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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
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| 1987 |
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 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 |
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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 |
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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)
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| 1991 |
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 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)
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| 1992 |
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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)
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| 1993 |
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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)
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| 1994 |
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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)
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| 1995 |
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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)
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| 1996 |
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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)
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1997–2001
| Year |
Team |
46 kg |
51 kg |
56 kg |
62 kg |
68 kg |
75 kg
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| 1997 |
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Zhong, Xiue (5/5) |
 Piasecka, Joanna (1/1) |
Gomis, Anna (3/4) |
Golliot, Lise (2/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (3/6) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (1/5)
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| 1998 |
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Saunders, Tricia (3/4) |
Shinomura, Atsuko (1/1) |
Høie, Gudrun (4/4) |
Hartmann, Nikola (4/5) |
Nordhagen, Christine (4/6) |
Hamaguchi, Kyoko (2/5)
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| 1999 |
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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 |
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 Merleni, Iryna (1/4) |
Sakamoto, Hitomi (1/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (2/4) |
Hartmann, Nikola (5/5) |
Marano, Kristie (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (5/6)
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| 2001 |
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Merleni, Iryna (2/4) |
Sakamoto, Hitomi (2/9) |
Yamamoto, Seiko (3/4) |
Meng, Lili (1/2) |
Nordhagen, Christine (6/6) |
Witkowska, Edyta (1/1)
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2002–2003
| Year |
Team |
48 kg |
51 kg |
55 kg |
59 kg |
63 kg |
67 kg |
72 kg
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| 2002 |
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 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)
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| 2003 |
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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)
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2004
2005–2007
| Year |
Team |
48 kg |
51 kg |
55 kg |
59 kg |
63 kg |
67 kg |
72 kg
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| 2005 |
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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)
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| 2006 |
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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)
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| 2007 |
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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)
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2008
2008–2011
| Year |
Team |
48 kg |
51 kg |
55 kg |
59 kg |
63 kg |
67 kg |
72 kg
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| 2008 |
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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)
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| 2009 |
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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)
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| 2010 |
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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)
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| 2011 |
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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)
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2012
2012–2013
| Year |
Team |
48 kg |
51 kg |
55 kg |
59 kg |
63 kg |
67 kg |
72 kg
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| 2012 |
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 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)
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| 2013 |
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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)
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2014–2017
| Year |
Team |
48 kg |
53 kg |
55 kg |
58 kg |
60 kg |
63 kg |
69 kg |
75 kg
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| 2014 |
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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)
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| 2015 |
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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)
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| 2016 |
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Tosaka, Eri (4/4) |
Maroulis, Helen (2/4) |
Mukaida, Mayu (1/4) |
Icho, Kaori (14/14) |
Pei, Xingru (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (1/6) |
Dosho, Sara (1/2) |
Wiebe, Erica (1/1)
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| 2017 |
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Susaki, Yui (1/5) |
Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) |
Okuno, Haruna (1/3) |
Maroulis, Helen (3/4) |
Kawai, Risako (2/6) |
Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) |
Dosho, Sara (2/2) |
 Adar, Yasemin (1/2)
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2018–2019
| Year |
Team |
50 kg |
53 kg |
55 kg |
57 kg |
59 kg |
62 kg |
65 kg |
68 kg |
72 kg |
76 kg
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| 2018 |
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Susaki, Yui (2/5) |
Okuno, Haruna (2/3) |
Mukaida, Mayu (2/4) |
Rong, Ningning (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (3/6) |
Yusein, Taybe (1/1) |
 Olli, Petra (1/1) |
Cherkasova, Alla (1/1) |
Di Stasio, Justina (1/1) |
Gray, Adeline (4/6)
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| 2019 |
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 Stadnik, Mariya (2/2) |
 Pak, Yong-mi (1/1) |
Winchester, Jacarra (1/1) |
Kawai, Risako (4/6) |
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)
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2021
2021–2024
| Year |
Team |
50 kg |
53 kg |
55 kg |
57 kg |
59 kg |
62 kg |
65 kg |
68 kg |
72 kg |
76 kg
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| 2021 |
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Yoshimoto, Remina (1/1) |
Fujinami, Akari (1/3) |
Sakurai, Tsugumi (1/4) |
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)
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| 2022 |
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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 (1/1) |
Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (3/3) |
Elor, Amit (1/3) |
Adar, Yasemin (2/2)
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| 2023 |
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Susaki, Yui (5/5) |
Fujinami, Akari (2/3) |
Okuno, Haruna (3/3) |
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)
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| 2024 |
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Hildebrandt, Sarah (1/1) |
Fujinami, Akari (3/3) |
Kiyooka, Moe (1/1) |
Sakurai, Tsugumi (4/4) |
Kawai, Risako (6/6) |
Motoki, Sakura (1/1) |
Long, Jia (1/1) |
Elor, Amit (3/3) |
Ishii, Ami (1/1) |
Kagami, Yuka (2/2)
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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
Team Championships
The list below includes unofficial championships won during the Olympic Games, although no official team statistics are kept during Olympic years.
33 World Level Championships
1988–2024
2 World Level Championships
1995–1998
2001–2012
1 World Level Championships
1987
1999
2009
See also
References
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