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.

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World Level Champions in Women's Freestyle Wrestling by Year and Weight

1987–1996

YearTeam44 kg47 kg50 kg53 kg57 kg61 kg65 kg70 kg75 kg
1987 Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Weigert, Brigette (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Holten, Anne (1/2) Flag of Norway.svg Halvorsen, Anne Marie (1/1) Flag of France.svg Van Gucht,Sylvie (1/3) Flag of France.svg Dourthe, Isabelle (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Barlie, Ine (1/2) Flag of France.svg Herlin, Brigitte (1/1) Flag of France.svg Jean, Georgette (1/2) Flag of France.svg Rossignol, Patricia (1/1)
1989 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimura, Shoko (1/5) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Ming-hsiu, Chen (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Holten, Anne (2/2) Flag of France.svg Van Gucht, Sylvie (2/3) Flag of Norway.svg Høie, Gudrun (1/4) Flag of France.svg Sagon, Jocelyne (1/1) Flag of France.svg Blind, Emmanuelle (1/1) Flag of France.svg Jean, Georgette (2/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shimizu, Miyako (1/1)
1990 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimura, Shoko (2/5) Flag of Sweden.svg Pedersen, Åsa (1/1) Flag of France.svg Poupon, Martine (1/2) Flag of France.svg Van Gucht, Sylvie (3/3) Flag of Norway.svg Høie, Gudrun (2/4) Flag of France.svg Siffert, Brigitte (1/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Iijima, Akiko (1/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Iwama, Rika (1/1) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (1/6)
1991 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong, Xiue (1/5) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yamamoto, Miyuu (1/3) Flag of France.svg Poupon, Martine (2/2) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhnag, Xia (1/3) Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Lugo, Olga (1/1) Flag of France.svg Siffert, Brigitte (2/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Iijima, Akiko (2/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (2/6) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu, Dongfeng (1/5)
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan, Yanping (1/1) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong, Xiue (2/5) Flag of the United States.svg Saunders, Tricia (1/4) Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Izaguirre, Wendy (1/1) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Sakamoto, Ryoko (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Barlie, Ine (1/2) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang, Chaoli (1/2) Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg Guevara, Xiomara (1/1) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu, Dongfeng (2/5)
1993 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimura, Shoko (3/5) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong, Xiue (3/5) Flag of France.svg Gomis, Anna (1/4) Flag of Norway.svg Johansen, Line (1/2) Flag of Norway.svg Høie, Gudrun (3/4) Flag of Austria.svg Hartmann, Nikola (1/5) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang, Chaoli (2/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (3/6) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu, Dongfeng (3/5)
1994 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimura, Shoko (4/5) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kamibayashi, Miho (1/1) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yamamoto, Miyuu (2/3) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kawasaki, Akemi (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Johansen, Line (2/2) Flag of Austria.svg Hartmann, Nikola (2/5) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (4/6) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (1/6) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Funakoshi, Mitsuko (1/1)
1995 Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimura, Shoko (5/5) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yamamoto, Miyuu (3/3) Flag of Russia.svg Ganachueva, Saniyat (1/1) Flag of France.svg Pluquet, Sophie (1/1) Flag of Sweden.svg Eriksson, Sara (1/2) Flag of Austria.svg Hartmann, Nikola (3/5) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (5/6) Flag of France.svg Golliot, Lise (1/2) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu, Dongfeng (4/5)
1996 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong, Xiue (4/5) Flag of the United States.svg Saunders, Tricia (2/4) Flag of Russia.svg Smirnova, Olga (1/1) Flag of France.svg Gomis, Anna (2/4) Flag of Sweden.svg Eriksson, Sara (2/2) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Miyazaki, Mikiko (1/1) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Urano, Yayoi (6/6) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (2/6) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu, Dongfeng (5/5)

1997–2001

YearTeam46 kg51 kg56 kg62 kg68 kg75 kg
1997 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong, Xiue (5/5) Flag of Poland.svg Piasecka, Joanna (1/1) Flag of France.svg Gomis, Anna (3/4) Flag of France.svg Golliot, Lise (2/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (3/6) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hamaguchi, Kyoko (1/5)
1998 Flag of Russia.svg Flag of the United States.svg Saunders, Tricia (3/4) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinomura, Atsuko (1/1) Flag of Norway.svg Høie, Gudrun (4/4) Flag of Austria.svg Hartmann, Nikola (4/5) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (4/6) Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hamaguchi, Kyoko (2/5)
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg Saunders, Tricia (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Yamamoto, Seiko (1/4) Flag of France.svg Gomis, Anna (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Shoda, Ayako (1/4) Flag of the United States.svg Bacher, Sandra (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Hamaguchi, Kyoko (3/5)
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Merleni, Iryna (1/4) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (1/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yamamoto, Seiko (2/4) Flag of Austria.svg Hartmann, Nikola (5/5) Flag of the United States.svg Marano, Kristie (1/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (5/6)
2001 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Merleni, Iryna (2/4) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (2/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yamamoto, Seiko (3/4) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Meng, Lili (1/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nordhagen, Christine (6/6) Flag of Poland.svg Witkowska, Edyta (1/1)

