CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (January 6) – With the first qualifications for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games less than nine months away, world team hopefuls spent the last three months of 2014 in “post-season” competition trying to close the gap with the world championships medal winners.
SERBEST,GREKOROMEN VE BAYAN GÜREŞİNDE 2015 YILI OCAK AYI İTİBARİ İLE BÜYÜKLER KATEGORİSİNDE DÜNYA SIRALAMALARI (DERECEYE GİREN TÜRK GÜREŞÇİLERİ)
SERBEST STİL
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – World No.1 (1)
2. Yakup GOR (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
4. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
7. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – World No.5 (6)
18. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Ziolkowski Memorial No.3 (18)
19. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) – Europe No.3 (18)
GREKOROMEN STİL
2. Yunus OZEL (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
2. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
3. Selcuk CEBI (TUR) – World No.3 (3)
3. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) – World No.3 (3)
16. Attila GUZEL (TUR) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (14)
BAYANLAR
4. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
13. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) – World No.9 (13) 18. Hafize SAHIN (TUR) – Europe No.2 (16) 18. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) – European Jr No.2 (18)
A) DÜNYA GENELİ SERBEST STİL
Russian Wrestlers Lead 2015 Freestyle Rankings After Postseason Success
The January rankings for men’s freestyle, released by United World Wrestling, kick off 2015 with world championships and Asian Games medalists dominating their respective weight categories while world team wannabes attempt to close the gap in some “postseason” competition.
Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS), winner of the 70kg title in Tashkent, was the only world champion in action in the postseason, winning the 74kg crown at the Copa Brasil in Rio de Janeiro in late November.
The only other world medalists competing in the last three months of 2014 were bronze medal winners GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) and Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS).
Ganzorig moved up a weight to win the 70kg crown at the world military championships while Gatsalov dropped to 97kg for the Kadyrov Cup in Grozny where he had to settle for fifth place.
With four of the autumn events in Russia, Russian wrestlers were the cause of much of the churn in the lower ranks.
World team member Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS), who finished ninth at 61kg in Tashkent, bounced back with wins in the Miners Fame in Kemerovo and the Dmitri Korkin tourney in Yakutsk.
Meanwhile, former world champion Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) and Golden Grand Prix Final winner Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) won at the Ramzan Kadyrov Cup in Grozny.
Another double winner during the postseason was Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL), formerly a standout for Russia, who took the Korkin tourney title at 70kg in early October and added the Intercontinental Cup crown in Khasavyurt two weeks later.
Wrestlers are listed by name, country code, most recent or most significant result of 2014, and their ranking the previous month.
57kg – Ali Aliev titlist Artyom GEBEKOV (RUS) won the Kadyrov Cup and claimed a bronze medal at the Intercontinental Cup to edge up to No.14, while European bronze medalist Garik BARSEGHYAN (ARM) also climbed two rungs to No.18 with a third place at the Deglane Challenge in France.
1. JONG Hak-Jin (PRK) – Asian Games No.1 (1)
2. YANG Kyong-Il (PRK) – World No.1 (2)
3. Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) – World No.2 (3)
4. Rasul KALIEV (KAZ) – Asia Games No.2 (4)
5. Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) – World No.3 (5)
6. Vladislav ANDREEV (BLR) – World No.3 (6)
7. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar (MGL) – World No.5 (7)
8. Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN) – World No.5 (8)
9. Akhmednabi GVARZATILOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (9)
10. Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) – Ziolkowski No.3 (10)
11. BATBOLD Nomin (MGL) – Asian Games No.3 (11)
12. Fumitaka MORISHITA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (12)
13. Amit KUMAR (IND) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (13)
14. Artyom GEBEKOV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.1 (16)
15. DAMDINBAZAR Tsogtbaatar (MGL) – Asia No.2 (14)
16. Samat NADYRBEK UULU (KGZ) – Asia No.3 (15)
17. Zoheir EL OUARRAQE (FRA) – Europe No.3 (17)
18. Garik BARSEGHYAN (ARM) – Deglane Challenge No.3 (20)
19. Andrei DUKOV (ROU) – Europe No.5 (18)
20. YUN Jun-Sik (KOR) – Asian Games No.3 (19)
61kg – Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) regained some ground in the rankings with a pair of tourney triumphs following his quarterfinals exit from the world championships in Tashkent. Bogomoev, coming in at No.5, had been ranked No.3 after winning the prestigious Ziolkowski Memorial in August.
Former world champion Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS), supplanted by Bogomoev for the 2014 world team berth, also edged up to No.8 after a win at the Kadyrov Cup in October.
1. Haji ALIEV (AZE) – World No.1 (1)
2. Masoud ESMAILPOUR (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) – World No.3 (3)
4. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – World No.3 (4)
5. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Korkin Tournament No.1 (7)
6. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – World No.5 (5)
7. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – World No.5 (6)
8. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.1 (9)
9. Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) – GGP Final No.2 (8)
10. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Asian Games No.2 (10)
11. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – German GP No.1 (11)
12. Noriyuki TAKATSUKA (JPN) – Asian Games No.3 (12)
13. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (15)
14. TUMENBILEG Tuvshintulga (MGL) – Asian Games No.5 (13)
15. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Asia Games No.5 (14)
16. Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR) – GGP Final No.3 (16)
17. David TREMBLAY (CAN) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (17)
18. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Ziolkowski Memorial No.3 (18)
19. Beka LOMTADZE (GEO) – Sargsyan Tournament No.2 (19)
20. James KENNEDY (USA) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (20)
65kg – European champion Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) prevailed at the Intercontinental Cup to regain some ground on world champion Soslan RAMONOV (RUS), moving from No.7 to No.5 after spending most of the spring and summer at the top of the rankings.
