List of World and Olympic Champions in women's freestyle wrestling
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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.
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
| 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 (2/4) | 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) |
| 2019 | |  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) |
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
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
