# World Beach Wrestling Championships

World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling.

## History

The first World Championships took place in 2006, alongside the resurrected FILA Sambo World Championships, in Antalya, Turkey. 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. 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). 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. The Beach Wrestling World Series features multiple international competitions, with each event awarding 15,000 CHF in prize money. The World Beach Wrestling Championships will remain as a singular event to determine the World Champion in the cadet and junior age divisions.

## Competitions

| Year | Dates | City and host country | Competitions | Competitions | Competitions |
| Year | Dates | City and host country | 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 | — | — | + |
| 2012 | September 10 | Pattaya, Thailand | + | + | — |
| 2012 | 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 |

## Medallists (elite)
### Men
#### 70kg

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2011 | Achiko Turmanidze (GEO) | Giorgi Lobjanidze (GEO) | Donovan DePatto (USA) |
| 2012 | Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE) | Hunor Szakolczi (HUN) | Vahid Sarlak (NED) Janos Sarosi (HUN) |
| 2013 | Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE) | Idris Hamadi (ROU) | Denis Siven (RUS) |
| 2014 | Toni Hinoveanu (ROU) | Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE) | Vasili Struckov (RUS) |
| 2015 | Mohammed Naderi (IRI) | Rustam Masharipov (RUS) | Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE) Gabriel Geroge Badea (ROU) |
| 2016 | Mohammed Naderi (IRI) | Apostolos Taskoudis (GRE) | Samet Ak (TUR) Denis Sivtsev (RUS) |
| 2017 | Semen Radulov (UKR) | Mohammed Naderi (IRI) | Veli Yantır (TUR) Aimar Andruse (EST) |
| 2018 | Konstantine Kabalashvili (GEO) | Semen Radulov (UKR) | Mehmet Emin Öğüt (TUR) |
| 2019 | Levan Kelekhsashvili (GEO) | Semen Radulov (UKR) | Michael Peters (USA) |
| 2021 | Levan Kelekhsashvili (GEO) | Yunus Coşkun (TUR) | Volodymyr Burukov (UKR) |
| 2022 | Levan Kelekhsashvili (GEO) | Ramiz Hasanov (AZE) | Yunus Coşkun (TUR) |
| 2023 | Yunus Coskun (TUR) | Oleksii Boruta (UKR) | Levan Kelekhsashvili (GEO) |
| 2024 | Oleksii Boruta (UKR) | Yunus Coskun (TUR) | Ivan Semenov (UKR) |

#### 80kg

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2011 | Elnur Aliev (AZE) | Fatih Yerli (TUR) | Maksim Manukyan (ARM) |
| 2012 | Evgeni Pentorets (GRE) | Akos Woeller (HUN) | Harald Fjeldbu (NOR) Nikolai Slavov (UKR) |
| 2013 | Joakim Aardalen (NOR) | Mihaly Nagy (HUN) | Oleg Chernov (RUS) |
| 2014 | Leonid Spiridonov (RUS) | Mihaly Nagy (HUN) | Karl Oskar Frederiksson (SWE) |
| 2015 | Stanislav Stepanov (RUS) | Kyrillos Binembaoum (GRE) | Denis Sivtsev (RUS) Milad Mehdizadehchari (IRI) |
| 2016 | Pejman Heydari (IRI) | Igor Sofroneev (RUS) | Georgios Koulouhidis (GRE) Jacob Jeffrey Lee (USA) |
| 2017 | Sayed Safar Ghasemi (IRI) | Omid Hassan Tabar Jelodar (IRI) | Serkan Çavuşoğlu (TUR) |
| 2018 | Jakob Makarashvili (GEO) | Vasyl Mikhailov (UKR) | Jumber Kvelashvili (GEO) |
| 2019 | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | Georgios Koulouchidis (GRE) | Aleksandar Nikolic (SRB) |
| 2021 | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | Vasyl Mikhailov (UKR) | Vasile Madalin Minzala (ROU) |
| 2022 | Nika Kentchadze (GEO) | Omid Abdolali Kamaliaghdam (AZE) | Csaba Vida (HUN) |
| 2023 | Hugo Jose Fabien Cuenot (FRA) | Hossein Ali Abbaspourreikandeh (IRI) | Tyler Mackenzie Loethen (USA) |
| 2024 | Vasile Diacon (MDA) | Ramiz Hasanov (AZE) | Christos Christoforidis (GRE) |

