Listed are wrestlers who were World or Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling. The World Championships for women's freestyle wrestling first began in 1987. Women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympics first began in 2004. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept at the Olympics.
World Level Champions in Women's Freestyle Wrestling by Year and Weight edit
1987–1996 edit
Year | Team | 44 kg | 47 kg | 50 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg |
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1987 | Weigert, Brigette (1/1) | Holten, Anne (1/2) | Halvorsen, Anne Marie (1/1) | Van Gucht,Sylvie (1/3) | Dourthe, Isabelle (1/1) | Barlie, Ine (1/2) | Herlin, Brigitte (1/1) | Jean, Georgette (1/2) | Rossignol, Patricia (1/1) | |
1989 | Yoshimura, Shoko (1/5) | Ming-hsiu, Chen (1/1) | Holten, Anne (2/2) | Van Gucht, Sylvie (2/3) | Høie, Gudrun (1/4) | Sagon, Jocelyne (1/1) | Blind, Emmanuelle (1/1) | Jean, Georgette (2/2) | Shimizu, Miyako (1/1) | |
1990 | Yoshimura, Shoko (2/5) | Pedersen, Åsa (1/1) | Poupon, Martine (1/2) | Van Gucht, Sylvie (3/3) | Høie, Gudrun (2/4) | Siffert, Brigitte (1/2) | Iijima, Akiko (1/2) | Iwama, Rika (1/1) | Urano, Yayoi (1/6) | |
1991 | Zhong, Xiue (1/5) | Yamamoto, Miyuu (1/3) | Poupon, Martine (2/2) | Zhnag, Xia (1/3) | Lugo, Olga (1/1) | Siffert, Brigitte (2/2) | Iijima, Akiko (2/2) | Urano, Yayoi (2/6) | Liu, Dongfeng (1/5) | |
1992 | Pan, Yanping (1/1) | Zhong, Xiue (2/5) | Saunders, Tricia (1/4) | Izaguirre, Wendy (1/1) | Sakamoto, Ryoko (1/1) | Barlie, Ine (1/2) | Wang, Chaoli (1/2) | Guevara, Xiomara (1/1) | Liu, Dongfeng (2/5) | |
1993 | Yoshimura, Shoko (3/5) | Zhong, Xiue (3/5) | Gomis, Anna (1/4) | Johansen, Line (1/2) | Høie, Gudrun (3/4) | Hartmann, Nikola (1/5) | Wang, Chaoli (2/2) | Urano, Yayoi (3/6) | Liu, Dongfeng (3/5) | |
1994 | Yoshimura, Shoko (4/5) | Kamibayashi, Miho (1/1) | Yamamoto, Miyuu (2/3) | Kawasaki, Akemi (1/1) | Johansen, Line (2/2) | Hartmann, Nikola (2/5) | Urano, Yayoi (4/6) | Nordhagen, Christine (1/6) | Funakoshi, Mitsuko (1/1) | |
1995 | Yoshimura, Shoko (5/5) | Yamamoto, Miyuu (3/3) | Ganachueva, Saniyat (1/1) | Pluquet, Sophie (1/1) | Eriksson, Sara (1/2) | Hartmann, Nikola (3/5) | Urano, Yayoi (5/6) | Golliot, Lise (1/2) | Liu, Dongfeng (4/5) | |
1996 | Zhong, Xiue (4/5) | Saunders, Tricia (2/4) | Smirnova, Olga (1/1) | Gomis, Anna (2/4) | Eriksson, Sara (2/2) | Miyazaki, Mikiko (1/1) | Urano, Yayoi (6/6) | Nordhagen, Christine (2/6) | Liu, Dongfeng (5/5) |
1997–2001 edit
Year | Team | 46 kg | 51 kg | 56 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 75 kg |
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1997 | Zhong, Xiue (5/5) | Piasecka, Joanna (1/1) | Gomis, Anna (3/4) | Golliot, Lise (2/2) | Nordhagen, Christine (3/6) | Hamaguchi, Kyoko (1/5) | |
1998 | Saunders, Tricia (3/4) | Shinomura, Atsuko (1/1) | Høie, Gudrun (4/4) | Hartmann, Nikola (4/5) | Nordhagen, Christine (4/6) | Hamaguchi, Kyoko (2/5) | |
1999 | Saunders, Tricia (4/4) | Yamamoto, Seiko (1/4) | Gomis, Anna (4/4) | Shoda, Ayako (1/4) | Bacher, Sandra (1/1) | Hamaguchi, Kyoko (3/5) | |
2000 | Merleni, Iryna (1/4) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (1/9) | Yamamoto, Seiko (2/4) | Hartmann, Nikola (5/5) | Marano, Kristie (1/2) | Nordhagen, Christine (5/6) | |
2001 | Merleni, Iryna (2/4) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (2/9) | Yamamoto, Seiko (3/4) | Meng, Lili (1/2) | Nordhagen, Christine (6/6) | Witkowska, Edyta (1/1) |
2002–2003 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
