World Armwrestling Championships is the main arm wrestling championship in the World. It is organized by the World Armwrestling Federation, founded in 1977. The first WAF World Armwrestling was hosted by John Miazdzyk in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada in 1979.[1]

Events

Medals are awarded separately for right and left hands in every weight class and age groups. Age groups in 2019 included Sub-Junior (ages 14-15), Juniors (up to 18), Youth (21) Senior (adults), Masters (above 40), Grand Masters (above 50) and Senior Grand Masters (above 60). The Senior weight classes in 2019:[2]

MenWomen
–55 kg–50 kg
60 kg55 kg
65 kg60 kg
70 kg65 kg
75 kg70 kg
80 kg80 kg
85 kg90 kg
90 kg+90 kg
100 kg
110 kg
+110 kg

Championships

Edition Year City Country Champion men's right 110+ kg Champion men's left 110+ kg Ref
1st1979Wetaskiwin Canada Dan Mason (USA)[3]
2nd1980Calcutta Indianone[4]
3rd1981Brasilia Brazil Mike Shadduck (USA)[5]
4th1982Syracuse United States Bob Hopkins (USA)[6]
5th1983San José Costa Rica Rick Baarbe (CAN)[7]
6th1985Mexico City Mexico Roger Payne (CAN)[8]
7th1986Calcutta India Jim Northern (USA)[9]
8th1987London England Gary Goodridge (CAN)[10]
9th1988Eskilstuna Sweden Richard Lupkes (USA)[11]
10th1989Athens Greece Sotiris Batsinilas (GRE)[12]
11th1990Houston United States Gary Goodridge (CAN)[13]
12th1991Netanya Israel Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)[14]
13th1992Geneva  Switzerland Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)[15]
14th1993Edmonton Canada Gary Goodridge (CAN) Gary Goodridge (CAN)[16]
15th1994Södertälje Sweden Zaur Tskadadze (GEO) Cleve Dean (USA)[17]
16th1995Campinas Brazil Glauco Prior (BRA) Enaldiev Aslanbec (RUS)[18]
17th1996Virginia Beach United States Alan Karaev (RUS) Eric Woelful (USA)[19]
18th1997Guwahati India Alan Karaev (RUS) Alan Karaev (RUS)[20]
19th1998Thunder Bay Canada Glauco Prior (BRA) Glauco Prior (BRA)[21]
20th1999Tokyo Japan Shigeki Kanai (JPN) Mikel Gould (CAN)[22]
21st2000Rovaniemi Finland Dick Ivars (CAN) Earl Wilson (CAN)[23]
22nd2001Gardone Riviera Italy ? Dagir Tebver (UZB)[24]
23rd2002Springfield United States Greg Boyes (CAN) Ryan Espey (CAN)[25]
25th2003Ottawa Canada Travis Bagent (USA) Ryan Espey (CAN)[26]
26th2004Durban South Africa Alexey Voevoda (RUS) Alexey Voevoda (RUS)[27]
27th2005Tokyo Japan August Smisl (GER) August Smisl (GER)[28]
28th2006Manchester England Nasir Khalikov (RUS) Nasir Khalikov (RUS)[29]
29th2007Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Farid Usmanov (UZB)[30]
30th2008Kelowna Canada Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Andriy Pushkar (UKR)[31]
31st2009Rosolina Italy Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Andriy Pushkar (UKR)[32]
32nd2010Mesquite United States Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Andriy Pushkar (UKR)[33]
33rd2011Almaty Kazakhstan Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Andriy Pushkar (UKR)[34]
34th2012São Vicente Brazil Andriy Pushkar (UKR) Andriy Pushkar (UKR)[35]
35th2013Gdynia Poland Lutidze Rezo (GEO) Juraj Michalička (SVK)[36]
36th2014Vilnius Lithuania Levan Saginashvili (GEO) Levan Saginashvili (GEO)[37]
37th2015Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO) Levan Saginashvili (GEO)[38]
38th2016Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO) Levan Saginashvili (GEO)[39]
39th2017Budapest Hungary Dmitrii Silaev (RUS) Levan Saginashvili (GEO)[40]
40th2018Antalya Turkey Levan Saginashvili (GEO) Levan Saginashvili (GEO)[41]
41st2019Constanţa Romania Arif Ertem (TUR) Kody Merritt (USA)[42]
2020postponed due COVID-19 pandemic
42nd2021Bucharest Romania Arif Ertem (TUR) Georgi Tsvetkov (BUL)[43]
43nd2022Antalya Turkey Georgi Tsvetkov (BUL) Alizhan Muratov (KAZ)[44]
44nd2023Almaty Kazakhstan Boris Gapchenko (KAZ) Alizhan Muratov (KAZ)[45]
45th2024Accra Ghana

References

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