By Richard Immel
USA Wrestling

United World Wrestling released its Greco-Roman seeds for the 2026 Senior World Championships based on the preliminary entry list. 

Three U.S. athletes are seeded in the top eight of their brackets—2024 Olympic Trials champion and three-time World Team member Dalton Roberts is the No. 4 seed at 60 kg, five-time World Team member Cohlton Schultz , who was the Colorado and National winner of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame's Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award in 2019, is the No. 5 seed at 130 kg, and three-time World Team member Benji Peak is the No. 7 seed at 72 kg.   

The remaining seven U.S. entrants—Max Nowry (55 kg), Xavier Johnson (63 kg), Otto Black (67 kg), Joel Adams (77 kg), Kamal Bey (82 kg), Beka Melelashvili (87 kg) and Timothy Young (97 kg)—will enter the Greco-Roman tournament unseeded and drawn into brackets at random. 

Seeds are determined based upon the aggregation of ranking points for the year, which are earned by placements at the previous year’s World Championships, plus continental championships and ranking series events. 

A complete list of entries for the Senior World Championships is available at uww.org. Entries and seeds are subject to change prior to the official draw. 

The Senior World Championships will be held October 24 through November 1 at Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan. Greco-Roman leads off the week of wrestling. 

The event will stream live on FloWrestling.com to the U.S. market. United World Wrestling will provide brackets and updated results on UWW Arena. 

For more information on the Senior World Championships, visit the USA Wrestling Event Hub.

2026 Senior World Championships 

At Astana, Kazakhstan, October 24 – November 1  

Reference Links 

• Greco-Roman entry list

• USA Wrestling event hub

• Live stream

• Brackets and results 

Greco-Roman Seeds 

55 kg 

1. Vakhtang Lolua (Georgia)

2. Ikhtiyor Botirov (Uzbekistan)

3. Payam Ahmadi (Iran)

4. Huoying Shi (China)

5. Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan)

6. Lalit (India)

7. Artiom Deleanu (Moldova)

8. Emin Sefershaev (Russia) 

60 kg 

1. Alisher Ganiev (Uzbekistan)

2. Georgij Tibilov (Serbia)

3. Aidos Sultangali (Kazakhstan)

4. Dalton Roberts (United States)

5. Ali Ahmadi Vafa (Iran)

6. Mahmoud Saad (Egypt)

7. Koto Gomi (Japan)

8. Abdelkarim Fergat (Algeria) 

63 kg 

1. Sergey Emelin (Russia)

2. Mohammad Keshtkar (Iran)

3. Aftandil Taalaibek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)

4. Aref Mohammadi (Qatar)

5. Morten Thoresen (Norway)

6. Pridon Abuladze (Georgia)

7. Kerem Kamal (Türkiye)

8. Hyunwoong Choi (Korea) 

67 kg 

1. Hasrat Jafarov (Azerbaijan)

2. Slavik Galstyan (Armenia)

3. Tsuchika Shimoyamada (Australia)

4. Saeid Esmaeili (Iran)

5. Razzak Beishekeev (Kyrgyzstan)

6. Diego Chkhikvadze (Georgia)

7. Murat Firat (Türkiye)

8. Daniial Agaev (Russia) 

72 kg 

1. Krisztian Vancza (Hungary)

2. Ulvu Ganizade (Azerbaijan)

3. Danial Sohrabi (Iran)

4. Almatbek Amanbek (Kazakhstan)

5. Iuri Lomadze (Georgia)

6. Cengiz Arslan (Türkiye)

7. Benji Peak (United States)

8. Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine) 

77 kg 

1. Robert Fritsch (Hungary)

2. Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia)

3. Ahmet Yilmaz (Türkiye)

4. Antonio Kamenjasevic (Croatia)

5. Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)

6. Alexandrin Gutu (Moldova)

7. Stoyan Kubatov (Bulgaria)

8. Ali Oskou (Iran) 

82 kg 

1. Karlo Kodric (Croatia)

2. Gela Bolkvadze (Georgia)

3. Shahin Badaghimofrad (Qatar)

4. Mihail Bradu (Moldova)

5. Gholamreza Farokhi (Iran)

6. Yuksel Saricicek (Türkiye)

7. Gurban Gurbanov (Azerbaijan)

8. Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (Uzbekistan) 

87 kg 

1. Aleksandr Komarov (Serbia)

2. Milad Alirzaev (Russia)

3. Alireza Mohmadi (Iran)

4. Islam Abbasov (Azerbaijan)

5. Ivan Huklek (Croatia)

6. Yaroslav Filchakov (Ukraine)

7. Sunil Kumar (India)

8. Tamas Levai (Hungary) 

97 kg 

1. Alex Szoke (Hungary)

2. Artur Sargsian (Russia)

3. Hadi Saravi (Iran)

4. Kiryl Maskevich (Belarus)

5. Murad Ahmadiyev (Azerbaijan)

6. Nitesh (India)

7. Zegang Wang (China)           

8. Gabriel Rosillo Kindelan (Cuba) 

130 kg 

1. Darius Vitek (Hungary)

2. Elias Kuosmanen (Finland)

3. Wenhao Jiang (China)

4. Pavel Hlinchuk (Belarus)

5. Cohlton Schultz (United States)

6. Olzhas Syrlybay (Kazakhstan)

7. Riza Kayaalp (Türkiye)

8. Minseok Kim (Korea)