World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling. [1]
World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling. [1]
The first World Championships took place in 2006, alongside the resurrected FILA Sambo World Championships, in Antalya, Turkey. [2] Only the Senior division was featured until 2010, and each age division has separate men and women divisions. There were initially only two weight classes for each of the gender divisions within the Senior division, lightweight and heavyweight. [3] The number of weight classes expanded beginning in 2011, with the Senior men's division featuring four weight classes (70 kg, 80 kg, 90 kg, and heavyweight) and the Senior women's division featuring three weight classes (60 kg, 70 kg, and heavyweight).
Although not officially recognized by UWW as a World Championship, many nations recognize the beach wrestling competition of the World Wrestling Games to be the World Beach Wrestling Championship in 2007 (hosted in Antalya, Turkey) and 2008 (hosted in Durrës, Albania). [4] The same recognition is generally not given to the 2009 World Wrestling Games (hosted in Šiauliai, Lithuania) as the Beach Wrestling World Championships made its officially sanctioned return. The World Wrestling Games also featured championships in Grappling and Sambo, with the three styles being collectively known as the "developing styles" at the time.
Beginning in 2019, the World Championships for the senior division will be determined via a point system during the Beach Wrestling World Series. [5] The Beach Wrestling World Series features multiple international competitions, with each event awarding 15,000 CHF in prize money. [6] The World Beach Wrestling Championships will remain as a singular event to determine the World Champion in the cadet and junior age divisions.
| Year | Dates | City and host country | Competitions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seniors | Juniors | Cadets | |||
| 2006 | November 2 |  Antalya, Turkey | + | — | — |
| 2009 | July 28 |  Obzor, Bulgaria | + | — | — |
| 2010 | July 26–28 |  Budva, Montenegro | + | + | + |
| 2011 | July 16–18 |  Batumi, Georgia | + | + | + |
| 2012 | August 27 |  Baku, Azerbaijan | — | — | + |
| September 10 |  Pattaya, Thailand | + | + | — | |
| October 24 |  Budaörs, Hungary | + | — | — | |
| 2013 | May 31 |  El-Jadida, Morocco | + | — | + |
| 2014 | July 4–6 |  Katerini, Greece | + | + | + |
| 2015 | June 13–15 |  Mangalia, Romania | + | + | + |
| 2016 | June 3–5 |  Fažana, Croatia | + | + | + |
| 2017 | October 13–15 | Dalyan, Turkey | + | + | + |
| 2018 | October 6–7 | Sarigerme, Turkey | + | + | + |
| 2019 | September 7–8 | Zagreb, Croatia | + | + | + |
| 2021 | September 23-24 | Constanța, Romania | - | + | + |
| 2022 | May 28 - September 4 | 5 events | + | - | - |
| 2023 | May 7 - October 15 | 5 events | + | - | - |
| 2024 | March 2 - October 13 | 5 events | + | - | - |
| Total | — | — | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hakkı Ceylan (TUR) | Abdullah Aycak (TUR) |  Ray Dawney (USA) Gentian Geraj (ALB) |
| 2009 | Nikolai Stanchev (BUL) | Adem Akbulut (TUR) |  Augusto Midana (GBS) |
| 2010 | Arpad Ritter (HUN) | Celal Dal (TUR) | Adem Akbulut (TUR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Stefania Claudia Priceputu (ROU) | Sevil Alioğlu (TUR) | Maria Alexandra Cioclea (ROU) |
| 2019 |  Kateryna Mashkevych (UKR) | Kristal Betanzo (USA) |  Carmen Gomes (POR) |
| 2021 | Stefania Claudia Priceputu (ROU) | Emine Çataloğlu (TUR) | Tetina Profatilova (ROU) |
| 2022 | Stefania Claudia Priceputu (ROU) | Emine Çataloğlu (TUR) |  Kumari Hanny (IND) |
| 2023 | Emine Çataloğlu (TUR) | Yuliia Zasulska (UKR) |  Maia Abigail Cabrera (ARG) |
| 2024 | Ana Maria Pirvu (ROU) | Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (UKR) | Alevtyna Liashenko (UKR) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Miruyert Dynbaeva (KAZ) |  Johanna Kikkas (EST) | Darina Abuladze (GEO) |
| 2012 | Miruyert Dynbaeva (KAZ) | Yulia Khamelis (KAZ) | Sriprapa Thokaew (THA) |
| 2013 | Miruyert Dynbaeva (KAZ) | Yulia Khamelis (KAZ) | Aliya I (KAZ) |
| 2014 | Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) | Miruyert Dynbaeva (KAZ) |  Rykke Juel Bugge (NOR) |
| 2015 | Madalina Linguraru (ROU) | Mihaela Obregia (ROU) | Yulia Khamelis (KAZ) |
| 2016 | Aida Achmet (GRE) | Jelena Kastaneti (CRO) |  Sara Trbulin (SLO) |
| 2017 |  Francesca Indelicato (ITA) | Christina Demirkan (GRE) |  Florine Schedler (AUT) |
| 2018 | Kriszta Tunde Incze (ITA) | Francesca Indelicato (ITA) | Jeannie Agnes Kessler (AUT) |
| 2019 |  Camila Fama (BRA) | Valeriia Semonkina (UKR) | Isabel Rodrigues (POR) |
| 2021 | Anastasiya Kravchenko (UKR) | Francesca Indelicato (ITA) | Denisa Iuliana Fodor (ROU) |
| 2022 | Iryna Khariv (UKR) | Daria Medvetska (UKR) | Elena Simona Ionescu (ROU) |
| 2023 | Daria Medvetska (UKR) | Anastasiya Kravchenko (UKR) | Sofiia Kushnir (UKR) |
| 2024 | Anastasiya Kravchenko (UKR) | Sofiia Bordinskykh (UKR) | Sofiia Kushnir (UKR) |
Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves different grappling-type techniques, such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds. Many different wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sports, and military systems.
Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been in every edition of the summer Olympics held since 1904. This style of wrestling forbids holds below the waist, which is the main feature that differentiates it from freestyle wrestling. This restriction results in an emphasis on throws, because a wrestler cannot use trips to bring an opponent to the ground or hook/grab the opponent's leg to avoid being thrown.
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling. U.S. collegiate women's wrestling is conducted under freestyle rules.
Sambo is a combat sport, and a recognized style of amateur wrestling governed by the UWW in the World Wrestling Championships along with Graeco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling. Practiced worldwide, sambo is a martial art with Soviet origins. Many of its moves have been incorporated in other forms of combat sport such as mixed martial arts.
United World Wrestling (UWW) is the international governing body for the sport of Wrestling; its duties include overseeing wrestling at the World Championships and Olympics. It presides over international competitions for various forms of wrestling, including Greco-Roman, Freestyle, Grappling, and others. The flagship event of UWW is the World Wrestling Championships.
Beach wrestling is a type of wrestling that has been officially held since 2005.
Tricia Saunders is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer the sport of women's freestyle wrestling. During her freestyle wrestling career, she won five FILA Wrestling World Championships medals, including four gold and one silver, never lost to an American opponent, and won eleven U.S. national titles.
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Behrouz Jamshidi (Persian: بهروز جمشيدی; born August 23, 1972, in is a retired amateur Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's light heavyweight category. On January 3, 2000, the International Federation of Associated Wrestling ordered him a two-year suspension from competition for testing positive for doping.
Eric Guerrero is a retired amateur American freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He won three consecutive NCAA (1997–1999) and four U.S. Open titles (2001–2004), scored two medals in the 58 and 60-kg division at the Pan American Games, and represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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