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 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 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 +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 )
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 Sports portal References ^ "United World Wrestling". ^ Abbott, Gary. "FILA announces World Beach Wrestling and Sombo Championships in Antalya, Turkey". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 15 December 2016 . ^ Abbott, Gary. "FILA sets weight classes". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 15 December 2016 . ^ Abbott, Gary. "U.S. wins four beach Wrestling medals". USA Wrestling. Retrieved 28 December 2016 . ^ Abbott, Gary. "Try Beach Wrestling this year". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019 . ^ "UWW Launches Beach Wrestling World Series". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 April 2019 . External links United World Wrestling Official Website SandWrestling.com United World Wrestling Database exotic beaches in the world 2015 Beach World Championships United World Wrestling Beach Wrestling Rules World Continental Multi-sport
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