Meanwhile, 2013 world champion David SAFARYAN (ARM) closed out a frustrating year without a tournament title by slipping to No.12 after a loss to American phenom Aaron PICO (USA) in the Deglane Challenge final. Pico, a runner-up in the junior world championships, joins the rankings at No.18 behind world team member Brent METCALF (USA).
1. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) – World No.3 (3)
4. Mihail SAVA (MDA) – World No.3 (4)
5. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – Intercontinental Cup No.1 (7)
6. Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) – World No.5 (5)
7. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – World No.5 (6)
8. Yogeshwar DUTT (IND) – Asian Games No.1 (8)
9. Akhmed CHAKAEV (RUS) – Ali Aliev No.1 (9)
10. Franklin GOMEZ MATOS (PUR) – CAC Games No.1 (11)
11. Daichi TAKATANI (JPN) – World No.7 (12)
12. David SAFARYAN (ARM) – Deglane Challenge No.2 (10)
13. Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL) – Europe No.3 (14)
14. Konstantin KHABALASHVILI (GEO) – Europe No.3 (15)
15. Magomed MUSLIMOV (AZE) – Intercontinental Cup No.2 (18)
16. Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) – Spanish GP No.1 (16)
17. Brent METCALF (USA) – GGP Final No.1 (17)
18. Aaron PICO (USA) – Deglane Challenge No.1 (not ranked)
19. Ikhtiyor NAVRUZOV (UZB) – Asian Games No.3 (19)
20. George BUCUR (ROU) – German GP No.3 (20)
70kg – Russian transplant Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) reached the podium in three events last fall, taking gold medals at the Korkin tourney and the Intercontinental Cup, to join the rankings at No.6.
Golden Grand Prix Final winner Israil KASUMOV (RUS) claimed medals in the same events as Gadzhiev to climb from No.12 to No.7.
1. Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Yakup GOR (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
3. Ali SHABANOV (BLR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – World No.3 (4)
5. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK) – World No.5 (5)
6. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – Korkin Tourney No.1 (nr)
7. Israil KASUMOV (RUS) – Miners Fame No.1 (12)
8. Cleopas NCUBE (CAN) – World No.5 (6)
9. Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) – Europe No.1 (7)
10. Nicholas MARABLE (USA) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (8)
11. Moustafa HOSSEINKHANI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (9)
12. Peyman YARAHMADI (IRI) – Stepan Sargsyan No.1 (10)
13. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) – Europe No.2 (11)
14. Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) – Korkin Tourney No.3 (14)
15. Zsombor GULYAS (HUN) – Europe No.5 (13)
16. Miroslav KIROV (BUL) – Europe No.3 (15)
17. Adrian Ionut MOISE (ROU) – German GP No.2 (16)
18. Yoan BLANCO REINOSO (ECU) – Pan America No.3 (17)
19. Pedro SOTO CORDERO (PUR) – Pan America No.2 (18)
20. Takafumi KOJIMA (JPN) – Asian Games No.3 (19)
74kg – Kunaev International winner Galimzhan USSERBAEV (KAZ) took the crown at the world military championships to edge up to No.13 while Ali Aliev champion Kamal MALIKOV (RUS) moved up to No.17 with a runner-up performance at the Kadyrov Cup.
1. Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN) – World No.2 (2)
3. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) – World No.3 (3)
4. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY (CUB) – World No.3 (4)
5. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) – World No.5 (5)
6. Rustam DUDAEV (UKR) – World No.5 (6)
7. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) – Asian Games No.1 (7)
8. Essadollah AKBARI (IRI) – Asian Games No.2 (8)
9. Yabrail HASANOV (AZE) – Kadyrov Cup No.3 (9)
10. Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) – Europe No.1 (10)
11. Ashraf ALIEV (AZE) – World No.8 (11)
12. Reza AFZALI PAEMAMI (IRI) – Asia No.1 (12)
13. Galimzhan USSERBAEV (KAZ) – World Military No.1 (15)
14. Krystian BRZOZOWSKI (POL) – Europe No.3 (13)
15. Luca LAMPIS (FRA) – Deglane Challenge No.1 (14)
16. PUREVJAV Unurbat (MGL) – Asia No.2 (16)
17. Kamal MALIKOV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.2 (20)
18. Leonid BAZAN (BUL) – Stepan Sargsyan No.2 (17)
19. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) – Europe No.3 (18)
20. Shushil KUMAR (IND) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (19)
86kg – Golden Grand Prix Final winner Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) took the Kadyrov Cup title and moved to No.6 in the rankings while European bronze medal winner Istvan VEREB (HUN) moved from No.14 to No.11 with a triumph at the Miners Fame event in Kemerovo.
Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) grabbed three medals over three months, capping his fall harvest with a gold medal at the Deglane Challenge to break into the rankings at No.17. Akhmed MAGOMEDOV (RUS) joined the rankings at No.18 after repeating as Intercontinental Cup champion.
