Sumo World Championships
Appearance
The Sumo World Championships is an amateur men's sumo competition organized by the International Sumo Federation. The competition started in 1992 and since the Women Sumo World Championships started in 2001 both competitions have been held together. The competitions are generally held every year.
Weight Classes
Weight class | Men | Women | Jr. Men* | Jr. Women* |
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Open | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted |
Heavyweight | 115+ kg | 80+ kg | 100+ kg | 75+ kg |
Middleweight | 85−115 kg | 65–80 kg | 80–100 kg | 60–75 kg |
Lightweight | −85 kg | −65 kg | −80 kg | −60 kg |
* Age restrictions of 13–18 years old apply
Men's Individual competition
The wrestlers who subsequently entered professional sumo also have their ring name or shikona listed.
Year | Host country, city | Weight class | Winner | Country | shikona | ref | |
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1st | 1992 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Kazuo Saitō | Japan | [1] | |
Heavyweight | Takeharu Dejima | Japan | Dejima Takeharu | ||||
Lightweight | Akihiro Kiku | Japan | |||||
2nd | 1993 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Sunao Yasu | Japan | [2] | |
Heavyweight | Fumihito Tsuruga | Japan | Hokutomori Fumihito | ||||
Middleweight | Akihiro Kiku | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Hitoshi Omura | Japan | |||||
3rd | 1994 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene | Mongolia | [3] | |
Heavyweight | Keiji Tamiya | Japan | Kotomitsuki Keiji | ||||
Middleweight | Ryōji Kumagai | Japan | Kaihō Ryōji | ||||
Lightweight | Bayanmnh Gantogtoh | Mongolia | |||||
4th | 1995 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Emmanuel Yarborough | United States | [4] | |
Heavyweight | Naohito Saitō | Japan | Hayateumi Hidehito | ||||
Middleweight | Ryōji Kumagai | Japan | Kaihō Ryōji | ||||
Lightweight | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Mongolia | |||||
5th | 1996 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Mark Robinson | South Africa | [5] | |
Heavyweight | Koichi Katō | Japan | |||||
Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | Japan | Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Hitoshi Omura | Japan | |||||
6th | 1997 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Naohito Saitō | Japan | Hayateumi Hidehito | [6] |
Heavyweight | Keiji Tamiya | Japan | Kotomitsuki Keiji | ||||
Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | Japan | Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Agvaansamdan Suhbat | Mongolia | |||||
7th | 1998 | Japan, Tokyo | Openweight | Keiji Tamiya | Japan | Kotomitsuki Keiji | [7] |
Heavyweight | Jörg Brümmer | Germany | |||||
Middleweight | Tatsurō Takahama | Japan | Hamanishiki Tatsurō | ||||
Lightweight | Svetoslav Binev | Bulgaria | |||||
8th | 1999 | Germany, Riesa | Openweight | Levan Ebanoidze | Georgia | [8] | |
Heavyweight | Takahisa Osanai | Japan | |||||
Middleweight | Hideto Tsushima | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Svetoslav Binev | Bulgaria | |||||
9th | 2000 | Brazil, São Paulo | Openweight | Tōru Kakizoe | Japan | Kakizoe Tōru | [9] |
Heavyweight | Takahisa Osanai | Japan | |||||
Middleweight | Aias Mongouch | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Peer Schmidt-Düwiger | Germany | |||||
10th | 2001 | Japan, Aomori | Openweight | Torsten Scheibler | Germany | [10] | |
Heavyweight | Robert Paczków | Poland | |||||
Middleweight | Aias Mongouch | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Chōhei Kimura | Japan | |||||
11th | 2002 | Poland, Kraków | Openweight | Alan Karaev | Russia | [11] | |
Heavyweight | Robert Paczków | Poland | |||||
Middleweight | David Tsallagov | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Claudio Ikemori | Brazil | |||||
− | 2003 | Hong Kong | Cancelled due to the SARS outbreak. | ||||
12th | 2004 | Germany, Riesa | Openweight | Keishō Shimoda | Japan | Wakakeishō Hiroki | [12] |
Heavyweight | Takayuki Ichihara | Japan | Kiyoseumi Takayuki | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Ukraine | |||||
13th | 2005 | Japan, Osaka | Openweight | Torsten Scheibler | Germany | [13] | |
Heavyweight | Takayuki Ichihara | Japan | Kiyoseumi Takayuki | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Vitaliy Tikhenko | Ukraine | |||||
14th | 2006 | Japan, Sakai | Openweight | Alan Gabaraev | Russia | Aran Hakutora | [14] |
