The British Wrestling Championships are held annually to determine the British champion.[1] The competition is organised by the British Wrestling Association (BWA), which was founded in January 1904 as the National Amateur Wrestling Association.[2]
Past winners (freestyle)
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Men
Light flyweight
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| Year |
Winner |
| 1987 | John Melling |
| 1988–1989 not held |
| 1990 | Brian Airlie |
| 1991 | N. Azadani |
| 1992 | Wayne Radcliffe |
| Discontinued |
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Flyweight
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| Year |
Winner |
| 1966 | Alf Rhodes |
| 1967 | Alf Rhodes |
| 1968 | Alf Rhodes |
| 1969 | Alf Drobozski |
| 1970 | Denis Palmer |
| 1971 | Ali Eslami |
| 1972 | Derek Goold |
| 1973 | Derek Goold |
| 1974 | R. Vials |
| 1975 | Andre Drobozski |
| 1976 | Yaspel Singh |
| 1977 | Ali Eslami |
| 1978 | Yaspel Singh |
| 1979 | Mark Dunbar |
| 1980 | Mark Dunbar |
| 1981 | Haggi Eslami |
| 1982 | Haggi Eslami |
| 1983 | Yaspel Singh |
| 1984 | Gary Moores |
| 1985 | Nigel Donohue |
| 1986 | Nigel Donohue |
| 1987 | Darren Wood |
| 1988 | David Connolly |
| 1989 | D. Singh |
| 1990 | David Connolly |
| 1991 | David Connolly |
| 1992 not held |
| 1993 | Brian Airlie |
| 1994 | Andrew Hutchinson |
| 1995–1996 not held |
| 1997 | Sanjay Perera |
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Bantamweight
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| Year |
Winner |
| 1991 | Darren Rigby |
| 1992 | Paul Morris |
| 1993 | D. Singh Harvinder |
| 1994 | Darren Rigby |
| 1995 | Adam Toole |
| 1996 | Eissa Bakshayeh |
| 1997 | Lasantha Fernando |
| 1998 | Paul Stridgeon |
| 1999 | Paul Stridgeon |
| 2000 | James Crowe |
| 2001 | Andrew Hutchinson |
| 2002 | Viorel Etko |
| 2003 | Viorel Etko |
| 2004 | Viorel Etko |
| 2005 | Viorel Etko |
| 2006 | Krasimir Krastanov |
| 2007 | Viorel Etko |
| 2008 | Krasimir Krastanov |
| 2009 | Krasimir Krastanov[5] |
| 2010 | Krasimir Krastanov[6] |
| 2011 | Krasimir Krastanov[7] |
| 2012 | Sasha Madyarchyk[8] |
| 2013 | Sasha Madyarchyk[9] |
| 2014 | Sasha Madyarchyk[10] |
| 2015 | Gheorghita Tanasa[11] |
| 2016 | Viorel Etko[12] |
| 2017 not held |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | Ross Connelly[14] |
| 2020-2021 not held (covid-19) |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | Haroon Yousufi |
| 2024 | Haroon Yousufi |
| 2025 | Haroon Yousufi |
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Featherweight
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| Year |
Winner |
| 1990 | John Melling |
| 1991 | John Melling |
| 1992 | John Melling |
| 1993 | Nigel Donohue |
| 1994 | John Melling |
| 1995 | Kenny Devoy |
| 1996 | Jim Breen |
| 1997 | Mahmoud Ramazani |
| 1998 | Mahmoud Ramazani |
| 1999 | Fardin Paymen |
| 2000 | Fardin Paymen |
| 2001 | Hassan Ziyaee |
| 2002 | Mohammed Osman |
| 2003 | Mohammed Osman |
| 2004 | S. Samsung |
| 2005 | Zhivko Stoyanov |
| 2006 | Mike Grundy |
| 2007 | Philip Roberts |
| 2008 | Maksym Matus (Ukr) |
| 2009 | Sasha Madyarchyk[5] |
| 2010 | Bec-khan Aldamov[6] |
| 2011 | Alex Gladkov[7] |
| 2012 | Philip Roberts[8] |
| 2013 | Alex Gladkov[9] |
| 2014 | Philip Roberts[10] |
| 2015 | Kane Charig[11] |
| 2016 | Hamid Shadravan[12] |
| 2017 | Charlie Bowling[13] |
| 2018 | Ranvir Singh Sandhu |
| 2019 | George Ramm[14] |
| 2020-2021 not held (covid-19) |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | Ross Connelly |
| 2024 | Chedli Methlouthi |
| 2025 | Parvesh Sheoran |
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Light middleweight 79kg
| Year |
Winner |
| 2019 | Daniel Sartakov[14] |
| 2020-2021 not held (covid-19) |
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| Year |
Winner |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | Ivan Enchev |
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| Year |
Winner |
| 2024 | Mazyar Yari |
| 2025 | Darragh Love |
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Middleweight
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| Year |
Winner |
| 1992 | Shaun Morley |
| 1993 | Shaun Morley |
| 1994 | Gurchetan Singh Kooner |
| 1995 | Halil Yildrim |
| 1996 | Jahanshah Saidi |
| 1997 | Mohammed Umar |
| 1998 | Gurchetan Singh Kooner |
| 1999 | Gurchetan Singh Kooner |
| 2000 | Thomas Coppola |
| 2001 | Sharlorous Kamal |
| 2002 | Joseph Bianco |
| 2003 | Eric Ciake |
| 2004 | Artur Skodtaev (Rus) |
| 2005 | Arish Skogh |
| 2006 | M. Usman |
| 2007 | Mohammadali Haghighatdoust |
| 2008 | Oleg Druzhynets |
| 2009 | Masoud Yosefi[5] |
| 2010 | Jamshid Yarashev[6] |
| 2011 | Jamshid Yarashev[7] |
| 2012 | Oleg Druzhynets[8] |
| 2013 | Alex Dolly[9] |
| 2014 | Amir Reza Ghasemikia[10] |
| 2015 | Amir Reza Ghasemikia[11] |
| 2016 | Amir Reza Ghasemikia[12] |
| 2017 | Amir Reza Ghasemikia[13] |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | Ryan Loder[14] |
| 2020-2021 not held (covid-19) |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | Siavash Hatamvand |
| 2024 | John Viruet |
| 2025 | John Emmanuel |
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References
English and British National Champions |
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