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – World No.2 (2)
3. Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) – World No.3 (3)
4. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
5. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
6. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.1 (8)
7. Gamzat OSMANOV (AZE) – World No.5 (6)
8. Azlan KAKHIDZE (KAZ) – World No.5 (7)
9. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) – Europe No.5 (9)
10. Albert SARITOV (RUS) – Ali Aliev No.1 (10)
11. Istvan VEREB (HUN) – Europe No.3 (14)
12. Ehsan LASHGARI (IRI) – GGP Final No.2 (11)
13. Michail GANEV (BUL) – World No.8 (12)
14. Georghita STEFAN (ROU) – German GP No.10 (13)
15. Musa MURTAZALIEV (ARM) – Europe No.3 (15)
16. ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) – Asia No.3 (20)
17. Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) – Deglane Challenge No.1 (nr)
18. Akhmed MAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Intercontinental Cup No.1 (nr)
19. Tamerlan TAGZHIEV (CAN) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (18)
20. Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL) – Intercontinental Cup No.3 (19)
97kg –
1. Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) – World No.2 (2)
3. Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) – World No.3 (4)
4. Reza YAZDANI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
5. Javier CORTINA LACERRA (CUB) – World No.5 (7)
6. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) – World No.5 (6)
7. DORJKHAND Khuderbulga (MGL) – Asian Games No.3 (8)
8. Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ) – Asian Games No.2 (9)
9. Ivan YANKOUSKI (BLR) – Europe No.3 (10)
10. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) – Ali Aliev No.2 (11)
11. Pavlo OLEYNIK (UKR) – Europe No.5 (12)
12. Egzon SHALA (ALB) – World No.7 (13)
13. ZHANG Xueyi (CHN) – Dan Kolov No.5 (14)
14. Rustam ISKANDARI (TJK) – Asia No.3 (15)
15. Jacob VARNER (USA) – GGP Final No.3 (16)
16. Nicolae CEBAN (MDA) – Europe No.3 (17)
17. William HARTH (GER) – World Military No.1 (20)
18. Radoslaw BARAN (POL) – World Military No.3 (18)
19. Yuri BELONOVSKI (RUS) – Ali Aliev No.1 (19)
20. Vladislav BAITSAEV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.2 (nr)
125kg – Alen ZASEEV (UKR), 2013 world silver medalist, won the Intercontinental Cup to leapfrog Asian Games finalists Parviz HADI (IRI) and Daulet SHABANBAY (KAZ) for No.7 in the rankings. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) breaks into the rankings at No.10 after finishing second to Aleksander KHOTSHIANIVSKI (UKR) in the Kadyrov Cup.
Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) was scratched from the rankings after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine at the junior world championships in Zagreb.
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – World No.1 (1)
2. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS) – World No.3 (3)
4. Tervel DLAGNEV (USA) – World No.3 (4)
5. Aleksander KHOTSIANIVSKI (UKR) – World No.5 (5)
6. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – World No.5 (6)
7. Alen ZASEEV (UKR) – Intercontinental Cup No.1 (9)
8. Parviz HADI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (7)
9. Daulet SHABANBAY (KAZ) – Asian Games No.2 (8)
10. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) – Kadyrov Cup No.2 (nr)
11. Ali ISAEV (AZE) – Ali Aliev No.1 (10)
12. JARGALSAIKHAN Chuluunbat (MGL) – Asian Games No.5 (11)
13. Aslan DZEBISHOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.3 (12)
14. Alan KHUGAEV (RUS) – Ziolkowski No.3 (13)
15. Nick MATUHIN (GER) – German GP No.3 (15)
16. Abdollah GHOMI AVITI (IRI) – Ali Aliev No.2 (16)
17. Korey JARVIS (CAN) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (17)
18. Slim TRABELSI (TUN) – Africa No.1 (18)
19. Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) – German GP No.2 (19)
20. Kurban KURBANOV (UZB) – Asia No.7 (20)
B) DÜNYA GENELİ GREKOROEN STİL
Top of Greco-Roman Rankings Stay Stable to Start 2015
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (January 9) – The world military championships in early October helped kick off a busy “postseason” for Greco-Roman wrestlers with many of the gold medal finalists making moves up the United World Wrestling rankings.
Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) marked the biggest improvement among the military winners, vaulting seven steps to No.13 in the rankings at 130kg. The Beijing 2008 bronze medalist was followed by runner-up, Alexander CHERNETSKI (UKR), who went from 19th to No.14.
Other gold medalists who marched up the rankings were Karapet CHALYAN (ARM), unranked to No.17 at 75kg and Aleksandr KAZAKEVICH (LTU), who went from ninth to No.7 at 84kg.
Meanwhile, world silver medalist at 98kg Oliver HASSLER (GER) and Ramsin AZIZSIR (GER), fifth at 85kg, also won military titles but were unable to move up against the other medalists in their respective categories.
Wrestlers not involved in the military championships were busy through October and November crisscrossing the Baltic Sea — and the Atlantic — in efforts to improve their skills before the curtain goes up on the 2015 season
Asker ORSHOKDUGOV (RUS) at 66kg capped 2014 with a win at the Haparanda Cup in Sweden, Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) received a boost from a silver medal earned at Haavisto Cup in Finland and Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) got a boost from the Palusalu Memoria in Estonia,
Meanwhile, Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) and Masato SUMI (JPN) were among the wrestlers who doubled up on medals from the Farrell Memorial in New York and the Copa Brasil in Rio de Janiero.
Wrestlers in the rankings are list their names, country code, most recent or most notable result of 2014, and their position in the previous rankings.
Hamid SORYAN (IRI) became Iran’s most-decorated wrestler in 2014, and will hold the top ranking at 59kg heading into the 2015 season.
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59kg – Africa champion Hatham FAHMY (EGY) won the world military championships and the Ibrahim Moustapha Tournament in October to climb to No.10 in the rankings.
Ivan KUYLAKOV (RUS), 2013 world runner-up, teamed with world silver medalist Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) to lead host Russia to the European Nations Cup in November to edge up to No.11.
1. Hamid SORYAN (IRI) – World No.1 (1)
2. Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
3. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) – World No.3 (3)
4. Stig Andre BERGE (NOR) – World No.3 (4)
5. Kohei HASEGAWA (JPN) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
6. YUN Won-Chol (PRK) – Asian Games No.2 (6)
7. Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) – World No.5 (7)
8. Ivo ANGELOV (BUL) – Pytlasinski No.1 (10)
9. Ivan KUYLAKOV (RUS) – Pytlansinski No.2 (11)
10. Hatham Mahmoud FAHMY (EGY) – World Military No.1 (13)
11. Spenser MANGO (USA) – World No.5 (8)
12. Aleksandar KOSTADINOV (BUL) – Europe No.1 (9)
13. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.1 (12)
14. WANG Lumin (CHN) – World No.8 (14)
15. LEE Jung-Baek (KOR) – World No.9 (15)
16. Roman AMOYAN (ARM) – German GP No.1 (16)
17. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) – Asian Games No.3 (17)
18. Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) – German GP No.3 (18)
19. Deniz MENEKSE (GER) – World No.11 (19)
20. Kazuma KURAMOTO (JPN) – World No.12 (20)
Davor STEFANEK (SRB) will be the top-ranked 66kg wrestler to start the season.
