The 2026 U17 World Championships took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from July 27 through August 2. This tournament featured the future stars in wrestling, and you can see all of the results, with links to the match videos, in the article below.
Men’s Freestyle
Rylen Wax, 45 kg - SILVER
- Round Of 16: WIN - 14-3 over Hanumant Raendra Jadhav, IND
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 8-6 over Aryn Zhanat, KAZ
- Semifinals: WIN - 9-0 over Mahdi Davoud Damercheli, IRI
- Finals: LOSS - 7-1 to Nelson Villafane, PUR
Kooper Deputy, 48 kg - 5th Place
- Round Of 16: WIN - 12-0 over Bogdan Sapojnic, GER
- Quarterfinals: LOSS - 10-7 to Aaryan Aaryan, IND
- Repechage: WIN - 12-1 over Huseyn Javid Rzazade, AZE
- Bronze: LOSS - 11-0 to Volodymyr Boiko, UKR
Evan Restivo, 51 kg - Eliminated
Chase Karenbauer, 55 kg - 5th Place
- Qualification: WIN - 10-0 over Valentin Deleanu, MDA
- Round Of 16: WIN - 6-4 over Kyusuke Ikeda, JPN
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 11-1 over Mukhammadiasin Izzatillaev, KGZ
- Semifinals: LOSS - 10-0 to Jovanni Tovar, COL
- Bronze: LOSS - 8-0 to Prathmesh Suryakant Patil, IND
JoJo Burke, 60 kg - Eliminated
Arseni Kikiniou, 65 kg - Eliminated
Camryn Howard, 71 kg - Eliminated
- Qualification: WIN - 12-1 to Gergo Both, SVK
- Round Of 16: LOSS - 8-1 to Reza Mehdi Shamsipour, IRI
- Repechage: WIN - 5-2 over Jaloliddin Djalolov, UZB
- Repechage: LOSS - 11-2 to Adilet Rysbay, KAZ
Jayden O’Farrill, 80 kg - Eliminated
Salah Tsarni, 92 kg - SILVER
- Qualification: WIN - 11-0 over Artem Zalvovskyu, UKR
- Round Of 16: WIN - Fall over Mohammad Isazadeh, IRI
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 12-0 over Shu Yoshida, JPN
- Semifinals: WIN - 11-0 over Saksham Fnu, IND
- Finals: LOSS - 9-4 to Abdurazak Shabanov, RUS
Peter Mocco, 110 kg - Eliminated
Women’s Freestyle
Sophia Valdez, 40 kg - BRONZE
- Qualification: WIN - 10-0 over Alaru Iliyas, KAZ
- Quarterfinals: WIN - Fall over Zaytuna Saparova, UZB
- Semifinals: LOSS - 4-2 to Natsumi Sasaki, JPN
- Bronze: WIN - 9-0 over Rohini Khanu Devba, IND
Lilly Lundy, 43 kg - Eliminated
Madison Healey, 46 kg - BRONZE
- Qualification: WIN - Fall over Gulnoza Zakirdjanova, UZB
- Quarterfinals: LOSS - 8-2 to Kokona Makino, JPN
- Repechage: WIN - 10-0 over Mungunchimeg Gavaa, MGL
- Bronze: WIN - 10-0 over Vivian Szentpal, HUN
Isla Silva, 49 kg - BRONZE
- Round Of 16: LOSS - 5-3 to Olena Kolubai, UKR
- Repechage: WIN - Fall over Aiana Asylbekova, KGZ
- Bronze: WIN - 6-3 over Ayanat Meinambay, KAZ
Marlee Solomon, 53 kg - GOLD
- Round Of 16: WIN - 5-4 over Mariia Zhytovoz, HUN
- Quarterfinals: WIN - Fall over Fatima Bayramova, AZE
- Semifinals: WIN - 12-1 over Alejandra Serrano Roa, COL
- Finals: WIN - 11-0 over Akshara Akshara, IND
Epenesa Elison, 57 kg - GOLD
- Qualification: WIN - 8-2 over Rion Suzuki, JPN
