The event is part of International University Sports Federation’s (FISU) wonderful program featuring 34 World University Championships in 2016 and will be hosted by Hittite University in Turkey’s Çorum from October 25 to October 30.
The 2016 World University Championships represent the 27th edition of these competitions, which take place every two years in even-numbered years. They alternate with the Summer and Winter Universiades, which are organized in odd-numbered years.
A meeting of Iran’s technical council of national Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling teams determined members of Iran’s wrestling squad for the 12th World University Wrestling Championship (WUWC).
The names of the elected senior Iranian Freestyle athletes are as follow:
57kg: Younes Sarmasti
61kg: Mehran Nasiri
65kg: Meysam Heidari
70kg: Hamed Rashidi
74kg: Reza Afzali or Peiman Yarahmadi
86kg: Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi
97kg: Amir Mohammadi
125kg: Yadollah Mohebi
The names of the elected senior Iranian Greco-Roman athletes are as follow:
59kg: Farshad Isvand
66kg: Mohammdreza Geraei
71kg: Borumand Aslan
75kg: Rasul Garmsiri
80kg: Ali Zinatirefah
85kg: Saman Azizi
98kg: Majid Aliyari
130kg: Amirghasem Monjazi
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