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66kg – Haparanda Cup winner Asker ORSHOKDUGOV (RUS) breaks into the rankings at No.14 while runner-up Azamat AKHMEDOV (RUS), also second at the German Grand Prix in June, returns to the rankings at No.15.
Bryce SADDORIS (USA), who finished 12th in Tashkent last September, climbed to No.16 with a runner-up showing at the world military meet.
1. Davor STEFANEK (SRB) – World No.1 (1)
2. Omid NOROOZI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) – World No.3 (3)
4. Edgaras VENCKAITIS (LTU) – World No.3 (4)
5. RYU Han-Soo (KOR) – Asia Games No.1 (5)
6. Ryutaro MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Asian Games No.2 (6)
7. Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) – World No.5 (7)
8. Frank STAEBLER (GER) – World No.5 (8)
9. Revaz LASHKHI (GEO) – GGP Final No.2 (9)
10. Adam KURAK (RUS) – Europe No.1 (10)
11. Istvan LEVAI (SVK) – Europe No.3 (11)
12. Aram JULFALAKYAN (ARM) – German GP No.1 (12)
13. Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) – Pytlasinski No.2 (13)
14. Asker ORSHOKDUGOV (RUS) – Haparanda Cup No.1 (not ranked)
15. Azamat AKHMEDOV (RUS) – Cheboksarov Tourney No.1 (nr)
16. Bryce SADDORIS (USA) – World Military No.2 (20)
17. RI Hak-Won (PRK) – Asian Games No.3 (17)
18. Khusrav OBLOBERDIEV (TJK) – Asia Games No.5 (18)
19. Aslan ABDULIN (RUS) – Vantaa Painicup No.1 (nr)
20. Marius THOMMESEN (NOR) – Arvo Haavisto Cup No.2 (nr)
Chingiz LABAZANOV (RUS) is the top-ranked 71kg wrester in the world.
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71kg – Narek GRIGORYAN (RUS) took the Vantaa Painicup in Finland to edge into the rankings at No.19 followed by runner-up Lari HIRVI (FIN), who fell just short of the medals podium in five events in 2014.
1. Chingiz LABAZANOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Yunus OZEL (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
3. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) – World No.3 (3)
4. Afshin BYABANGARD (IRI) – World No.3 (4)
5. JUNG Ji-Hyun (KOR) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
6. Saeid Mourad ABDVALI (IRI) – Asia Games No.3 (6)
7. Aleksander DZEMYANOVICH (BLR) – World No.5 (7)
8. Varsham BORANYAN (ARM) – World No.5 (8)
9. Dilshod TURDIEV (UZB) – Asian Games No.2 (9)
10. Shermet PERMANOV (TKM) – Asian Games No.3 (10)
11. Balint KORPASI (HUN) – GGP Final No.9 (11)
12. Abuyazid MANTSIGOV (RUS) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (12)
13. Demev SHADRAEV (KAZ) – World No.8 (13)
14. Ionel PUSCASU (ROU) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (14)
15. Mathias MAASCH (GER) – Pytlasinski No.2 (17)
16. Mindia TSULUKIDZE (GEO) – GGP Final No.3 (18)
17. Manukhar TSKHADAIA (GEO) – GGP Final No.5 (19)
18. Aleksander MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (20)
19. Narek GRIGORYAN (RUS) – Vantaa Painicup No.1 (nr)
20. Lari HIRVI (FIN) – Vantaa Painicup No.2 (nr)
KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR), who took first at the 2014 Asian Games, starts the 2015 season ranked No.1 at 75kg.
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75kg – Stockholm Open winner Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) won the Farrell Memorial and Copa Brasil to claim No.15 in the rankings, followed by Pan American champion Juan Angel ESCOBAR (MEX), who finished second to Rosengren in New York.
Former junior world champion Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) won the world military title and No.17 in the rankings over Pan American champ Jonathan ANDERSEN (USA), who also won in New York at 85kg.
1. KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) – Asia Games No.1 (1)
2. Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) – World No.1 (2)
3. Neven ZUGAJ (CRO) – World No.2 (3)
4. Andrew BISEK (USA) – World No.3 (4)
5. Elvin MURSALIYEV (AZE) – World No.3 (5)
6. Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (GEO) – World No.5 (6)
7. Hiroyuki SHIMIZU (JPN) – World No.5 (7)
8. Aleksander CHEKHIRKIN (RUS) – Europe No.1 (8)
9. Roman VLASOV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.2 (9)
10. Mark MADSEN (DEN) – Europe No.3 (10)
11. Rafik HUSEYNOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.1 (11)
12. Takehiro KANAKUBO (JPN) – Asian Games No.2 (12)
13. Doszhan KARTIKOV (KAZ) – Asian Games No.3 (13)
14. Payam BOUYERI PAYANI (IRI) – Asian Games No.3 (14)
15. Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (16)
16. Juan Angel ESCOBAR (MEX) – Farrell Memorial No.2 (15)
17. Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) – World Military No.1 (nr)
18. Jonathan ANDERSON (USA) – World Military No.2 (nr)
19. Viktor NEMES (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (19)
20. Arkadiusz KULYNYCZ (POL) – Pytlasinski No.1 (11)
Peter BACSI (HUN) is the World No.1 at 80kg.
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80kg – London 2012 bronze medalist Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU) prevailed at the world military championships over European bronze medal winner Aleksander SHYSHMAN (UKR) as both wrestlers advanced to No.7 and No.11, respectively.
