List of Yo-yo world champions
Year Winner 2nd 3rd
2000 John Gates ( United States ) Steve Brown ( United States ) Dale Oliver ( United States )
2001 Felix Avellana ( United States ) Dave Oliver ( United States ) Mark Vargas ( United States )
2003 Miguel Correa ( United States ) Andre Boulay ( United States ) Takeshi Kamisato ( United States )
2004 Matt Ritter ( United States ) Miguel Correa ( United States ) Jon Gates ( United States )
2005 Dave Bazan ( United States ) Jon Gates ( United States ) Takeshi Kamisato ( United States )
2006 Matt Ritter ( United States ) Takeshi Kamisato ( United States ) Alan Gray ( United States )
2007 Matt Ritter ( United States ) Takeshi Kamisato ( United States ) Jorge Alcoz ( Uruguay )
2008 Jon Gates ( United States ) Mike Hout ( United States ) Tom Connoly ( United States )
2009 Jorge Alcoz ( Uruguay ) Felix Avellana ( United States ) Mike Hout ( United States )
2010 Darren Kim ( United States ) Chris Neff ( United States ) Mike Hout ( United States )
2011 overall Chris Neff ( United States ) Darren Kim ( United States ) Omar Garza ( United States )
2011 fixed tip Mike Hout ( United States ) Chris Neff ( United States ) Darren Kim ( United States )
2012 Carlos Solís ( Nicaragua ) Brian Caster ( United States ) Mark Hayward ( United States )
2013 Gustavo Castro ( Mexico ) Tyler Young ( United States ) Salvador Martinez ( Mexico )
2014 Tyler Young ( United States ) Daniel Konecny ( Czech Republic ) Jakub Konecny ( Czech Republic )
2015 TAO Jorge Alcoz ( Uruguay ) Kazuhito Miki ( Japan ) Keita Watanabe ( Japan )
2016 Chris Neff ( United States ) Eli Hickerson ( United States ) Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan )
2017 Jakub Konecny ( Czech Republic ) Daniel Konecny ( Czech Republic ) Jose Madrigal ( United States )
2018 Kanta Tani ( Japan ) Jun Shimamura ( Japan ) Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan )
2019 Eli Hickerson ( United States ) ( tie ) Jose Madrigal ( United States ) ( tie ) Takahiko Hasegawa ( Japan )
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List of World Yo-Yo Champions is the list of the competitors who won the World Yo-Yo Contest. This list includes non-championship divisions.