List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
Women's freestyle wrestling has been part of the FILA Wrestling World Championships since 1987, and was first made an Olympic event in the 2004 Olympics.
World Level Champions in Women's Freestyle Wrestling by Year and Weight[]
1987–1996[]
| Year | Team | 44 kg | 47 kg | 50 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Xiue, Zhong (1/5) |
Yamamoto, Miyu (1/1) |
Poupon, Martine (2/2) |
Xia, Zhang (1/3) |
 Lugo, Olga (1/1) |
Siffert, Brigitte (2/2) |
Iijima, Akiko (2/2) |
Urano, Yayoi (2/6) |
Dongfeng, Liu (1/5)
|
| 1992 | |
Yanping, Pan (1/1) |
Xiue, Zhong (2/5) |
 Saunders, Tricia (1/4) |
Izaguirre, Wendy (1/1) |
Sakamoto, Ryoko (1/1) |
Barlie, Ine (1/2) |
Chaoli, Wang (1/2) |
Guevara, Xiomara (1/1) |
Dongfeng, Liu (2/5)
|
| 1993 | |
Yoshimura, Shoko (3/5) |
Xiue, Zhong (3/5) |
Gomis, Anna (1/4) |
Johansen, Line (1/2) |
Høie, Gudrun (3/4) |
 Hartmann, Nikola (1/5) |
Chaoli, Wang (2/2) |
Urano, Yayoi (3/6) |
Dongfeng, Liu (3/5)
|
| 1994 | |
Yoshimura, Shoko (4/5) |
Kamibayashi, Miho (1/1) |
Yamamoto, Miyu (1/2) |
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, Miyu (2/2) |
Ganachuyeva, Saneit (1/1) |
Pluquet, Sophie (1/1) |
Eriksson, Sara (1/2) |
Hartmann, Nikola (3/5) |
Urano, Yayoi (5/6) |
Golliot, Lise (1/2) |
Dongfeng, Liu (4/5)
|
| 1996 | |
Xiue, Zhong (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) |
Dongfeng, Liu (5/5)
|
1997–2001[]
| Year | Team | 46 kg | 51 kg | 56 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | |
Xiue, Zhong (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 (2/5)
|
| 2000 | |
 Merleni, Iryna (1/4) |
Obara, Hitomi (1/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (2/4) |
Hartmann, Nikola (5/5) |
Marano, Kristie (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (5/6)
|
| 2001 | |
Merleni, Iryna (2/4) |
Obara, Hitomi (2/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (3/4) |
Meng, Lili (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (6/6) |
Witkowska, Edyta (1/1)
|
2002–2003[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | |
Merleni, Iryna (4/4) |
Yoshida, Saori (3/16) |
Icho, Kaori (3/14) |
Xu, Wang (1/1)
|
2005–2007[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |
Xuecheng, Ren (1/1) |
Obara, 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) |
Obara, Hitomi (4/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (5/16) |
Shoda, Ayako (3/4) |
Icho, Kaori (5/14) |
Ruixue, Jing (1/2) |
 Zlateva, Stanka (1/5)
|
| 2007 | |
Icho, Chiharu (3/3) |
Obara, Hitomi (5/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (6/16) |
Prieto, Audrey (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (6/14) |
Ruixue, Jing (2/2) |
Zlateva, Stanka (2/5)
|
2008[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |
Huynh, Carol (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (7/16) |
Icho, Kaori (7/14) |
Jiao, Wang (1/1)
|
2008–2011[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | |
Chun, Clarissa (1/1) |
Obara, 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) |
Xiaoqing, Qin (1/1)
|
| 2010 | |
Obara, 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) |
Zhuoma, Xiluo (1/1) |
Zlateva, Stanka (5/5)
|
2012[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 55 kg | 63 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |
Obara, Hitomi (9/9) |
Yoshida, Saori (12/16) |
Icho, Kaori (10/14) |
Vorobieva, Natalia (1/3)
|
2012–2013[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 51 kg | 55 kg | 59 kg | 63 kg | 67 kg | 72 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |
 Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (1/2) |
MacDonald, Jessica (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (13/16) |
Lan, Zhang (1/1) |
Pirozhkova, Elena (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (1/6) |
Fransson, Jenny (1/1)
|
| 2013 | |
Tosaka, Eri (1/4) |
Yanan, Sun (1/1) |
Yoshida, Saori (14/16) |
 Sastin, Marianna (1/1) |
Icho, Kaori (11/14) |
Stadnyk, Alina (1/1) |
Fengliu, Zhang (1/1)
|
2014–2017[]
| Year | Team | 48 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 58 kg | 60 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 75 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (1/3) |
Icho, Kaori (14/14) |
Xingru, Pei (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (1/5) |
Dosho, Sara (1/2) |
Wiebe, Erica (1/1)
|
| 2017 | |
Susaki, Yui (1/3) |
Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) |
Okuno, Haruna (1/2) |
Maroulis, Helen (3/4) |
Kawai, Risako (2/5) |
Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) |
Dosho, Sara (2/2) |
 Adar, Yasemin (1/1)
|
2018–2019[]
| Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 57 kg | 59 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 76 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |
Susaki, Yui (2/3) |
Okuno, Haruna (2/2) |
Mukaida, Mayu (2/3) |
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 (1/2) |
Trazhukova, Inna (1/1) |
Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (1/2) |
Vorobieva, Natalia (3/3) |
Gray, Adeline (5/6)
|
2021[]
| Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 76 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |
Susaki, Yui (3/3) |
Mukaida, Mayu (3/3) |
Kawai, Risako (5/5) |
Kawai, Yukako (1/1) |
Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (2/2) |
Rotter-Focken, Aline (2/2)
|
2021[]
| Year | Team | 50 kg | 53 kg | 55 kg | 57 kg | 59 kg | 62 kg | 65 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 76 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |
Yoshimoto, Remina (1/1) |
Fujinami, Akari (1/1) |
Sakurai, Tsugumi (1/1) |
Maroulis, Helen (4/4) |
Dudova, Bilyana (1/1) |
Tynybekova, Aisuluu (2/2) |
 Rîngaci, Irina (1/1) |
Zhumanazarova, Meerim (1/1) |
Furuichi, Masako (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (6/6)
|
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions[]
16 World Level Championships[]
Saori Yoshida, 2002–2015
14 World Level Championships[]
Kaori Icho, 2002–2016
9 World Level Championships[]
Hitomi Obara, 2000–2012
6 World Level Championships[]
Yayoi Urango, 1990–1996
Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001
Adeline Gray, 2012–2021
5 World Level Championships[]
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
Team Championships[]
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
29 World Level Championships[]
1988–2021
2 World Level Championships[]
1995–1998
2001–2012
1 World Level Championships[]
1987
1999
2009
See also[]
- 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
References[]
Categories:
- Freestyle wrestling
- Wrestling champions