# 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 (1/4) | 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 (2/4) | Mukaida, Mayu (1/4) | Icho, Kaori (14/14) | Pei, Xingru (1/1) | Kawai, Risako (1/6) | Dosho, Sara (1/2) | Wiebe, Erica (1/1) |
| 2017 | 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) |

### 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 (2/3) | 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) |
| 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) |

### 2021–2024

| Year | 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 (4/4) | Dudova, Bilyana (1/1) | Tynybekova, Aisuluu (2/3) | Rîngaci, Irina (1/1) | Zhumanazarova, Meerim (1/1) | Furuichi, Masako (1/1) | Gray, Adeline (6/6) |
| 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 (1/1) | Mensah-Stock, Tamyra (3/3) | Elor, Amit (1/3) | Adar, Yasemin (2/2) |
| 2023 | Susaki, Yui (5/5) | Fujinami, Akari (2/3) | Okuno, Haruna (3/3) | 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) |
| 2024 | 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) |

## 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