World Armwrestling Championship

World Armwrestling Championships is the main arm wrestling championship in the World. It is organized by the World Armwrestling Federation, founded in 1977. The first WAF World Armwrestling was hosted by John Miazdzyk in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada in 1979.[1]

Events

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Medals are awarded separately for right and left hands in every weight class and age groups. Age groups in 2019 included Sub-Junior (ages 14-15), Juniors (up to 18), Youth (21) Senior (adults), Masters (above 40), Grand Masters (above 50) and Senior Grand Masters (above 60). The Senior weight classes in 2019:[2]

Men Women
–55 kg –50 kg
60 kg 55 kg
65 kg 60 kg
70 kg 65 kg
75 kg 70 kg
80 kg 80 kg
85 kg 90 kg
90 kg +90 kg
100 kg
110 kg
+110 kg

Championships

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Edition Year City Country Champion men's right 110+ kg Champion men's left 110+ kg Ref
1st 1979 Wetaskiwin   Canada   Dan Mason (USA) [3]
2nd 1980 Kolkata   India none [4]
3rd 1981 Brasília   Brazil   Mike Shadduck (USA) [5]
4th 1982 Syracuse   United States   Bob Hopkins (USA) [6]
5th 1983 San José   Costa Rica   Rick Baarbe (CAN) [7]
6th 1985 Mexico City   Mexico   Roger Payne (CAN) [8]
7th 1986 Kolkata   India   Jim Northern (USA) [9]
8th 1987 London   England   Gary Goodridge (CAN) [10]
9th 1988 Eskilstuna   Sweden   Richard Lupkes (USA) [11]
10th 1989 Athens   Greece   Sotiris Batsinilas (GRE) [12]
11th 1990 Houston   United States   Gary Goodridge (CAN) [13]
12th 1991 Netanya   Israel   Zaur Tskadadze (GEO) [14]
13th 1992 Geneva    Switzerland   Zaur Tskadadze (GEO) [15]
14th 1993 Edmonton   Canada   Gary Goodridge (CAN)   Gary Goodridge (CAN) [16]
15th 1994 Södertälje   Sweden   Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)   Cleve Dean (USA) [17]
16th 1995 Campinas   Brazil   Glauco Prior (BRA)   Enaldiev Aslanbec (RUS) [18]
17th 1996 Virginia Beach   United States   Alan Karaev (RUS)   Eric Woelful (USA) [19]
18th 1997 Guwahati   India   Alan Karaev (RUS)   Alan Karaev (RUS) [20]
19th 1998 Thunder Bay   Canada   Glauco Prior (BRA)   Glauco Prior (BRA) [21]
20th 1999 Tokyo   Japan   Shigeki Kanai (JPN)   Mikel Gould (CAN) [22]
21st 2000 Rovaniemi   Finland   Dick Ivars (CAN)   Earl Wilson (CAN) [23]
22nd 2001 Gardone Riviera   Italy ?   Dagir Tebver (UZB) [24]
23rd 2002 Springfield   United States   Greg Boyes (CAN)   Ryan Espey (CAN) [25]
25th 2003 Ottawa   Canada   Travis Bagent (USA)   Ryan Espey (CAN) [26]
26th 2004 Durban   South Africa   Alexey Voevoda (RUS)   Alexey Voevoda (RUS) [27]
27th 2005 Tokyo   Japan   August Smisl (GER)   August Smisl (GER) [28]
28th 2006 Manchester   England   Nasir Khalikov (RUS)   Nasir Khalikov (RUS) [29]
29th 2007 Veliko Tarnovo   Bulgaria   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Farid Usmanov (UZB) [30]
30th 2008 Kelowna   Canada   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Andriy Pushkar (UKR) [31]
31st 2009 Rosolina   Italy   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Andriy Pushkar (UKR) [32]
32nd 2010 Mesquite   United States   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Andriy Pushkar (UKR) [33]
33rd 2011 Almaty   Kazakhstan   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Andriy Pushkar (UKR) [34]
34th 2012 São Vicente   Brazil   Andriy Pushkar (UKR)   Andriy Pushkar (UKR) [35]
35th 2013 Gdynia   Poland   Revaz Lutidze (GEO)   Juraj Michalička (SVK) [36]
36th 2014 Vilnius   Lithuania   Levan Saginashvili (GEO)   Levan Saginashvili (GEO) [37]
37th 2015 Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia   Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO)   Levan Saginashvili (GEO) [38]
38th 2016 Blagoevgrad   Bulgaria   Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO)   Levan Saginashvili (GEO) [39]
39th 2017 Budapest   Hungary   Dmitry Silaev (RUS)   Levan Saginashvili (GEO) [40]
40th 2018 Antalya   Turkey   Levan Saginashvili (GEO)   Levan Saginashvili (GEO) [41]
41st 2019 Constanţa   Romania   Arif Ertem (TUR)   Kody Merritt (USA) [42]
2020 postponed due COVID-19 pandemic
42nd 2021 Bucharest   Romania   Arif Ertem (TUR)   Georgi Tsvetkov (BUL) [43]
43nd 2022 Antalya   Turkey   Georgi Tsvetkov (BUL)   Alizhan Muratov (KAZ) [44]
44nd 2023 Almaty   Kazakhstan   Boris Gapchenko (KAZ)   Alizhan Muratov (KAZ) [45]
45th 2024 Chișinău   Moldova   Gabor Botta-Dukat (HUN)   Medet Kuttymuratov (KAZ)

References

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  1. ^ "Constitution of the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)" (PDF). World Armwrestling Federation. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  2. ^ "2019 armwrestling & para-armwrestling classes". World Arm Wrestling Federation.
  3. ^ "1979 sit-down WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30.
  4. ^ "1980 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  5. ^ "1981 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  6. ^ "1982 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  7. ^ "World Arm Wrestling Federation (WAWF) Results (1980-1989)".
  8. ^ "1985 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  9. ^ "1986 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  10. ^ "1987 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  11. ^ "1988 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
  12. ^ "1989 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
  13. ^ "1990 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30.
  14. ^ "1991 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  15. ^ "1992 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  16. ^ "1993 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  17. ^ "1994 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  18. ^ "1995 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30.
  19. ^ "1996 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-05.
  20. ^ "1997 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  21. ^ "1998 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  22. ^ "1999 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
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  27. ^ "2004 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
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  29. ^ "2006 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
  30. ^ "2007 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-22.
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  32. ^ "2009 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  33. ^ "2010 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  34. ^ "2011 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  35. ^ "XXXIV World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16.
  36. ^ "XXXV World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
  37. ^ "XXXVI World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  38. ^ "XXXVIl World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
  39. ^ "XXXVIll World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-28.
  40. ^ "Results: Worldarm 2017: 39th World Armwrestling Championships 2017 (WAF)".
  41. ^ "Results: Worldarm 2018: 40th World Armwrestling Championships 2018 (WAF)".
  42. ^ "Results: Worldarm 2019: 41st World Armwrestling Championships 2019 (WAF)".
  43. ^ "2021 Worlds Official Results" (PDF).
  44. ^ "2022 Worlds Official Results" (PDF).
  45. ^ "2023 Worlds Official Results" (PDF).
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