#### 85kg

| 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) |

#### 90kg

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2011 | Beka Chelidze (GEO) | Erkki Alak (EST) | Benjamin Sverdrup (NOR) |
| 2012 | Jozsef Adamecz (HUN) | Marko Jovanovic (SRB) | Laszlo Robotka (HUN) Tobias Kvammark (SWE) |
| 2013 | Vadim Semenov (RUS) | Malik Djakna (ROU) | Erkki Alak (EST) |
| 2014 | Yuri Starostin (RUS) | Dimitrios Papadopoulos (GRE) | Ilias Boukis (GRE) |
| 2015 | Seyed Mohammad Sadatitilehboni (IRI) | Myurgun Bugulov (RUS) | Andrei Frant (ROU) Dorin Constantin Pirvan (ROU) |
| 2016 | Seyed Mohammad Sadatitilehboni (IRI) | Grigorios Kriaridis (GRE) | Theodossios Pavlidis (GRE) Gavril Sleptsov (RUS) |
| 2017 | Muhammad Inam (PAK) | Pejman Fazlollah Tabar Naghrachi (IRI) | Theodossios Pavlidis (GRE) Savvinov Platon (RUS) |
| 2018 | Muhammad Inam (PAK) | Irakli Mtsituri (GEO) | Pedro Jacinto García Pérez (ESP) |
| 2019 | Dato Marsagishvili (GEO) | Christos Samartsidis (GRE) | Strahinja Demarnovic (SRB) |
| 2021 | Dato Marsagishvili (GEO) | Ibrahim Yusubov (AZE) | Oleksii Yakovchuk (UKR) |
| 2022 | Ibrahim Yusubov (AZE) | Davit Khutsishvili (GEO) | Mahmut Seyfi Özkaya (TUR) |
| 2023 | Ibrahim Yusubov (AZE) | Mahmut Seyfi Özkaya (TUR) | Hadi Bakhtiar Vafaeipour (IRI) |
| 2024 | Ibrahim Yusubov (AZE) | Traian Capatina (MDA) | Oleksii Yakovchuk (UKR) |

#### +90kg

* +85kg: 2006, 2009, 2010
* +90kg: 2011-2022
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 | Ali Rıza Kaya (TUR) | Winard Yadal (IND) | Ray Dawney (USA) Gentian Geraj (ALB) |
| 2009 | Dimitar Kunchev (BUL) | Luka Eldari Kurtanidze (GEO) | Rodrigo Artilheiro Castro (BRA) |
| 2010 | Muhammet Sait Bingöl (TUR) | Vladimir Radosavljevic (MNE) | Carlos Dolmo (USA) |
| 2011 | Levan Berianidze (GEO) | Giorgi Sakandelidze (GEO) | Mehman Imamguliyev (AZE) |
| 2012 | Mihaly Szabo (HUN) | Christos Nyfadopoulos (GRE) | Daniel Bona (HUN) Shura Bayanmunkh (MGL) |
| 2013 | Stale Abelsen (NOR) | Maurice Abatam (ROU) | Hicham Hasbi (MAR) |
| 2014 | Vasile Vlad Caras (ROU) | Theofilos Ampatzis (GRE) | Ike Anthony Okoli (USA) |
| 2015 | Jaber Sadeghzadehnoukoulaei (IRI) | Egor Olar (MDA) | Aris Theodoridis (GRE) Marian Todorov (BUL) |
| 2016 | Jaber Sadeghzadehnoukoulaei (IRI) | Micheil Tsikovani (GRE) | Cengiz Zengin (TUR) Ünal Karaman (TUR) |
| 2017 | Pouya Rahmani (IRI) | Hakan Aydoğan (TUR) | Fedor Ivanov (RUS) Engin Dağlı (TUR) |
| 2018 | Baki Şahin (TUR) | Rares Daniel Chintoan (ROU) | İrfan Mete (TUR) |
| 2019 | Oyan Nazariani (AZE) | Ioannis Kargiotakis (GRE) | Mamuka Kordzaia (GEO) |
| 2021 | Oyan Nazariani (AZE) | Mamuka Kordzaia (GEO) | Vasile Vlad Caras (ROU) |
| 2022 | Fatih Yaşarlı (TUR) | Mamuka Kordzaia (GEO) | Vasile Vlad Caras (ROU) |
| 2023 | Fatih Yaşarlı (TUR) | Mamuka Kordzaia (GEO) | Oyan Nazariani (AZE) |
| 2024 | Mamuka Kordzaia (GEO) | Daniel Ligeti (HUN) | Kyle Robert Ferriter (USA) |

