Azerbaijani wrestler Gunay Gurbanova has claimed the bronze medal at U-20 World Championship in Samokov, Bulgaria, Azernews reports.
Competing in the 59 kg weight category, Gunay Gurbanova faced Canadian Ella Findlay for the bronze medal.
Gunay Gurbanova won the match 4-1 with points scored in the first period, securing the third place at the World Championship.
With this achievement, the total number of medals for Azerbaijan at the U-20 World Championship has reached four.
Earlier in the competition, three freestyle wrestlers had won bronze medals.
The U20 World Wrestling Championships is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW).
The U-20 World Championship in Bulgaria features 650 wrestlers, including 233 in freestyle, 231 in Greco-Roman, and 186 in women's wrestling. The championship will run until August 24.
Wrestling remains the most popular sport in the country and is overseen by the National Wrestling Federation, which was established in 1993.
The Rio Games opened a new page in wrestling for Azerbaijan.
The country became one of only two nations ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive games.
In 2020, Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers finished third in the overall medal table of the Individual World Cup in Serbia.
National wrestlers won two medals, including silver and bronze. Russia topped the medal table, followed by Turkiye.
The national team also won five medals at the Grand Prix Moscow held in Russia.
The national team won one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals in the tournament
In 2022, Azerbaijani wrestler Osman Nurmagomedov (92 kg) was crowned the World Champion in Belgrade.
Nurmagomedov became the World Champion after defeating the Russian wrestler in the final.
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg), freestyle wrestlers Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) and Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kg) won bronze medals for Azerbaijan.
