Oct 22, 2016, 11:58 AM

Roster released for WUWC 2016

TEHRAN, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Technical council of national Iranian wrestling teams has announced the roster for participating at 12th World University Wrestling Championship to be held in Turkey.

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