### Women
#### 50kg

| 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) |

#### 60kg

| 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) |

#### 70kg

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 | Aurora Fajardo Prieto (ESP) | Nadir Uğrun Perçin (TUR) | Leigh Joynes (USA) Margarita Monzes (ESP) |
| 2009 | Isabelle Sambou (SEN) | Taybe Yusein (BUL) | Maminirina Yudicael Rafaliharisolo (MAD) |
| 2010 | Mirjana Martinovic (MNE) | Valentina Gardasevic (MNE) | Andjela Krcmarevic (SRB) |
| 2011 | Olga Abakarova-Kalinina (KAZ) | Sholena Sharadze (GEO) | Poonm (IND) |
| 2012 | Olga Abakarova-Kalinina (KAZ) | Wilaiwan Thongkam (THA) | Charlotte Skauen (NOR) |
| 2013 | Olga Abakarova-Kalinina (KAZ) | Charlotte Skauen (NOR) | Christen Dierken (USA) |
| 2014 | Athina Giannousa (GRE) | Eirini Gavranidou (GRE) | Virginia Tsaknaki (GRE) |
| 2015 | Beatrice Oansea (ROU) | Roxana Andrei (ROU) | Laura Elena Gavriliuc (NOR) |
| 2016 | Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE) | Charlotte Skauen (NOR) | Elaine Albuquerque (BRA) |
| 2017 | Charlotte Skavner (NOR) | Cesilie Magnusen (NOR) | Meral Kaya (TUR) |
| 2018 | Adina Elena Popescu (ROU) | Charlotte Skauen (NOR) | Beatrice Oansea (ROU) |
| 2019 | Anna Mazurkevych (UKR) | Diana Betanzo (USA) | Sonia Pereira (POR) |
| 2021 | Alina Berezhna Stadnik Makhynia (UKR) | Agoro Papavasileiou (GRE) | Adina Iorela Irimia (ROU) |
| 2022 | Adina Iorela Irimia (ROU) | Yulia Kremezna Malyk (UKR) | Hatice Ece Tekin (TUR) |
| 2023 | Oksana Kukhta Herhel (UKR) | Adina Iorela Irimia (ROU) | Olena Nikitinska (UKR) |
| 2024 | Oksana Kukhta Herhel (UKR) | Astrid Paola Montero Chirinos (VEN) | Olena Nikitinska (UKR) |

#### +70kg

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 | Dacil López (ESP) | Gurbet Koca (TUR) | Seda Bozkurt (TUR) Melek Yağan (TUR) |
| 2009 | Laure Ali Annabel (CMR) | Elina Vaseba (BUL) | Ralitza Ivanova (BUL) |
| 2010 | Una Svetlana Tuba (SRB) | Ivana Miletic (MNE) | Marija Drobnjak (MNE) |
| 2011 | Lia Givianidze (GEO) | Irina Leonidze (GEO) | |
| 2012 | Chusuwan Piyaporn (THA) | Epp Mae (EST) | Phattnachian Chidchamai (THA) |
| 2014 | Epp Mae (EST) | Isen Maria Moen Solheim (NOR) | Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) |
| 2015 | Elena Diana Frant Mudrag (ROU) | Ana Maria Stoian (ROU) | Cathrin Dahle Netskar (NOR) Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) |
| 2016 | Elena Diana Frant Mudrag (ROU) | Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) | Stefania Zacheila (GRE) |
| 2017 | Cathrine Frilseth (NOR) | Pesnille Rojar (NOR) | Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) |
| 2018 | Catalina Axente (ROU) | Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) | Diana Elena Vlasceanu (ROU) |
| 2019 | Aikaterini Eirini Pitisiava (GRE) | Irina Pasichnyk (UKR) | Not awarded |
| 2021 | Catalina Axente (ROU) | Irina Pasichnyk (UKR) | Enrica Rinaldi (ITA) |
| 2022 | Catalina Axente (ROU) | Liudmyla Pavlovets Tychyna (UKR) | Stefania Zacheila (GRE) |
| 2023 | Eliane Rose Bommarito (USA) | Liudmyla Pavlovets Tychyna (UKR) | Catalina Axente (ROU) |
| 2024 | Eliane Rose Bommarito (USA) | Iryna Pasichnyk (UKR) | Catalina Axente (ROU) |