10 Medals for India at 2025 Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Wrestling Meet

The Indian wrestlers finished their campaign at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial 2025 wrestling tournament with 10 medals: three gold, three silver, and four bronze. 

The 4th and final Ranking Wrestling tournament of the 2025 calendar year, the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial 2025, was held in Budapest, Hungary, from July 17 to 20, 2025.

Indian Medal winners at Budapest 

The Indian wrestler competed in the men's and women’s freestyle events, as well as the men’s Greco-Roman.

The first medal for India in the Budapest event was won by Sujeet Kalkal, who won a gold medal in the 65kg men’s freestyle category. 

Rahul bagged a bronze medal in the 57 kg men’s freestyle on the opening day of the tournament.

The women's wrestler won six medals - two gold, two silver and two bronze in the tournament.

The Indian team finished with 10 medals - three gold, three silver and four bronze medals. 

The following is the list of Indian medal winners.

Gold Medal Winners 

• Antim Panghal in women’s 53kg
• Harshita in women’s 72kg
• Sujeet Kalkal in men’s 65kg

Silver Medal Winners

• Neha Sangwan in women’s 57kg
• Priya Malik  in women’s 76kg
• Sumit in Greco-Roman 60kg

Bronze Medal winners 

• Neelam in women’s 50kg
• Manisha in women’s 62kg
• Rahul in men’s 57kg
• Anil Mor in Greco-Roman 55kg

UWW Ranking Tournaments in 2025 

The United World Wrestling (UWW) organises four World Ranking tournaments in a calendar year in which the world’s best male and female wrestlers participate.

In the Olympic year, only two World Ranking tournaments are organised.

The wrestlers competing in the Ranking tournaments earn points and qualify for the season-ending World Wrestling Championship.

Ranking Series in 2025  

First - Zagreb, Croatia from 5-9 February
Second- Tirana, Albania from 26 February -2 March
Third - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  from 29 May- 1 June
Fourth - Budapest, Hungary, from 17-20 July

World Wrestling Championships - Zagreb, Croatia, from 13-21 September 2025.

About United World Wrestling (UWW)

Established - 1921 as the International  Amateur Wrestling Federation.

The United World Wrestling is the governing body of wrestling in the world.

In 1952, it was renamed the International Federation of Amateur Wrestling (FILA), and again in 2014, it took its present name, United World Wrestling.

Headquarters:Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland

President: Nenad Lalovic

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