2019 World Champions; Camila Fama, Aikaterini Eirini Pitsiava, Anna Mazurkevych, Kateryna Mashkevych, Dato Marsagishvili, Davit Khutsishvili, Levan Kelekhasasgvili, Oyan Nazariani, Zagreb, Croatia.

World Beach Wrestling Championships is the annual world championship organized by United World Wrestling for the sport of beach wrestling.[1]

History

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 Durres, Albania).[4] The same recognition is generally not given to the 2009 World Wrestling Games (hosted in Siauliai, 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.

Competitions

Year Dates City and host country Competitions
Seniors Juniors Cadets
2006 November 2 Turkey Antalya, Turkey + — —
2009 July 28 Bulgaria Obzor, Bulgaria + — —
2010 July 26–28 Montenegro Budva, Montenegro + + +
2011 July 16–18 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia + + +
2012 August 27 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan — — +
September 10 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand + + —
October 24 Hungary Budaörs, Hungary + — —
2013 May 31 Morocco El-Jadida, Morocco + — +
2014 July 4–6 Greece Katerini, Greece + + +
2015 June 13–15 Romania Mangalia, Romania + + +
2016 June 3–5 Croatia Fažana, Croatia + + +
2017 October 13–15 Turkey Dalyan, Turkey + + +
2018 October 6–7 Turkey Sarigerme, Turkey + + +
2019 September 7–8 Croatia Zagreb, Croatia + + +
2021 September 23-24 Romania Constanta, Romania - + +
2022 May 28 - September 4 5 events + - -
2023 May 7 - October 15 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)

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)

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)
2022  Ibrahim Yusubov (AZE)  Mahmut Seyfi Özkaya (TUR)  Hadi Bakhtiar Vafaeipour (IRI)

+90kg

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)

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)

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)

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)

+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)

See also

References

  1. ^ "United World Wrestling".
  2. ^ Abbott, Gary. "FILA announces World Beach Wrestling and Sombo Championships in Antalya, Turkey". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ^ Abbott, Gary. "FILA sets weight classes". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ Abbott, Gary. "U.S. wins four beach Wrestling medals". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ Abbott, Gary. "Try Beach Wrestling this year". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ^ "UWW Launches Beach Wrestling World Series". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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