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List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling 
Summary
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
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| 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)
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
1988–2023
2 World Level Championships edit
1995–1998
2001–2012
1 World Level Championships edit
1987
1999
2009
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
References edit
- FILA Wrestling Database