Heavyweight | Byambajav Ulambayar | Mongolia | Daishōchi Kenta (ex-professional sumo wrestler) | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Takaharu Nagasawa | Japan | |||||
15th | 2007 | Thailand, Chiang Mai | Openweight | Alan Karaev | Russia | [15] | |
Heavyweight | Byambajav Ulambayar | Mongolia | Daishōchi Kenta | ||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Sándor Bárdosi | Hungary | |||||
16th | 2008 | Estonia, Rakvere | Openweight | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Mongolia | Maenoyū Tarō (ex-professional sumo wrestler) |
[16] |
Heavyweight | Takashi Himeno | Japan | |||||
Middleweight | Katsuo Yoshida | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Takashi Shimako | Japan | |||||
− | 2009 | Egypt, Alexandria | Cancelled due to the flu pandemic | ||||
17th | 2010 | Poland, Warsaw | Openweight | Vasily Margiev | Russia | [17] | |
Heavyweight | Dezso Libor | Hungary | |||||
Middleweight | Ryō Itō | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Stiliyan Georgiev | Bulgaria | |||||
− | 2011 | Egypt, Alexandria | Cancelled due to political instability | ||||
18th | 2012 | Hong Kong, Wan Chai | Openweight | Naranbat Gankhuyag | Mongolia | Maenoyū Tarō | [18] |
Heavyweight | Alan Karaev | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Kostiantyn Iermakov | Ukraine | |||||
Lightweight | Gantugs Rentsendorj | Mongolia | |||||
19th | 2014 | Taiwan, Kaohsiung | Openweight | Turbold Baasansuren | Mongolia | Mitoryū Takayuki | [19] |
Heavyweight | Alan Karaev | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Kiyoyuki Noguchi | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Yūya Nakamura | Japan | |||||
20th | 2015 | Japan, Osaka | Openweight | Sōichirō Kurokawa | Japan | [20] | |
Heavyweight | Ryōta Oyanagi | Japan | Yutakayama Ryōta | ||||
Middleweight | Atsamaz Kaziev | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Yūya Nakamura | Japan | |||||
21st | 2016 | Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar | Openweight | Turbold Baasansuren | Mongolia | Mitoryū Takayuki | |
Heavyweight | Vasilii Margiev | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Hayato Miwa | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Batyr Altyev | Russia |
Men's Team competition
Year | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd | 3rd |
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1992 | Japan | United States | Mongolia | France |
1993 | Japan | United States | Mongolia | Russia |
1994 | Japan | United States | Brazil | Mongolia |
1995 | Japan | Mongolia | Brazil | United States |
1996 | Japan | Mongolia | Finland | Germany |
1997 | Japan | Finland | United States | Estonia |
1998 | Japan | United States | Germany | Poland |
1999 | Japan | Poland | Russia | United States |
2000 | Germany | Japan | Russia | Poland |
2001 | Japan | Germany | Mongolia | Norway |
2002 | Japan | Norway | Poland | Hungary |
2004 | Japan | Bulgaria | Germany | Hungary |
2005 | Japan | Bulgaria | Russia | Norway |
2006 | Russia | Japan | Mongolia | Poland |
2007 | Russia | Japan | Ukraine | Mongolia |
2008 | Russia | Japan | Poland | Mongolia |
2010 | Japan | Russia | Ukraine | Mongolia |
2012 | Japan | Russia | Ukraine | Mongolia |
2014 | Japan | Russia | Ukraine | Mongolia |
2015 | Russia | Mongolia | Georgia | Japan |
2016 | Russia | Mongolia | Ukraine | Japan |
Women's Individual competition
Year | Host country, city | Weight class | Winner | Country | ref | ||
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1st | 2001 | Japan, Aomori | Openweight | Sandra Köppen | Germany | [21] | |
Heavyweight | Veronika Kozlovskaya | Japan | |||||
Middleweight | Satomi Ishigaya | Belarus | |||||
Lightweight | Lene Aanes | Germany | |||||
2nd | 2002 | Poland, Kraków | Openweight | Rie Tsuihiji | Japan | [22] | |
Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Edyta Witkowska | Poland | |||||
Lightweight | Satomi Ishigaya | Japan | |||||
− | 2003 | Hong Kong | Cancelled due to the SARS outbreak. | ||||
3rd | 2004 | Germany, Riesa | Openweight | Sandra Köppen | Germany | [23] | |
Heavyweight | Fernanda Pereira da Costa | Brazil | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | Ukraine | |||||
4th | 2005 | Japan, Osaka | Openweight | Ekaterina Keyb | Russia | [24] | |
Heavyweight | Sandra Köppen | Germany | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Satomi Ishigaya | Japan | |||||
5th | 2006 | Japan, Sakai | Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | [25] | |
Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | Ukraine | |||||
6th | 2007 | Thailand, Chiang Mai | Openweight | Ekaterina Keyb | Russia | [26] | |
Heavyweight | Olesya Kovalenko | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Asano Matsuura | Japan | |||||
Lightweight | Nelli Vorobyeva | Russia | |||||
7th | 2008 | Estonia, Rakvere | Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | [27] | |
Heavyweight | Olga Davydko | Ukraine | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Pryshchepa | Ukraine | |||||
Lightweight | Nelli Vorobyeva | Russia | |||||
− | 2009 | Egypt, Alexandria | Cancelled due to the flu pandemic | ||||
8th | 2010 | Poland, Warsaw | Openweight | Sylwia Krzemien | Poland | [28] | |
Heavyweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Dulmaa Yadmaa | Mongolia | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | Ukraine | |||||
− | 2011 | Egypt, Alexandria | Cancelled due to political instability | ||||
9th | 2012 | Hong Kong, Wan Chai | Openweight | Yuka Ueta | Japan | [29] | |
Heavyweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | |||||
Middleweight | Svetlana Panteleeva | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | Ukraine | |||||
10th | 2014 | Taiwan, Kaohsiung | Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | [30] | |
Heavyweight | Mariia Drboian | Ukraine | |||||
Middleweight | Anna Aleksandrova | Russia | |||||
Lightweight | Vera Koval | Russia | |||||
11th | 2015 | Japan, Osaka | Openweight | Anna Zhigalova | Russia | [31] | |
Heavyweight | Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj | Mongolia | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Maksymenko | Ukraine | |||||
Lightweight | Daria Ibragimova | Russia | |||||
12th | 2016 | Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar | Openweight | Anna Poliakova (nee Zhigalova) | Russia | ||
Heavyweight | Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj | Mongolia | |||||
Middleweight | Maryna Maksymenko | Ukraine | |||||
Lightweight | Alina Boykova | Ukraine |
Women's Team competition
Year | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd | 3rd |
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2001 | Germany | Norway | Japan | Russia |
2002 | Japan | Germany | Mongolia | Brazil |
2004 | Germany | Russia | Japan | Brazil |
2005 | Russia | Mongolia | Hungary | Ukraine |
2006 | Russia | Ukraine | Mongolia | Japan |
2007 | Russia | Ukraine | Japan | Netherlands |
2008 | Russia | Ukraine | Poland | Japan |
2010 | Japan | Mongolia | Brazil | Russia |
2012 | Russia | Ukraine | Poland | Japan |
2014 | Russia | Ukraine | Chinese Taipei | Japan |
2015 | Ukraine | Japan | Russia | Mongolia |
2016 | Russia | Mongolia | Japan | Ukraine |
See also
Notes
- ^ "1st Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "2nd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "3rd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "4th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "5th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "6th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "7th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "8th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "9th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "10th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "12th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "13th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "14th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "15th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "16th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "17th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
- ^ "18th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "19th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
- ^ "20th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "1st Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "2nd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "3rd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "4th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "5th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "6th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "7th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "8th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "10th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
- ^ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.