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2002 | Wagner, Brigitte (1/1) | Poumpouridou, Sofia (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (1/16) | Kartashova, Alena (1/1) | Icho, Kaori (1/14) | Burmistrova, Kateryna (1/1) | Hamaguchi, Kyoko (4/5) | |
2003 | Merleni, Iryna (3/4) | Icho, Chiharu (1/3) | Yoshida, Saori (2/16) | Yamamoto, Seiko (4/4) | Icho, Kaori (2/14) | Marano, Kristie (2/2) | Hamaguchi, Kyoko (5/5) |
2004 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
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2004 | Merleni, Iryna (4/4) | Yoshida, Saori (3/16) | Icho, Kaori (3/14) | Wang, Xu (1/1) |
2005–2007 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
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2005 | Ren, Xuecheng (1/1) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (3/9) | Yoshida, Saori (4/16) | Shoda, Ayako (2/4) | Icho, Kaori (4/14) | Meng, Lili (2/2) | Smith, Iris (1/1) | |
2006 | Icho, Chiharu (2/3) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (4/9) | Yoshida, Saori (5/16) | Shoda, Ayako (3/4) | Icho, Kaori (5/14) | Jing, Ruixue (1/2) | Zlateva, Stanka (1/5) | |
2007 | Icho, Chiharu (3/3) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (5/9) | Yoshida, Saori (6/16) | Prieto, Audrey (1/1) | Icho, Kaori (6/14) | Jing, Ruixue (2/2) | Zlateva, Stanka (2/5) |
2008 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
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2008 | Huynh, Carol (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (7/16) | Icho, Kaori (7/14) | Wang, Jiao (1/1) |
2008–2011 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
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2008 | Chun, Clarissa (1/1) | Sakamoto, Hitomi (6/9) | Yoshida, Saori (8/16) | Shoda, Ayako (4/4) | Nishimaki, Mio (1/2) | Dugrenier, Martine (1/3) | Zlateva, Stanka (3/5) | |
2009 | Stadnik, Mariya (1/2) | Mattsson, Sofia (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (9/16) | Ratkevich, Yuliya (1/1) | Nishimaki, Mio (2/2) | Dugrenier, Martine (2/3) | Qin, Xiaoqing (1/1) | |
2010 | Sakamoto, Hitomi (7/9) | Kohut, Oleksandra (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (10/16) | Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (1/2) | Icho, Kaori (8/14) | Dugrenier, Martine (3/3) | Zlateva, Stanka (4/5) | |
2011 | Obara, Hitomi (8/9) | Rakhmanova, Zamira (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (11/16) | Vasylenko, Hanna (1/1) | Icho, Kaori (9/14) | Xiluo, Zhuoma (1/1) | Zlateva, Stanka (5/5) |
2012 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
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2012 | Obara, Hitomi (9/9) | Yoshida, Saori (12/16) | Icho, Kaori (10/14) | Vorobieva, Natalia (1/3) |
2012–2013 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
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2012 | Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (1/2) | MacDonald, Jessica (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (13/16) | Zhang, Lan (1/1) | Pirozhkova, Elena (1/1) | Gray, Adeline (1/6) | Fransson, Jenny (1/1) | |
2013 | Tosaka, Eri (1/4) | Sun, Yanan (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (14/16) | Sastin, Marianna (1/1) | Icho, Kaori (11/14) | Stadnyk, Alina (1/1) | Zhang, Fengliu (1/1) |
2014–2017 edit
Year | Team | 48 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 58 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 75 kg |
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2014 | Tosaka, Eri (2/4) | Yoshida, Saori (15/16) | Hamada, Chiho (1/1) | Icho, Kaori (12/14) | Tserenchimed, Sükheegiin (3/3) | Tkach, Yuliya (1/1) | Focken, Aline (1/2) | Gray, Adeline (2/6) | |
