The World Wrestling Union (UWW) announced the wrestlers of the year in women’s, men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman categories. The last world champion national wrestler Buse Tosun Çavuşoğlu, who won the bronze medal in the women’s 68 kilo category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, was chosen as the “best female wrestler in the world”. This year, Buse also won the first European championship of her career.
Georgian Geno Petriashvili was chosen as the wrestler of the year in men’s freestyle and Japanese Nao Kusaka was chosen as the wrestler of the year in Greco-Roman.