2002–2003

YearTeam48 kg51 kg55 kg59 kg63 kg67 kg72 kg
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Germany.svg Wagner, Brigitte (1/1) Flag of Greece.svg Poumpouridou, Sofia (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (1/16) Flag of Russia.svg Kartashova, Alena (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (1/14) Flag of Ukraine.svg Burmistrova, Kateryna (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Hamaguchi, Kyoko (4/5)
2003 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Merleni, Iryna (3/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Chiharu (1/3) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (2/16) Flag of Japan.svg Yamamoto, Seiko (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (2/14) Flag of the United States.svg Marano, Kristie (2/2) Flag of Japan.svg Hamaguchi, Kyoko (5/5)

2004

YearTeam48 kg55 kg63 kg72 kg
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Merleni, Iryna (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (3/16) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (3/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang, Xu (1/1)

2005–2007

YearTeam48 kg51 kg55 kg59 kg63 kg67 kg72 kg
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ren, Xuecheng (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (3/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (4/16) Flag of Japan.svg Shoda, Ayako (2/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (4/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Meng, Lili (2/2) Flag of the United States.svg Smith, Iris (1/1)
2006 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Chiharu (2/3) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (4/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (5/16) Flag of Japan.svg Shoda, Ayako (3/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (5/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jing, Ruixue (1/2) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlateva, Stanka (1/5)
2007 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Chiharu (3/3) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (5/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (6/16) Flag of France.svg Prieto, Audrey (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (6/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jing, Ruixue (2/2) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlateva, Stanka (2/5)

2008

YearTeam48 kg55 kg63 kg72 kg
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Huynh, Carol (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (7/16) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (7/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang, Jiao (1/1)

2008–2011

YearTeam48 kg51 kg55 kg59 kg63 kg67 kg72 kg
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of the United States.svg Chun, Clarissa (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (6/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (8/16) Flag of Japan.svg Shoda, Ayako (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Nishimaki, Mio (1/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dugrenier, Martine (1/3) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlateva, Stanka (3/5)
2009 Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg Stadnik, Mariya (1/2) Flag of Sweden.svg Mattsson, Sofia (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (9/16) Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg Ratkevich, Yuliya (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Nishimaki, Mio (2/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dugrenier, Martine (2/3) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qin, Xiaoqing (1/1)
2010 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Sakamoto, Hitomi (7/9) Flag of Ukraine.svg Kohut, Oleksandra (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (10/16) Flag of Mongolia.svg Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (1/2) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (8/14) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dugrenier, Martine (3/3) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlateva, Stanka (4/5)
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Obara, Hitomi (8/9) Flag of Russia.svg Rakhmanova, Zamira (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (11/16) Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasylenko, Hanna (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (9/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiluo, Zhuoma (1/1) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Zlateva, Stanka (5/5)

2012

YearTeam48 kg55 kg63 kg72 kg
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Obara, Hitomi (9/9) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (12/16) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (10/14) Flag of Russia.svg Vorobieva, Natalia (1/3)

2012–2013

YearTeam48 kg51 kg55 kg59 kg63 kg67 kg72 kg
2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (1/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg MacDonald, Jessica (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (13/16) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang, Lan (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Pirozhkova, Elena (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (1/6) Flag of Sweden.svg Fransson, Jenny (1/1)
2013 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Tosaka, Eri (1/4) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun, Yanan (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (14/16) Flag of Hungary.svg Sastin, Marianna (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (11/14) Flag of Ukraine.svg Stadnyk, Alina (1/1) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang, Fengliu (1/1)

