World Junior Wrestling Championships

The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling.^[1] This event took place twice in 1979 and 1980.^[2][3]

World Junior Wrestling Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	mid-year
Frequency	annual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1969
Organised by	UWW

Summary

Edition Year Host city Host country Events 1 1969 Colorado Springs   United States 20 2 1971 Tokyo   Japan 20 3 1973 Miami Beach   United States (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 4 1975 Haskovo   Bulgaria (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 5 1977 Las Vegas   United States (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 6 1978 Colorado Springs   United States (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 7 1979 Colorado Springs   United States (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 8 1979 Ulaanbaatar   Mongolia (LL) 10 Haparanda   Sweden (GR) 10 9 1980 Stockholm   Sweden 26 10 1980 Colorado Springs   United States 20 11 1981 Vancouver   Canada 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 12 1982 Colorado Springs   United States 20 13 1983 Oak Lawn   United States 20 14 1984 Washington   United States 20 15 1986 Schifferstadt   Germany 20 16 1988 Wolfurt   Austria (LL , GR) 20 Dijon   France (LF) 9 17 1990 Istanbul   Turkey (LL) 10 Unknown Unknown (GR) 10 18 1991 Barcelona   Spain (GR) 10 19 1992 Cali   Colombia 20 20 1993 Goetzis   Austria (LF) 8 21 1994 Budapest   Hungary 24 22 1996 Moscow   Russia (LL) 10 Walbrzych   Poland (GR) 10 23 1997 Helsinki   Finland (LL) 10 Turku   Finland (GR) 10 24 1998 Las Vegas   United States (LL) 10 Cairo   Egypt (GR) 10 Fredrikstad   Norway (LF) 8 25 1999 Bucharest   Romania (GR , LF) 17 Sydney   Australia (LL) 9

Edition Year Host city Host country Events 26 2000 Nantes   France 26 27 2001 Tashkent   Uzbekistan (LL , GR) 18 Martigny   Switzerland (LF) 8 28 2003 Istanbul   Turkey 24 29 2005 Vilnius   Lithuania 24 30 2006 Guatemala City   Guatemala 24 31 2007 Beijing   China 24 32 2008 Istanbul   Turkey 24 33 2009 Ankara   Turkey 24 34 2010 Budapest   Hungary 24 35 2011 Bucharest   Romania 24 36 2012 Pattaya   Thailand 24 37 2013 Sofia   Bulgaria 24 38 2014 Zagreb   Croatia 24 39 2015 Salvador da Bahia   Brazil 24 40 2016 Mâcon   France 24 41 2017 Tampere   Finland 24 42 2018 Trnava   Slovakia 30 43 2019 Tallinn   Estonia 30 44 2021 Ufa   Russia 30 45 2022 Sofia   Bulgaria 30 46 2023 Warsaw   Poland 30

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

See also

• List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling
• World Wrestling Championships

References

1. "Junior World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. "Athletes & Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
3. "International Wrestling Database".

External links

• UWW