Georgian wrestler Geno Petriashvili who won gold medal at World Championship in Paris was named the best freestyle wrestler 2016 by UWW.

According to the official website of the Georgian Wrestling Federation, Petriashvili was awarded 10 000 USD by FILA president Nenad Lalovic on the last day of World Championship in Paris.

In 2016 Geno became European Champion and won bronze medal at Rio Olympics.