2014–2017

YearTeam48 kg53 kg55 kg58 kg60 kg63 kg69 kg75 kg
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Tosaka, Eri (2/4) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (15/16) Flag of Japan.svg Hamada, Chiho (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (12/14) Flag of Mongolia.svg Tserenchimed, Sükheegiin (3/3) Flag of Ukraine.svg Tkach, Yuliya (1/1) Flag of Germany.svg Focken, Aline (1/2) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (2/6)
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Tosaka, Eri (3/4) Flag of Japan.svg Yoshida, Saori (16/16) Flag of the United States.svg Maroulis, Helen (1/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (13/14) Flag of Ukraine.svg Herhel, Oksana (3/3) Flag of Mongolia.svg Battsetseg, Soronzonboldyn (2/2) Flag of Russia.svg Vorobieva, Natalia (2/3) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (3/6)
2016 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Tosaka, Eri (4/4) Flag of the United States.svg Maroulis, Helen (2/4) Flag of Japan.svg Mukaida, Mayu (1/4) Flag of Japan.svg Icho, Kaori (14/14) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pei, Xingru (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Risako (1/5) Flag of Japan.svg Dosho, Sara (1/2) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wiebe, Erica (1/1)
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Susaki, Yui (1/5) Flag of Belarus.svg Kaladzinskaya, Vanesa (2/2) Flag of Japan.svg Okuno, Haruna (1/3) Flag of the United States.svg Maroulis, Helen (3/4) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Risako (2/5) Flag of Mongolia.svg Orkhon, Pürevdorjiin (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Dosho, Sara (2/2) Flag of Turkey.svg Adar, Yasemin (1/2)

2018–2019

YearTeam50 kg53 kg55 kg57 kg59 kg62 kg65 kg68 kg72 kg76 kg
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Susaki, Yui (2/5) Flag of Japan.svg Okuno, Haruna (2/3) Flag of Japan.svg Mukaida, Mayu (2/4) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Rong, Ningning (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Risako (3/5) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yusein, Taybe (1/1) Flag of Finland.svg Olli, Petra (1/1) Flag of Ukraine.svg Cherkasova, Alla (1/1) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Di Stasio, Justina (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (4/6)
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Stadnik, Mariya (2/2) Flag of North Korea.svg Pak, Yong-mi (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Winchester, Jacarra (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Risako (4/5) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Morais, Linda (1/1) Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Tynybekova, Aisuluu (1/3) Flag of Russia.svg Trazhukova, Inna (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (1/3) Flag of Russia.svg Vorobieva, Natalia (3/3) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (5/6)

2021

YearTeam50 kg53 kg57 kg62 kg68 kg76 kg
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Susaki, Yui (3/5) Flag of Japan.svg Mukaida, Mayu (3/4) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Risako (5/5) Flag of Japan.svg Kawai, Yukako (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (2/3) Flag of Germany.svg Rotter-Focken, Aline (2/2)

2021–2023

YearTeam50 kg53 kg55 kg57 kg59 kg62 kg65 kg68 kg72 kg76 kg
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Yoshimoto, Remina (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Fujinami, Akari (1/2) Flag of Japan.svg Sakurai, Tsugumi (1/3) Flag of the United States.svg Maroulis, Helen (4/4) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dudova, Bilyana (1/1) Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Tynybekova, Aisuluu (2/3) Flag of Moldova.svg Rîngaci, Irina (1/1) Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Zhumanazarova, Meerim (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Furuichi, Masako (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Gray, Adeline (6/6)
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Susaki, Yui (4/5) Flag of the United States.svg Parrish, Dominique (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Shidochi, Mayu (4/4) Flag of Japan.svg Sakurai, Tsugumi (2/3) Flag of Moldova.svg Nichita, Anastasia (1/1) Flag of Japan.svg Ozaki, Nonoka (1/2) Flag of Japan.svg Morikawa, Miwa (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (3/3) Flag of the United States.svg Elor, Amit (1/2) Flag of Turkey.svg Adar, Yasemin (2/2)
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Susaki, Yui (5/5) Flag of Japan.svg Fujinami, Akari (2/2) Flag of Japan.svg Okuno, Haruna (3/3) Flag of Japan.svg Sakurai, Tsugumi (3/3) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang, Qi (1/1) Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg Tynybekova, Aisuluu (3/3) Flag of Japan.svg Ozaki, Nonoka (2/2) Flag of Turkey.svg Tosun, Buse (1/1) Flag of the United States.svg Elor, Amit (2/2) Flag of Japan.svg Kagami, Yuka (1/1)

Individual Multiple-Time World Level Champions

16 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg Saori Yoshida, 2002–2015

14 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg Kaori Ichō, 2002–2016

9 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Obara (Sakamoto), 2000–2012

6 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg Yayoi Urano, 1990–1996

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Nordhagen, 1994–2001

Flag of the United States.svg Adeline Gray, 2012–2021

5 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg Shoko Yoshimura, 1989–1995

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Dongfeng, 1991–1996

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong Xiue, 1991–1997

Flag of Austria.svg Nikola Hartmann, 1993–2000

Flag of Japan.svg Kyōko Hamaguchi, 1997–2003

Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stanka Zlateva, 2006–2011

Flag of Japan.svg Risako Kawai, 2016–2021

Flag of Japan.svg 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.

31 World Level Championships

Flag of Japan.svg 1988–2023

2 World Level Championships

Flag of Russia.svg 1995–1998

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2001–2012

1 World Level Championships

Flag of Norway.svg 1987

Flag of the United States.svg 1999

Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg 2009

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