List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

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The age limitations for many of the Cadet and Junior World Championships are no longer easily ascertainable, and in many cases the ages listed below are unverified estimates. There were two Junior World Championships held in 1979 and 1980.

In the lists below, champions whose names are colored in gold, silver, or bronze went also won the corresponding senior-level medal at the World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling. Champions colored blue also represented their country at the senior level in the World Championships or Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling.

List of 15 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

Cadet Worlds, 1975 (15 and under)[]

Year
1975		Saul Leslie

Cadet Worlds, 1980 (15 and under)[]

Year
1980				Virender Singh			Vinod Kumar

Cadet Worlds, 1983 (15 and under)[]

Year
1983			David Ogden	Travis West	Giovanni Schillaci			Jai Prakash	Mahabir Singh

List of 16 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

Cadet Worlds, 1987–1996 (16 and under)[]

Year
1987					Mark Fergeson				Justin Abdou
1988	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1989					Cary Kolat
1990	Satyawan	Harun Dogan
1991			Harun Dogan
1992	Gheorghe Corduneanu	Rajesh Kumar									Alireza Rezaie
1993	Adam Saitiev	Murad Umakhanov			Eric Guerrero
1994									Gennadiy Laliyev
1995								Shamil Aliev	Sazhid Sazhidov	Gennadiy Laliyev
1996							Murad Gaidarov	Magomed Magomedov

List of 17 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

Cadet Worlds, 1997–1998 (17 and under)[]

Year
1997	Krystian Brzozowski					Ramesh Kumar			Anil Kumar
1998	Namig Sevdimov	Sushil Kumar							Serhat Balci

Cadet Worlds, 1999 (17 and under)[]

Year
1999	Yogeshwar Dutt	Namig Sevdimov	Sushil Kumar	Justin Lester

Youth Olympic Games, 2010 (17 and Under)[]

Year
2010		Yuki Takahashi	Azamatbi Pshnatlov

Cadet Worlds, 2011–2013 (17 and under)[]

Year
2011	Zaur Uguev		Gadzhimurad Rashidov							Adam Coon
2012		Zaur Uguev		Gadzhimurad Rashidov		Zain Retherford		Abdulrashid Sadulaev	Inal Tasoev
2013				Andriy Yatsenko		Aaron Pico		Batyrbek Tsakulov	Abdulrashid Sadulaev

Youth Olympic Games, 2014 (17 and Under)[]

Year
2014

Cadet Worlds, 2014–2017 (17 and Under)[]

Year
2014			Spencer Lee	Andriy Yatsenko	David Baev			Mark Hall
2015				Takuto Otoguro	Yianni Diakomihalis					Gable Steveson
2016		Zagir Shakhiev				Yianni Diakomihalis	Abubakr Abakarov		Deepak Punia	Gable Steveson
2017								Aaron Brooks

Youth Olympic Games, 2018 (17 and Under)[]

Year
2018			Turan Bayramov		Sergey Kozyrev

Cadet Worlds, 2018– (17 and Under)[]

Year
2018	Rahman Amouzad					Turan Bayramov				Amir Hossein Zare
2019		Rahman Amouzad
2020	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
2021

List of 18 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

Junior Worlds, 1969 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1969					Kikuo Wada					Soslan Andiev

Junior Worlds, 1971 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1971									Salman Khasimikov

Junior Worlds, 1978 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1978

Junior Worlds, 1980 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1980		Majid Torkan

Junior Worlds, 1980 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1980

Cadet Worlds, 1982 (18 and under)[]

Year
1982								Makharbek Khadartsev	Leri Khabelov

Junior Worlds, 1983–1984 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1983									Makharbek Khadartsev	Panagiotis Poikilidis
1984			Ken Chertow

Junior Worlds, 1986 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1986		Kim Yong-Sik

Junior Worlds, 1988–1995 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1988		Kim Jong-Shin		Vadim Bogiyev						Andrej Shumilin
1989	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1990	Armen Mkrtchyan	Gholam Reza Mohammadi	Anuchavan Sahakyan		Zaza Zazirov				Igors Samusonoks
1991	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1992					Jang Jae-Sung				Kerry McCoy
1993	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1994		Alireza Dabir	Amiran Kardanov	Ruslan Bodisteanu
1995	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held

Junior Worlds, 1996 (18 and Under)[]

Year
1996		Babak Nourzad							Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov	Alexis Rodríguez

List of 20 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

Junior Worlds, 1973–1977 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1973	Nermedin Selimov								Salman Khasimikov
1974	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1975	Anatoly Beloglazov									Jozsef Balla
1976	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1977		Magomedgasan Abushev	Randy Lewis	Saipulla Absaidov		Mark Churella		Dan Severn		Petar Ivanov

Junior Worlds, 1979 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1979				Magomedgasan Abushev				Sanasar Oganisyan
1979

Junior Worlds, 1981 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1981			Arsen Fadzayev	Stepan Sarkisyan						Victor Zangiev

Junior Worlds, 1982 (20 and Under)[]

1982	Noh Kyung-Sun							Makharbek Khadartsev	Leri Khabelov

Espoir Worlds, 1983–1995 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1983			Jozef Schwendtner						Leri Khabelov	John Tenta
1984	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1985	Marian Nedkov	Ivan Tzonov				Rahmat Sukra
1986	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1987	Gnel Medshlumyan	Hideo Sasayama			Chris Wilson				Arawat Sabejew
1988	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1989		Bagavdin Umakhanov				Alexander Leipold			Heiko Balz
1990	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1991	Il Kim			Alan Fried		No champion	Rasul Khadem Azghadi
1992	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1993	Armen Mkrtchyan		Ramil Islamov		Araik Gevorgyan		Eldar Assanov
1994	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
1995						Buvaisar Saitiev	Alireza Heidari		Vadim Tasoyev

