Canadians ready for U20 World Championships

August 28, 2024

OTTAWA — Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) is proud to announce the athletes, coaches and support staff that will represent Canada at the 2024 U20 World Championships, Sept. 2-8, in Pontevedra, Spain. The group includes 13 athletes competing in men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling.

“The U20 World Championships is an opportunity for our wrestlers who have had some international success at the Pan-American (Pan-Am) level to test themselves against the very best the world has to offer,” said Chris Woodcroft, WCL High Performance Director. “We have a mixed group of competitors attending these championships, some of whom will be their first experience at the world level and others who were fortunate to be returning to the world stage. We look forward to watching our next generation of wrestlers in action.”

The 2024 version of the team comes into this event with strong momentum behind them after solid performances at the 2024 Pan-Am Championships, in Lima, Peru, this past July. On the women’s side, 2024 Pan-Am gold medalist Maple Ridge, British Columbia’s Madisyn Grof will compete at 55kg. Grof earned her gold medal with a strong performance winning all of her matches by technical superiority. Now, she will be looking to translate that success to the world stage when she takes to the mats in Spain.

As for the men, the team will sport a pair of recent continental silver medalists from this year’s Pan-Ams. Abbotsford’s Tejvir Dhinsa earned his medal at 97kg and Mississauga’s Omogbai Asekomhe at 125kg. Both men will aim to build on those showings as they take on the best in the world in Spain.

2024 U20 World Championships Team

Weight Class	Name	Hometown	Club
FS 61kg	HELOU, Blayne	Pickering, ON	Hamilton WC
FS 70kg	SIDHU, Sehaj	Surrey, BC	Burnaby Mountain WC
FS 74kg	HOOPER, Nick	Cochrane, AB	Dinos WC
FS 86kg	BAL, Rohit	Surrey, BC	Canadian Mal WC
FS 97kg	DHINSA, Tejvir	Abbotsford, BC	Guru Gobind Singh WC
FS 125kg	ASEKOMHE, Omogbai	Mississauga, ON	Hamilton WC
WW 50kg	GULACHA, Shahreen	Mont Hope, ON	Brock WC
WW 55kg	GROF, Madisyn	Maple Ridge, BC	Burnaby Mountain WC
WW 57kg	FINES, Annika	Calgary, AB	Dinos WC
WW 62kg	MACGREGOR, Bronwyn	St. Catharines, ON	Brock WC
WW 68kg	KEEFE, Vanessa	St. Catharines, ON	Brock WC
WW 72kg	BLAIS, Tehani	Hamilton, ON	Hamilton WC
GR 130kg	DHINSA, Jorawar	Abbotsford, BC	Guru Gobind Singh WC

Accompanying the team are the coaching staff and team officials. The group includes coaches Frank Mensah, Ahmed Shamiya, Mitch Ostberg and Diana Weicker, and athletic therapist Edison Au. Ed Zinger will represent Canada as an official.

For complete tournament information, visit the tournament website at: https://uww.org/event/u20-world-championships/results