Junior Asian Wrestling Championship

The Junior Asian Wrestling Championship was held in New Delhi from July 17-22, 2018.

• Junior Asian Wrestling Championship is conducted by United World Wrestling (UWW) annually.
• 18 countries participated in this championship.

In the Freestyle team :

• 18 teams participated.
• Iran topped the team championships with 189 points .
• India ranked second with 173 points and Uzbekistan ranked third with 128 points.
• India won 8 medals comprising of : 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze.

In the Greco Roman team :

• 15 teams participated.
• Iran topped the rankings with 225 points followed by Kazakhstan (2^nd) and Kyrgyzstan (3^rd).
• India ranked 4^th with 129 points.
• India won 5 medals comprising of: 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze.

In the Women’s Wrestling team:

• 12 teams participated.
• Japan topped the ranking with 213 points followed by China (2^nd) with 168 points.
• India ranked 3^rd with 135 points.
• India won 5 medals comprising of: 2 Silver and 3 Bronze.

About United World Wrestling (UWW):

• Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Chairman:  Nenad Lalovic.
• Founded: 1912.
• Membership : 176 countries.

The medals won by India are as follows:

Freestyle:

Gold:

Silver:

Greco-Roman :

Gold

Silver:

Bronze :

Women’s Wrestling:

Silver:

Bronze: