Cochrane Cowboy Wrestling Club alumni Annika Fines and Nick Hooper were among Canada’s top performers at the 2025 U20 World Wrestling Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, Aug. 17-21.
Fines was Canada’s second-highest-placing female wrestler, finishing eighth in the women’s 62-kilogram freestyle category. Hooper was the second-best Canadian on the men’s side, placing 12th in the 74-kilogram division.
RELATED STORY
-
Fines and Hooper medal for Canada at U20 Pan-Am Wrestling Championships
-
Hooper, Fines strike gold again, earn return to junior national team
The top finish went to Port Moody, British Columbia’s Ella Finding, who placed fifth at 59kg. Finding made it to a bronze-medal match before losing to Hiunai Hurbanova of Azerbaijan.
On the men’s side, Abbotsford’s Michaeljeet Grewal was eighth in the 92kg division.
Canada sent 18 athletes to compete at the U20 worlds.