)
SILVER: Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
BRONZE: Myles AMINE (SMR)
BRONZE: Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
5th-Place: Javrail SHAPIEV (UZB)

92kg (27 entries)
GOLD: Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ).
SILVER: Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
BRONZE: Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR)
BRONZE: Zahid VALENCIA (USA)

97kg (35 entries)
GOLD: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
SILVER: Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
BRONZE: Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
BRONZE: Kyle SNYDER (USA)
5th-Place Playoff: Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR)

125kg (33 entries)
GOLD: Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI)
SILVER: Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
BRONZE: Taha AKGUL (TUR)
BRONZE: Mason PARRIS (USA)
5th-Place: Abdulla KURBANOV (AIN)