Masato SUMI (JPN) bagged a bronze medal at the Farrell Memorial and added a gold medal at the Copa Brasil, both at 85kg, to sneak into the rankings at No.20.
1. Peter BACSI (HUN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Evgeni SALEEV (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
3. Selcuk CEBI (TUR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Jim PETTERSSON (SWE) – World No.3 (4)
5. Tadeusz MICHALIK (POL) – World No.5 (5)
6. Bozo STARCEVIC (CRO) – World No.5 (6)
7. Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU) – World Military No.1 (9)
8. Habibollah AKHLAGHI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (7)
9. Pascal EISELE (GER) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (8)
10. Viktor SASUNOVSKI (BLR) – Pytlasinski No.2 (10)
11. Aleksander SHYSHMAN (UKR) – World Military No.2 (12)
12. KIM Jun-Hyung (KOR) – Olympia No.1 (11)
13. Imil SHARAFEDINOV (RUS) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (13)
14. Bekhan OZDOEV (RUS) – Europe No.5 (14)
15. Tsukasa TSURUMAKI (JPN) – Asian Games No.2 (15)
16. Yanarbek KENYEEV (KGZ) – Asia Games No.3 (16)
17. Azamat KOSTUBAEV (KAZ) – Asia No.3 (18)
18. Yousef GHADERIAN (IRI) – Asia No.2 (nr_
19. Petar BALO (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (20)
20. Masato SUMI (JPN) – Farrell Memorial No.3 (nr)
World champion Melonin NOUMANVI (FRA) is the top-ranked 85kg wrestler heading into the 2015 season.
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85kg – European silver medalist Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) rebounded to No.11 in the rankings from No.18 with a second place in the Arvo Haavisto Cup in Finland.
Asamat BIKBAEV (RUS), only 24th in Tashkent, regained a toehold on the rankings at No.19 with a bronze medal in the Vantaa Painicup. He also teamed with former world and Olympic champion Alexej MISHIN (RUS) for a team win at the Karavaev Memorial in Minsk.
1. Melonin NOUMONVI (FRA) – World No.1 (1)
2. Hassan Saman TAHMASEBI (AZE) – World No.2 (2)
3. Zhan BELENYUK (UKR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) – World No.3 (4)
5. Ramsin AZIZSIR (GER) – World Military No.1 (5)
6. Kristoffer JOHANSSON (SWE) – World No.5 (6)
7. Javid HAMZATOV (BLR) – Pytlasinski No.3 (7)
8. Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB) – Asian Games No.1 (8)
9. LEE Se-Yeol (KOR) – Asian Games No.2 (12)
10. Mojtaba KARIMFAR (IRI) – Asian Games No.3 (14)
11. Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) – Haavisto Cup No.2 (18)
12. Damian JANIKOWSKI (POL) – World Military No.2 (17)
13. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) – World Military No.3 (nr)
14. Laimutis ADOMAITIS (LTU) – World Military No.3 (13)
15. Robert KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) – GGP Final No.1 (19)
16. Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (20)
17. PENG Fei (CHN) – Asian Games No.3 (15)
18. Vladimir GEGESHIDZE (GEO) – Hungarian GP No.3 (11)
19. Asamat BIKBAEV (RUS) – Vantaa Painicup No.3 (nr)
20. Movsar DUGUCHIEV (RUS) – Vantaa Painicup No.1 (nr)
Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) is the World No.1 at 98kg.
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98kg – Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) came up big in the Palusalu Memorial before the hometown in Tallin to take over No.11 while Timo KALLIO (FIN) also won before the locals at 130kg at the Haavisto Cup for No.12 in the rankings.
Former world champion Nikita MELNIKOV (RUS) won the Cheboksarov Tourney in October and joined forces with 2013 junior world champ Musa EVLOEV (RUS) to help Russia win team titles at the European Nations Cup and the Karavaev Memorial.
1. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) – World No.1 (1)
2. Oliver HASSLER (GER) – World No.2 (2)
3. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Ghasem REZAEI (IRI) – World No.3 (4)
5. Aleksander HRABOVIK (BLR) – German GP No.3 (5)
6. Alin ALEX-CIURARIU (ROU) – World No.5 (6)
7. Mahdi ALIYARI FEYZABADI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (7)
8. XIAO Di (CHN) – Asian Games No.2 (8)
9. Yerulan ISKAKOV (KAZ) – Asian Games No.3 (9)
10. Norikatsu SAIKAWA (JPN) – Asian Games No.3 (10)
11. Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) – Palusalu Memorial No.1 (12)
12. Timo KALLIO (FIN) – Haavisto Cup No.1 (1
13. Vladislav METODIEV (BUL) – Pytlasinski No.3 (11)
14. Fredrik SCHOEN (SWE) – Copa Brasil No.1 (15)
15. Marthin NIELSEN (NOR) – GGP Final No.3 (14)
16. Balasz KISS (HUN) – GGP Final No.1 (16)
17. Tuomas LAHTI (FIN) – Vantaa Painicup No.2 (nr)
18. Evgeni SAVETA (UKR) – Vantaa Painicup No.3 (nr)
19. Musa EVLOEV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.1 (18)
20. Nikita MELNIKOV (RUS) – Cheboksarov Tourney No.1 (nr)
Top-ranked 130kg Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB).
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130kg – Johan EUREN (SWE) bounced back from a quarterfinal loss in the world championships to win to claim his fourth and fifth tournament titles of 2014 at the Farrell Memorial and Copa Brasil, lifting the 2013 world bronze medalist to No.5 in the rankings.
Beijing 2008 bronze medal winner Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) won the world military championship crown and vaulted from the bottom of the rankings to No.12, followed by runner-up Aleksander CHERNETSKI (UKR) at No.13.
1. Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB) – World No.1 (1)
2. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
3. Heiki NABI (EST) – World No.3 (3)
4. Beylal MAKHOV (RUS) – World No.3 (4)
5. Johan Magnus EUREN (SWE) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (7)
6. Lyubomir DIMITROV (BUL) – World No.5 (5)
7. Eduard POPP (GER) – World No.5 (6)
8. Behnam MEHDIZADEH (IRI) – Asia No.1 (8)
9. Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) – Asian Games No.1 (9)
10. Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) – GGP Final No.1 (10)
11. KIM Yong-Nam (KOR) – Asian Games No.2 (11)
12. Bashir Asgiri BABAJANZADEH – Asian Games No.3 (12)
13. Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) – World Military No.1 (20)
14. Aleksander CHERNETSKI (UKR) – World Military No.2 (19)
15. MENG Qiang (CHN) – Asian Games No.3 (18)
16. Attila GUZEL (TUR) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (14)
17. Saba SHARIATI (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (15)
18. Balint LAM (HUN) – GGP Final No.3 (16)
19. Kiril GRYSHCHANKO (BLR) – German GP No.2 (17)
20. Vitali SHCHUR (RUS) – Vantaa Painicup No.1 (nr)
C) DÜNYA GENELİ BAYANLAR
Maroulis, Double Medalists Climb Female Wrestling Rankings
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (January 7) – Double medal winners dominated the international wrestling scene in the wake of September’s world championships and Asian Games, edging up the United World Wrestling rankings in female wrestling for January.
Eleven wrestlers doubled up on the medals in international competition from the middle of September to the end of November, including four wrestlers who struck gold twice.
World bronze medalist Helen MAROULIS (USA) led the charge with gold medal performances at the Russian Open and the Deglane Challenge in France to climb to No.2 in the rankings at 55kg.
Maroulis’ two victories included a triumph over world silver medalist Irina OLOGONOVA (RUS) in Russia and a win over 2013 world bronze medal winner Emese BARKA (HUN) in France.
Alina FERREIRA (BRA) also bagged a pair of gold medals in the wake of winning a silver medal at the world championships in Tashkent, taking titles at the world military championships in October and the Copa Brasil at the end of November.
Unfortunately, her glittering performance at 75kg was not enough to lift Ferreira ahead of world champion Adeline GRAY (USA) or second-ranked Asian Games champion ZHOU Feng (CHN).
American veteran Randi MILLER (USA) and Jackie CATALINE (USA) also doubled up on the gold medals at 69kg and 75kg, respectively, but still find themselves lower in the rankings as they continue to get their competitive legs back.
Alyssa LAMPE (USA) and Victoria ANTHONY (USA), both at 48kg, scored gold-silver doubles while Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) and Dalma CANEVA (ITA) bagged gold and bronze at 60kg and 69kg.
Erin CLODGO (USA) earned back-to-back silver medals at 63kg at the Farrell Memorial in New York and the Russian Open one week later, while Joice SILVA (BRA) and Braxton STONE (CAN) capped their postseason with bronze bookends.
The world rankings are listed by the wrestler’s name, country code, the wrestler’s most recent or most notable result in 2014, and the wrestler’s position in the previous rankings.
Eri TOSAKA (JPN) remains atop the women’s wrestling rankings at 48kg to start the 2015 calendar year.
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48kg – Alyssa LAMPE (USA) won the Farrell Memorial in November to edge up one slot to No.7 in the rankings, followed by South American champion Patricia BERMUDEZ (ARG), whose bronze medal in New York lifted her to No.9.
Pan American champion Victoria ANTHONY (USA), second to Lampe in New York, capped her year with a triumph at the Deglane Challenge in France, while world student champion Jasmine MIAN (CAN) won the Copa Brasil to return to the rankings at No.19.
1. Eri TOSAKA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. SUN Yanan (CHN) – Asian Games No.2 (2)
3. Iwona MATKOWSKA (POL) – World No.2 (3)
4. Mariya STADNYK (AZE) – World No.3 (4)
5. KIM Hyon-Gyong (PRK) – World No.3 (5)
6. Tatyana AMANZHOL (KAZ) – Asian Games No.3 (6)
7. Alyssa LAMPE (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (8)
8. Vinesh VINESH (IND) – Asian Games No.3 (7)
9. Patricia BERMUDEZ (ARG) – Farrell Memorial No.3 (11)
10. Alina VUC (ROU) – World No.5 (9)
11. Iulia LEORDA (MDA) – World No.7 (10)
12. Victoria ANTHONY (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.2 (13)
13. Jessica MacDONALD (CAN) – Canada Cup No.1 (12)
14. Yuki IRIE (JPN) – GGP Final No.3 (14)
15. ERDENESUKH Narangerel (MGL) – GGP Final No.3 (15)
16. Mariana DIAZ MUNOZ (MEX) – Olympia No.1 (16)
17. Frederika PETERSSON (SWE) – Europe No.3 (17)
18. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) – European Jr No.2 (18)
19. Jasmine MIAN (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.1 (not ranked)
20. Thalia MALLQUI PECHE (PER) – Copa Brasil No.2 (20)
Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) kept up her winning ways in 2014 taking home a record-setting 12th world championship. The Japanes wrestling legend will enter 2015 as the top-ranked 53kg wrestler in the world.
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53kg – Whitney CONDER (USA) grabbed a silver medal at the world military championships in early October to slip in at No.9, leapfrogging 2013 European silver medalist Yuliya BLAHINYA (UKR).
Junior world bronze medalist Nanami IRIE (JPN) won the Farrell Memorial over Schultz Memorial runner-up Katherine FULP-ALLEN (USA) to move up to No.16.
1. Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) – World No.2 (2)
3. ZHONG Xuechun (CHN) – Asian Games No.3 (3)
4. Jillian GALLAYS (CAN) – World No.3 (4)
5. JONG Myong-Suk (PRK) – World No.3 (5)
6. Natalia BUDU (ROU) – World No.5 (6)
7. Natalya MALYSHEVA (RUS) – World No.5 (7)
8. Maria GUROVA (RUS) – Europe No.1 (8)
9. Whitney CONDER (USA) – World Military No.2 (10)
10. Yuliya BLAHINYA (UKR) – World No.8 (9)
11. Betzabeth ARGUELLO (VEN) – Poland Open No.1 (11)
12. SUMIYA Erdennechimeg (MGL) – Poland Open No.2 (12)
13. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) – GGP Final No.1 (13)
14. Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA) – German GP No.1 (14)
15. Nadeshda SHUSHKO (BLR) – GGP Final No.2 (15)
16. Nanami IRIE (JPN) – Farrell Memorial No.2 (17)
17. Alma VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) – Olympia No.1 (16)
18. Ana Maria PAVAL (ROU) – Europe No.3 (18)
19. Roksana ZASINA (POL) – Spanish GP No.2 (19)
20. Isabelle SAMBOU (SEN) – Africa No.1 (20)
Chiho HAMADA (JPN) earned top billing at 55kg in 2015 after winning her first world championship in 2014.
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55kg – World bronze medal winner Helen MAROULIS (USA) defeated silver medalist Irina OLOGONOVA (RUS) by technical fall in the final of the Russian Open and added a second gold medal two weeks later at the Henri Deglane Challenge to climb to No.2 in the rankings.
Junior world champion ALTANTSETSEG Battsetseg (MGL) grabbed a bronze medal at the Russian Open to move up to No.9, while teammate PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) edged up to No. 14 with a silver medal at the world military championships.
1. Chiho HAMADA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Helen MAROULIS (USA) – Russian Open No.1 (3)
3. Irina OLOGONOVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.2 (2)
4. Irina KHARIV (UKR) – World No.3 (4)
5. SUNDEV Byambatseren (MGL) – Asian Games No.2 (5)
6. Karima SANCHEZ RAMIS (ESP) – Deglane Challenge No.3 (6)
7. Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) – World No.5 (7)
8. Marwa AMRI (TUN) – Poland Open No.3 (8)
9. ALTANTSETSEG Battsetseg (MGL) – Russian Open No.3 (11)
10. Zalina SIDAKOVA (BLR) – German GP No.3 (10)
11. JONG In-Sun (PRK) – Asian Games No.5 (12)
12. Aiym ABDILDINA (KAZ) – Asia No.3 (13)
13. DONG Jiahui (CHN) – World No.10 (14)
14. PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) – World Military No.2 (15)
15. Kanako MURATA (JPN) – Yarygin GP No.1 (9)
16. Brittanee LAVERDURE (CAN) – Pan America No.2 (16)
17. Katsiaryna HANCHAR (BLR) – GGP Final No. 3 (17)
18. Aurelie BASSET (FRA) – Europe No.5 (18)
19. Tatyana KIT (UKR) – Jr World No.2 (19)
20. Giulia RODRIGUES (BRA) – World No.8 (20)
Kaori ICHO (JPN) starts the 2015 season atop the international rankings at 58kg.
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58kg – Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Braxton STONE (CAN) earned bronze medals at 63kg in the Farrell Memorial and Copa Brasil in November to leap to No.13 behind No.12 compatriot Justine BOUCHARD (CAN) who grabbed a silver medal at 58kg at Copa Brasil.
Joice SILVA (BRA) also earned bronze medals at the world military championships in October and Copa Brasil in November to edge up to No.18 in the rankings.
1. Kaori ICHO (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
3. Anastassia HUCHOK (BLR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
5. Lissette ANTES CASTILLO (ECU) – Copa Brasil No.1 (5)
6. Allison RAGAN (USA) – GGP Final No.2 (6)
7. Risako KAWAI (JPN) – Asia No.1 (7)
8. Emese BARKA (HUN) – Deglane Challenge No.2 (8)
9. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (9)
10. Irina NETREBA (AZE) – Europe No.2 (13)
11. Anna VASILENKO (UKR) – GGP Final No.1 (14)
12. Justine BOUCHARD (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.2 (16)
13. Braxton STONE (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.3 (17)
14. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL) – Europe No.3 (10)
15. TUNGALAG Munkhtuya (MGL) – World No.8 (11)
16. ZHOU Zhangting (CHN) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (12)
17. Sandra ROA VALENDI (COL) – Pan America No.3 (15)
18. Joice SILVA (BRA) – Copa Brasil No.3 (20)
19. Anna ZWIRYDOWSKA (POL) – Europe No.2 (18)
20. Carola RAINERO (ITA) – Sassari Tourney No.1 (19)
SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) starts the year ranked No.1 in the world after taking the 60kg championship last September in Tashkent.
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60kg – World bronze medalist Natalya Golts (RUS) notched her second tournament title of the year at the Russian Open to edge ahead of Taybe YUSEIN (BUL) for No.3 in the rankings.
Pan American champion Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) added the Copa Brasil crown to a bronze medal from the Farrell Memorial to climb to No.5, moving ahead of European champion Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) and European junior champion Petra OLLI (FIN).
1. SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) – World No.1 (1)
2. Yulia RATKEVICH (AZE) – World No.2 (2)
3. Natalya GOLTS (RUS) – World No.3 (4)
4. Taybe YUSEIN (BUL) – World No.3 (3)
5. Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.1 (7)
6. Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) – World No.5 (5)
7. Petra OLLI (FIN) – World No.5 (6)
8. Zhargalma TSYRENOVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.2 (11)
9. Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.3 (10)
10. Katsuki SAKAGAMI (JPN) – GGP Final No.2 (8)
11. ZHANG Lan (CHN) – Asia No.1 (9)
12. Oksana HERHEL (UKR) – World No.7 (12)
13. Yulia ALBOROVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.3 (not ranked)
14. Yoshimi KAYAMA (JPN) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (nr)
15. Sakshi MALIK (IND) – World No.8 (14)
16. Yui SAKANO (JPN) – Copa Brasil No.2 (nr)
17. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) – Klippan Open No.3 (13)
18. Hafize SAHIN (TUR) – Europe No.2 (16)
19. Olga BUTKEVICH (GBR) – Europe No.3 (15)
20. Jenna BURKERT (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.3 (nr)
Top-ranked 63kg wrestler, Yulia TKACH (UKR).