- Round Of 16: WIN - 12-2 over Nadila Zholtikova, ESP
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 10-0 over Mila Kovac, CRO
- Semifinals: WIN - Fall over Gurleen Dhillon, CAN
- Finals: Fall over Nikita Sehrawat, IND
Landri Von Gonten, 61 kg - Silver
- Qualification: WIN - Fall over Avanishika Avanishika, IND
- Round Of 16: WIN - 10-0 over Marisa Iturrino, PUR
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 8-6 over Kamila Temiraeva, RUS
- Semifinals: WIN - 7-6 over Aruzhan Bakytnur, KAZ
- Finals: LOSS - 10-0 to Ozdenur Ozmez, TUR
Eve Skrocki, 65 kg - Eliminated
- Round Of 16: LOSS - 7-6 to Aisha Abdimalik, KAZ
- Repechage: WIN - 4-2 over Szonja Veres, HUN
- Repechage: LOSS - 11-0 to Margarita Lisita, MDA
Taina Fernandez, 69 kg - GOLD
- Round Of 16: WIN - Fall over Taniya Taniya, IND
- Quarterfinals: WIN - Fall over Sophia Ioana Anastase, ROU
- Semifinals: WIN - Fall over Maja Wejchan, POL
- Finals: WIN - Fall over Milana Ulanova, KGZ
Kaili Manuel, 73 kg - GOLD
- Round Of 16: WIN - Fall over Bagzhan Kurmanbay, KAZ
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 12-0 over Paula Benaixa Perez, ESP
- Semifinals: WIN - 7-5 over Garima Garima, IND
- Finals: WIN - 8-1 over Solomiia Petriv, UKR
Greco-Roman
Rylen Wax, 45 kg - GOLD
- Qualification: WIN - 4-1 over Vazgen Vardanyan, ARM
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 11-2 over Arsan Aliev, RUS
- Semifinals: WIN - 2-1 over Afruzbek Ibragimov, UZB
- Finals: WIN - 13-5 over Ali Javadli, AZE
Arav Pandey, 48 kg - Eliminated
- Round Of 16: WIN - Fall over Mustafa Karakose, TUR
- Quarterfinals: LOSS - 9-3 to Soltan Iusupov, RUS
- Repechage: LOSS - 6-3 to Giorgi Chkhikvadze, GEO
Wyatt Dannegger, 51 kg - Eliminated
Corey Brown, 55 kg - Eliminated
- Qualification: WIN - 7-5 over Abdullah Ahmed, EGY
- Round Of 16: LOSS - 5-1 to Keve Kovacs, HUN
- Repechage: WIN - Fall over Lavozier Wadik, BRA
- Repechage: LOSS - 3-1 to Vlad Trip, ROU
Cooper Mathews, 60 kg - Eliminated
- Qualification: WIN - 12-4 over Artush Petrosyan, ARM
- Round Of 16: LOSS - 9-4 to Hinata Hanamori, JPN
Arseni Kikiniou, 65 kg - Eliminated
Aiden Arnett, 71 kg - Eliminated
Ivan Ivanov, 80 kg - 5th Place
- Qualification: LOSS - 8-0 to Alireza Rezaei, IRI
- Repechage: WIN - 9-0 over Nurluutan Kubatov, KGZ
- Repechage: WIN - Fall over Ilias Gadaborshev, RUS
- Bronze: LOSS - 12-4 to Abdulaziz Kholmirzaev, UZB
William Etu, 92 kg - Eliminated
- Round Of 16: WIN - Fall over Polykarpos Servetas, GRE
- Quarterfinals: LOSS - Fall to Hlib Yevsieiev, UKR
- Repechage: LOSS - 4-3 to Amirreza Mehritalarposhti, IRI
Bruno Pallone, 110 kg - SILVER
- Qualification: WIN - Fall over Mitsuyoshi Urushima, JPN
- Round Of 16: WIN - 18-9 over Yahor Savich, BLR
- Quarterfinals: WIN - 8-0 over Khachik Khachatryan, ARM
- Semifinals: WIN - Fall over Andrej Simic, SRB
- Finals: LOSS - 14-5 to Tymofii Prykhodko, UKR