Junior Worlds, 1997–1998 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1997	Mohammad Rezaei		Alireza Dabir	Ruslan Bodisteanu	Dimitri Kirilov	Arsen Gitinov	Majid Khodaei	Fereydoun Ghanbari		Aydin Polatci
1998		Babak Nourzad	Stephen Abas			Donny Pritzlaff	Shamil Aliev	Sazhid Sazhidov	Georgi Gogshelidze

Junior Worlds, 1999–2001 (20 and Under)[]

Year
1999							Vadim Laliev	Georgi Gogshelidze
2000	Dilshod Mansurov		Abil Ibragimov				Sazhid Sazhidov
2001		Dilshod Mansurov	Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu		Ramesh Kumar		Khadjimourat Gatsalov		Palwinder Singh Cheema

Junior Worlds, 2002–2017 (20 and Under)[]

Year
2002	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
2003	Farzan Bahrami	Ersin Cetin	Makhach Murtazaliev	Geandry Garzon Caballero	Sergey Vitkovski	Georgi Tibilov	Magomed Ibragimov	Hadi Pouralijan
2004	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
2005	Iliaz Ozumbekov	Besik Kudukhov	Vakiv Kaziev	Shamil Batirov	Mihail Ganev	Georgy Ketoyev	Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji	Beylal Makhov
2006	Ahmet Peker	Djamal Otarsultanov	Mehdi Taghavi	Darsam Dzaparov	Kakhaber Khubezhty	Imants Lagodskis	Alan Lokhov	Beylal Makhov
2007	Dashpuntsag Tulga	Djamal Otarsultanov	Mehdi Taghavi	Bubba Jenkins	Denis Tsargush	Abdul Ammaev	Valerii Andriitsev	Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
2008	Ahmet Peker	Nariman Israpilov	Masoud Esmaeilpour	Magomedmurad Gadzhiev	Magomed Zubairov	Abdusalam Gadisov	Alen Zasyeyev	Soslan Gaglojev
2009	Ahmet Peker	Hassan Rahimi	Timur Tsabolov	Jabrail Hasanov	Saeid Tavakkol	Selim Yasar	Erfan Amiri	Dom Bradley
2010	Zikrula Dadaev	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	Gadzhi Abdulaev	Alan Gogaev	Davit Khutsishvili	Andrey Valiev	Shamil Akhmedov	Muradin Kushkhov
2011	Magomed Magomedaliev	Vladimer Khinchegashvili	Toghrul Asgarov	Khetag Tsabolov	Tamerlan Akhmedov	Dato Marsagishvili	Hamed Talebi	Jaber Sadeghzadeh
2012	Magomed Magomedaliev	Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar	Behnam Ehsanpour	Magomed Kurbanaliev	Zaur Makiev	Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi	Mehran Mirzaei	Magomedgadzhi Nurasulov
2013	Zaur Uguev	Younes Sarmasti	Akhmednabi Gvartzatilov		Alan Zaseev	Vladislav Valiev	Kyle Snyder	Geno Petriashvili
2014	Khasan Hussein Badrudinov	Azamat Tuskaev	Iman Sadeghi	Hassan Yazdani	Zelimkhan Khadjiev	Alireza Karimi	Georgi Gogaev	Geno Petriashvili
2015	Spencer Lee	Mahir Amiraslanov	Iman Sadeghi		Gadzhi Nabiev	Mojtaba Goleij	Nurmagomed Gadzhiev
2016	Spencer Lee			Enes Uslu	Mark Hall
2017		Daton Fix		David Baev	Mark Hall	Artur Naifonov		Gable Steveson

Junior Worlds, 2018– (20 and Under)[]

Year
2018	Akhmed Idrisov	Abasgadzhi Magomedov		Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev	Mekhi Lewis				Magomedkhan Magomedov
2019				Erik Arushanian	David Carr		Deepak Punia	Alan Bagaev
2020	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
2021		Rahman Amouzad				Mohammad Nokhodi

List of 23 and Under World Champions in Men's Freestyle Wrestling[]

U-23 Worlds, 2017 (23 and Under)[]

Year
2017	Reineri Andreu	Rinya Nakamura	Nachyn Kuular		Gadzhi Nabiev	Alikhan Zhabrailov	Mojtaba Goleij	Geno Petriashvili

U-23 Worlds, 2018– (23 and Under)[]

Year
2018	Toshihiro Hasegawa	Magomedrasul Idrisov	Rei Higuchi	Tajmuraz Salkazanov	Avtandil Kentchadze	Nika Kentchadze	Kamran Ghasempour	Shamil Zubairov	Givi Matcharashvili
2019	Reineri Andreu	Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov	Turan Bayramov		Razambek Zhamalov		Kamran Ghasempour	Bo Nickal	Mojtaba Goleij	Amir Hossein Zare
2020	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held	No competition held
2021	Aliabbas Rzazade	Arsen Harutyunyan	Georgios Pilidis	Ernazar Akmataliev	Chermen Valiev			Osman Nurmagomedov	Amir Ali Azarpira

See also[]

• List of Cadet, Junior, Espoir and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
• Soviet and Russian results in men's freestyle wrestling
• Iranian results in men's freestyle wrestling

References[]

• FILA Database