Ottawa, ON – Wrestling Canada Lutte announced its roster for the upcoming Senior World Championships being held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from September 8-14, 2014.

The Senior World Championship is the pinnacle event of the season for the wrestling community and the team is looking to continue its momentum of performance through the TO2015 and Rio 2016 Games.

Recent highlights from the 2014 season include gold medals at the Commonwealth Games by Danielle Lappage, Dorothy Yeats, Erica Wiebe, Tamerlan Tagziev, Arjun Gill, and Korey Jarvis. We also have 6 of 8 women looking to improve and maintain their top 8 FILA world rankings, including #1 ranked Erica Wiebe at 75 kg.

This event also represents the first Senior World Championships being wrestled under the new rules and new weight class structure.

Women’s Team

48 kg – Jasmine Mian (Dinos WC, AB)
53 kg – Jillian Gallays (Saskatoon WC, SK)
55 kg – Brittanee Laverdure (Dinos WC, AB)
58 kg – Braxton Papadopoulos (Team Impact, ON)
60 kg – Michelle Fazzari (Brock WC, ON)
63 kg – Danielle Lappage (Burnaby Mountain WC, BC)
69 kg – Dorothy Yeats (Quebec Wrestling Academy, QC)
75 kg – Erica Wiebe (Dinos WC, AB)

Men’s Freestyle Team
57 kg – Steven Takahashi (London-Western WC, ON)
61 kg – Michael Asselstine (Bears WC, AB)
65 kg – Haislan Garcia (Burnaby Mountain WC, BC)
70 kg – Cleo Ncube (Montreal WC, QC)
86 kg – Tamerlan Tagziev (Team Impact, ON)
97 kg – Arjun Gill (Burnaby Mountain WC, BC)
125 kg – Korey Jarvis (Guelph WC, ON)

Coaches – Leigh Vierling, Gia Sissaouri, Tonya Verbeek, Paul Ragusa, Dave McKay, Victor Zilberman
Medical – Surinder Budwal, Todd Bennett
Referees – Lee MacKay, Gary Bird, Lenis Thokle
Team Leader – Alex Davidson

Event Schedule (local times)


Monday, September 8, 2014
9:00 – FS qualification rounds & repechage 57, 70, 86, 125 kg
19:00 – FS finals 57, 70, 86, 125 kg

Tuesday, September 9, 2014
9:00 – FS qualification rounds & repechage 61, 65, 74, 97 kg
18:00 – FS finals 61, 65, 74, 97 kg

Wednesday, September 9, 2014
9:00 – FW qualification rounds & repechage 48, 55, 60, 69 kg
18:00 – FW finals 48, 55, 60, 69 kg

Thursday, September 11, 2014
10:00 – FW qualification rounds & repechage 53, 58, 75 kg
18:00 – FW finals 53, 58, 75 kg

Friday, September 12, 2014
10:00 – FW qualification rounds & repechage 63 kg; GR qualification rounds & repechage 75, 85 kg
18:00 – FW finals 63 kg; GR finals 75, 85 kg

Saturday, September 13, 2014
10:00 – GR qualification rounds & repechage 66, 80, 130 kg
18:00 – GR finals 66, 80, 130 kg

Sunday, September 14, 2014
10:00 – GR qualification rounds & repechage 59, 71, 98 kg
18:00 – GR finals 59, 71, 98 kg