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63kg – World bronze medalist Valeria LAZINSKAYA (RUS) earned a bronze medal at the Russian Open to move ahead of Asian Games winner Rio WATARI (JPN) for No.4 in the rankings while Jackeline RENTARIA CASTILLO (COL) won the Farrell Memorial in New York to climb to No.10.
Unranked Irina TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) and Erin CLODGO (USA) reached the finals of the Russian Open to join the rankings at No.17 and No.19, respectively.
1. Yulia TKACH (UKR) – World No.1 (1)
2. Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA) – World No.2 (2)
3. Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT) – World No.3 (3)
4. Valeria LAZINSKAYA (RUS) – World No.3 (5)
5. Rio WATARI (JPN) – Asian Games No.1 (4)
6. XILUO Zhuoma (CHN) – Asian Games No.2 (6)
7. Henna JOHANSSON (SWE) – World No.5 (7)
8. Monica MICHALIK (POL) – World No.5 (8)
9. Yurika ITO (JPN) – GGP Final No.2 (9)
10. Jackeline RENTARIA CASTILLO (COL) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (12)
11. Danielle LAPPAGE (CAN) – Commonwealth Games No.1 (10)
12. Maria MAMASHUK (BLR) – Europe No.2 (11)
13. SORONZONBOLD Battsetseg (MGL) – Poland Open No.1 (13)
14. Yulia PRONTSEVICH (RUS) – German GP No.2 (14)
15. Elina VASEVA (BUL) – Poland Open No.2 (15)
16. Ekaterina LARIONOVA (KAZ) – Asia No.3 (16)
17. Irina TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.1 (nr)
18. Erin CLODGO (USA) – Russian Open No.2 (nr)
19. Geetika JAKHAR (IND) – Asian Games No.3 (17)
20. Nadine WEINAUGE (GER) – Poland Open No.3 (13)
Aline FOCKEN (GER) retains the top-rank at 69kg in 2015 after winning her first world title in 2014.
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69kg – Two-time junior world champ Dorothy YEATS (CAN) won the Copa Brasil to step up to No.7 while junior world silver medalist Dalma CANEVA (ITA) took the Deglane Challenge crown for No. 14 in the rankings.
Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Randi MILLER (USA) won the world military title and the Farrell Memorial tourney to climb to No.17 in the rankings.
1. Aline FOCKEN (GER) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sara DOSHO (JPN) – World No.2 (2)
3. Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS) – World No.3 (3)
4. Laura SKUJINA (LAT) – World No.3 (4)
5. Jenny FRANSSON (SWE) – World No.5 (5)
6. Diana GONZALEZ (MEX) – World No.5 (6)
7. Dorothy YEATS (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.1 (8)
8. Alina MAKHINYA (UKR) – Europe No.3 (7)
9. BADRAKH Odonchimeg (MGL) – GGP Final No.2 (9)
10. Leidy IZQUIERDO MENDEZ (COL) – Pan America No.1 (10)
11. Agnieszka WIESZCZEK-KORDUS (POL) – World Military No.3 (11)
12. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) – Poland Open No.3 (12)
13. Nadeshda SEMENSTOVA (AZE) – German GP No.3 (13)
14. Dalma CANEVA (ITA) – Deglane Challenge No.1 (16)
15. Adina POPESCU (ROU) – Deglane Challenge No.2 (14)
16. Svetlana SAENKO (MDA) – Europe No.5 (15)
17. Randi MILLER (USA) – World Military No.1 (20)
18. SHARKUU Tumentsetseg (MGL) – Asia No.2 (17)
19. Enass MOUSTAFA (EGY) – World Military No.2 (18)
20. Darima SANZHEEVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.2 (19)
Adeline GRAY (USA) took home her second world title in 2014 and will open the 2015 season as the top-ranked woman at 75kg.
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75kg – World silver medalist Aline FERREIRA (BRA) won the world military championship crown and the Copa Brasil, but could not improve her No.3 ranking behind world champion Adeline GRAY (USA) and Asian Games gold medalist ZHOU Feng (CHN).
Jackie CATALINE (USA), meanwhile, also won two postseason titles at the Farrell Memorial in early November and the Russian Open one week later to join the rankings at No.20.
1. Adeline GRAY (USA) – World No.1 (1)
2. ZHOU Feng (CHN) – Asia Games No.1 (2)
3. Aline FERREIRA (BRA) – World No.2 (3)
4. OCHIRBAT Burmaa (MGL) – World No.3 (4)
5. Gouzel MANYUROVA (KAZ) – Asia Games No.2 (5)
6. ZHOU Qian (CHN) – World No.3 (6)
7. Epp MAE (EST) – World No.5 (7)
8. Erica WIEBE (CAN) – Copa Brasil No.2 (9)
9. Andrea OLAYA GUTEIERREZ (COL) – Farrell Memorial No.3 (8)
10. Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN) – GGP Final No.1 (10)
11. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) – Europe No.2 (11)
12. Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL) – Europe No.1 (12)
13. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) – World No.9 (13)
14. Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) – Europe No.3 (14)
15. Katerina BURMISTROVA (UKR) – Europe No.3 (15)
16. Zsanett NEMETH (HUN) – Europe No.5 (16)
17. Maria SELMAIER (GER) – German GP No.3 (17)
18. Alena STARODUBTSEVA (RUS) – Russian Open No.3 (18)
19. Lisset HECHEVARRIA MEDINA (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (1)
20. Jackie CATALINE (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (nr)
