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.
Year | Team | width=200 | 44 kg ! | width=200 | 47 kg ! | width=200 | 50 kg ! | width=200 | 53 kg ! | width=200 | 57 kg ! | width=200 | 61 kg ! | width=220 | 65 kg ! | width=200 | 70 kg ! | width=200 | 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) | ||||||||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 46 kg ! | width=300 | 51 kg ! | width=300 | 56 kg ! | width=300 | 62 kg ! | width=300 | 68 kg ! | width=300 | 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) | |||||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 48 kg ! | width=275 | 51 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 59 kg! | width=300 | 63 kg ! | width=300 | 67 kg ! | width=300 | 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) | ||||||||
Year | Team | width=450 | 48 kg ! | width=450 | 55 kg ! | width=450 | 63 kg! | width=450 | 72 kg |
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2004 | Merleni, Iryna (4/4) | Yoshida, Saori (3/16) | Icho, Kaori (3/14) | Wang, Xu (1/1) | |||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 48 kg ! | width=275 | 51 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 59 kg! | width=300 | 63 kg ! | width=300 | 67 kg ! | width=300 | 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) | ||||||||
Year | Team | width=450 | 48 kg ! | width=450 | 55 kg ! | width=450 | 63 kg! | width=450 | 72 kg |
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2008 | Huynh, Carol (1/1) | Yoshida, Saori (7/16) | Icho, Kaori (7/14) | Wang, Jiao (1/1) | |||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 48 kg ! | width=275 | 51 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 59 kg! | width=300 | 63 kg ! | width=300 | 67 kg ! | width=300 | 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) | ||||||||
Year | Team | width=450 | 48 kg ! | width=450 | 55 kg ! | width=450 | 63 kg! | width=450 | 72 kg |
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2012 | Obara, Hitomi (9/9) | Yoshida, Saori (12/16) | Icho, Kaori (10/14) | Vorobieva, Natalia (1/3) | |||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 48 kg ! | width=275 | 51 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 59 kg! | width=300 | 63 kg ! | width=300 | 67 kg ! | width=300 | 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) | ||||||||
Year | Team | width=300 | 48 kg ! | width=275 | 53 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 58 kg! | width=300 | 60 kg ! | width=300 | 63 kg ! | width=300 | 69 kg ! | width=300 | 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) |
Year | Team | width=300 | 50 kg ! | width=275 | 53 kg ! | width=300 | 55 kg ! | width=300 | 57 kg! | width=300 | 59 kg ! | width=300 | 62 kg ! | width=300 | 65 kg ! | width=300 | 68 kg ! | width=300 | 72 kg ! | width=300 | 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
2021–2024
Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions16 World Level ChampionshipsSaori Yoshida, 2002–2015 14 World Level ChampionshipsKaori Ichō, 2002–2016 9 World Level ChampionshipsHitomi Obara (Sakamoto), 2000–2012 6 World Level ChampionshipsYayoi Urano, 1990–1996 Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001 Adeline Gray, 2012–2021 5 World Level ChampionshipsShoko 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 ChampionshipsThe list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years. 32 World Level Championships1988–2024 2 World Level Championships1995–1998 2001–2012 1 World Level Championships1987 1999 2009 See also
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