List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling

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

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 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 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) 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

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) Wang, Xu (1/1)

2005–2007

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

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

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

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) 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

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 (1/1) Tkach, Yuliya (1/1) Focken, Aline (1/2) Gray, Adeline (2/6) 2015 Tosaka, Eri (3/4) Yoshida, Saori (16/16) Maroulis, Helen (1/5) 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 (2/5) Mukaida, Mayu (1/4) Icho, Kaori (14/14) Pei, Xingru (1/1) Kawai, Risako (1/6) Dosho, Sara (1/2) Wiebe, Erica (1/1) 2017 Susaki, Yui (1/5) Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) Okuno, Haruna (1/4) Maroulis, Helen (3/5) Kawai, Risako (2/6) Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) Dosho, Sara (2/2) Adar, Yasemin (1/2)

2018–2019

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2021

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 (5/6) Kawai, Yukako (1/1) Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (2/3) Rotter-Focken, Aline (2/2)

2021–2025

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 (1/3) Sakurai, Tsugumi (1/4) Maroulis, Helen (4/5) 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 (2/4) Nichita, Anastasia (1/1) Ozaki, Nonoka (1/2) Morikawa, Miwa (1/2) Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (3/3) Elor, Amit (1/3) Adar, Yasemin (2/2) 2023 Susaki, Yui (5/5) Fujinami, Akari (2/3) Okuno, Haruna (3/4) Sakurai, Tsugumi (3/4) Zhang, Qi (1/1) Tynybekova, Aisuluu (3/3) Ozaki, Nonoka (2/2) Tosun, Buse (1/1) Elor, Amit (2/3) Kagami, Yuka (1/2) 2024 Hildebrandt, Sarah (1/1) Fujinami, Akari (3/3) Kiyooka, Moe (1/1) Sakurai, Tsugumi (4/4) Kawai, Risako (6/6) Motoki, Sakura (1/2) Long, Jia (1/1) Elor, Amit (3/3) Ishii, Ami (1/2) Kagami, Yuka (2/2) 2025 Won, Myong-gyong (1/1) Murayama, Haruna (4/4) Oh, Kyong-ryong (1/1) Maroulis, Helen (5/5) Onishi, Sakura (1/1) Motoki, Sakura (2/2) Morikawa, Miwa (2/2) Ishii, Ami (2/2) Belinska, Alla (1/1) Reasco, Génesis (1/1)

Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions

16 World Level Championships Saori Yoshida, 2002–2015

14 World Level Championships Kaori Ichō, 2002–2016

9 World Level Championships Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto), 2000–2012

6 World Level Championships Yayoi Urano, 1990–1996

Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001

Adeline Gray, 2012–2021

Risako Kawai, 2016–2024

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

Yui Susaki, 2017–2023

Helen Maroulis, 2015–2025

Team Championships The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.

34 World Level Championships 1988–2025

2 World Level Championships 1995–1998

2001–2012

1 World Level Championships 1987

1999

2009

List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling

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