World Armwrestling Championship

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. Senior weight classes in 2019:[2]

Men	Women
–55 kg	–50 kg
60 kg	55 kg
65 kg	60 kg
70 kg	65 kg
75 kg	70 kg
80 kg	80 kg
85 kg	90 kg
90 kg	+90 kg
100 kg
110 kg
+110 kg

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Champion men's right 110+ kg	Ref
1st	1979	Wetaskiwin	Canada	Dan Mason (USA)	[3]
2nd	1980	Calcutta	India		[4]
3rd	1981	Brasilia	Brazil	Mike Shadduck (USA)	[5]
4th	1982	Syracuse	United States	Bob Hopkins (USA)	[6]
5th	1983	San José	Costa Rica	Rick Baarbe (CAN)	[7]
	1984	—	—	—
6th	1985	Mexico City	Mexico	Roger Payne (CAN)	[8]
7th	1986	Calcutta	India	Jim Northern (USA)	[9]
8th	1987	London	England	Gary Goodridge (CAN)	[10]
9th	1988	Eskilstuna	Sweden	Richard Lupkes (USA)	[11]
10th	1989	Athens	Greece	Sotiris Batsinilas (GRE)	[12]
11th	1990	Houston	United States	Gary Goodridge (CAN)	[13]
12th	1991	Netanya	Israel	Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)	[14]
13th	1992	Geneva	Switzerland	Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)	[15]
14th	1993	Edmonton	Canada	Gary Goodridge (CAN)	[16]
15th	1994	Södertälje	Sweden	Zaur Tskadadze (GEO)	[17]
16th	1995	Campinas	Brazil	Glauco Prior (BRA)	[18]
17th	1996	Virginia Beach	United States	Alan Karaev (RUS)	[19]
18th	1997	Guwahati	India	Alan Karaev (RUS)	[20]
19th	1998	Thunder Bay	Canada	Glauco Prior (BRA)	[21]
20th	1999	Tokyo	Japan	Shikegi Kanai (JPN)	[22]
21st	2000	Rovaniemi	Finland	Dick Ivars (CAN)	[23]
22nd	2001	Gdynia	Poland		[24]
23rd	2002	Springfield	United States	Greg Boyes (CAN)	[25]
25th	2003	Ottawa	Canada	Travis Bagent (USA)	[26]
26th	2004	Durban	South Africa	Alexey Voevoda (RUS)	[27]
27th	2005	Tokyo	Japan	August Smisl (GER)	[28]
28th	2006	Manchester	England	Nasir Khalikov (RUS)	[29]
29th	2007	Veliko Tarnovo	Bulgaria	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[30]
30th	2008	Kelowna	Canada	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[31]
31st	2009	Rosolina	Italy	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[32]
32nd	2010	Mesquite	United States	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[33]
33rd	2011	Almaty	Kazakhstan	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[34]
34th	2012	São Vicente	Brazil	Andriy Pushkar (UKR)	[35]
35th	2013	Gdynia	Poland	Rezo Lutidze (GEO)	[36]
36th	2014	Vilnius	Lithuania	Levan Saginashvili (GEO)	[37]
37th	2015	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO)	[38]
38th	2016	Blagoevgrad	Bulgaria	Genadi Kvikvinia (GEO)	[39]
39th	2017	Budapest	Hungary	Dmitrii Silaev (RUS)	[40]
40th	2018	Antalya	Turkey	Levan Saginashvili (GEO)	[41]
41st	2019	Constanţa	Romania	Arif Ertem (TUR)	[42]

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References

"CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD ARMWRESTLING FEDERATION (WAF)" (PDF). World Armwrestling Federation. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
"2019 armwrestling & para-armwrestling classes". World Arm Wrestling Federation.
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"1987 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
"1988 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
"1989 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
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"1992 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
"1993 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
"1994 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
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"2007 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-22.
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"2011 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
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"XXXV World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.
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"XXXVIl World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.
"XXXVIll World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-28.
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"Results: Worldarm 2018: 40th World Armwrestling Championships 2018 (WAF)".
"Results: Worldarm 2019: 41st World Armwrestling Championships 2019 (WAF)".

External links

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[1] "CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD ARMWRESTLING FEDERATION (WAF)" (PDF). World Armwrestling Federation. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[2] "2019 armwrestling & para-armwrestling classes". World Arm Wrestling Federation.

[3] "1979 sit-down WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30.

[4] "1980 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

[5] "1981 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

[6] "1982 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

[7] "World Arm Wrestling Federation (WAWF) Results (1980-1989)".

[8] "1985 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

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[12] "1989 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-05-03.

[13] "1990 WAWF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-30.

[14] "1991 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

[15] "1992 WAF World Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

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[38] "XXXVIl World Armwrestling Championships". Archived from the original on 2017-04-29.

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[40] "Results: Worldarm 2017: 39th World Armwrestling Championships 2017 (WAF)".

[41] "Results: Worldarm 2018: 40th World Armwrestling Championships 2018 (WAF)".

[42] "Results: Worldarm 2019: 41st World Armwrestling Championships 2019 (WAF)".