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.
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: 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 90+ kg Champion men's left 90+ kg Ref 1st 1979 Wetaskiwin – 2nd 1980 Kolkata none – 3rd 1981 Brasília – 4th 1982 Syracuse – 5th 1983 San José – 6th 1985 Mexico City – 7th 1986 Kolkata – 8th 1987 London – 9th 1988 Eskilstuna – 10th 1989 Athens – 11th 1990 Houston – 12th 1991 Netanya – 13th 1992 Geneva – 14th 1993 Edmonton 15th 1994 Södertälje 16th 1995 Campinas 17th 1996 Virginia Beach 18th 1997 Guwahati 19th 1998 Thunder Bay 20th 1999 Tokyo 21st 2000 Rovaniemi 22nd 2001 Gardone Riviera ? 23rd 2002 Springfield 25th 2003 Ottawa 26th 2004 Durban 27th 2005 Tokyo 28th 2006 Manchester 29th 2007 Veliko Tarnovo 30th 2008 Kelowna 31st 2009 Rosolina 32nd 2010 Mesquite 33rd 2011 Almaty 34th 2012 São Vicente 35th 2013 Gdynia 36th 2014 Vilnius 37th 2015 Kuala Lumpur 38th 2016 Blagoevgrad 39th 2017 Budapest 40th 2018 Antalya 41st 2019 Constanţa 2020 postponed due COVID-19 pandemic 42nd 2021 Bucharest 43nd 2022 Antalya 44nd 2023 Almaty 45th 2024 Chișinău 46th 2025 Albena 47th 2026 New Delhi
References
External links World Armwrestling Federation Canadian ArmWrestling Federation