2015 | Tosaka, Eri (3/4) | Yoshida, Saori (16/16) | Maroulis, Helen (1/4) | Icho, Kaori (13/14) | Herhel, Oksana (3/3) | Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (2/2) | Vorobieva, Natalia (2/3) | Gray, Adeline (3/6) | |
2016 | Tosaka, Eri (4/4) | Maroulis, Helen (2/4) | Mukaida, Mayu (1/4) | Icho, Kaori (14/14) | Pei, Xingru (1/1) | Kawai, Risako (1/5) | Dosho, Sara (1/2) | Wiebe, Erica (1/1) | |
2017 | Susaki, Yui (1/5) | Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) | Okuno, Haruna (1/3) | Maroulis, Helen (3/4) | Kawai, Risako (2/5) | Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) | Dosho, Sara (2/2) | Adar, Yasemin (1/2) |
2018–2019 edit
Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 57 kg | 59 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 76 kg |
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2018 | Susaki, Yui (2/5) | Okuno, Haruna (2/3) | Mukaida, Mayu (2/4) | Rong, Ningning (1/1) | Kawai, Risako (3/5) | Yusein, Taybe (1/1) | Olli, Petra (1/1) | Cherkasova, Alla (1/1) | Di Stasio, Justina (1/1) | Gray, Adeline (4/6) | |
2019 | Stadnik, Mariya (2/2) | Pak, Yong-mi (1/1) | Winchester, Jacarra (1/1) | Kawai, Risako (4/5) | Morais, Linda (1/1) | Tynybekova, Aisuluu (1/3) | Trazhukova, Inna (1/1) | Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (1/3) | Vorobieva, Natalia (3/3) | Gray, Adeline (5/6) |
2021 edit
Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 76 kg |
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2021 | Susaki, Yui (3/5) | Mukaida, Mayu (3/4) | Kawai, Risako (5/5) | Kawai, Yukako (1/1) | Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (2/3) | Rotter-Focken, Aline (2/2) |
2021–2023 edit
Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 57 kg | 59 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 76 kg |
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2021 | Yoshimoto, Remina (1/1) | Fujinami, Akari (1/2) | Sakurai, Tsugumi (1/3) | Maroulis, Helen (4/4) | Dudova, Bilyana (1/1) | Tynybekova, Aisuluu (2/3) | Rîngaci, Irina (1/1) | Zhumanazarova, Meerim (1/1) | Furuichi, Masako (1/1) | Gray, Adeline (6/6) | |
2022 | Susaki, Yui (4/5) | Parrish, Dominique (1/1) | Shidochi, Mayu (4/4) | Sakurai, Tsugumi (2/3) | Nichita, Anastasia (1/1) | Ozaki, Nonoka (1/2) | Morikawa, Miwa (1/1) | Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (3/3) | Elor, Amit (1/2) | Adar, Yasemin (2/2) | |
2023 | Susaki, Yui (5/5) | Fujinami, Akari (2/2) | Okuno, Haruna (3/3) | Sakurai, Tsugumi (3/3) | Zhang, Qi (1/1) | Tynybekova, Aisuluu (3/3) | Ozaki, Nonoka (2/2) | Tosun, Buse (1/1) | Elor, Amit (2/2) | Kagami, Yuka (1/1) |
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions edit
16 World Level Championships edit
Saori Yoshida, 2002–2015
14 World Level Championships edit
Kaori Ichō, 2002–2016
9 World Level Championships edit
Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto), 2000–2012
6 World Level Championships edit
Yayoi Urano, 1990–1996
Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001
Adeline Gray, 2012–2021
5 World Level Championships edit
Shoko Yoshimura, 1989–1995
Liu Dongfeng, 1991–1996
Zhong Xiue, 1991–1997
Nikola Hartmann, 1993–2000
Kyōko Hamaguchi, 1997–2003
Stanka Zlateva, 2006–2011
Risako Kawai, 2016–2021
Yui Susaki, 2017–2023
Team Championships edit
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
31 World Level Championships edit
2 World Level Championships edit
1 World Level Championships edit
See also edit
- List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
- Soviet and Russian results in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
- List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling