Competitors Who Have Changed Their Name
Updated on 20 Aug 2025.
| # | WCA ID | Approx. Date | Old Name | New Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| 122 | 2022LAWH01 | 18 Jul 2025 | 🇭🇰 Hei-Chit Law | 🇦🇺 Larry Law |
| 121 | 2016MANN01 | 13 Jul 2025 | 🇺🇸 Evan Mann | 🇯🇵 Evan Akira Mann (マンエヴァン朗) |
| 120 | 2020WILB01 | 5 Jul 2025 | 🇺🇸 Joshua Wilbourn | 🇺🇸 Joshua Holmes |
| 119 | 2024MEER03 | 1 Jul 2025 | 🇧🇪 Warre Meersman | 🇧🇪 Warre Meersman Pays |
| 118 | 2015FERA01 | 14 Jun 2025 | 🇺🇸 Rachel Feran | 🇺🇸 Rachel Smith |
| 117 | 2022LEES08 | 18 May 2025 | 🇺🇸 Sunghyun Lee | 🇺🇸 Steve Lee |
| 116 | 2014KADA02 | 27 Apr 2025 | 🇺🇸 Rashad Kadado | 🇱🇧 Rashad Kadado (رشاد قدادو) |
| 115 | 2023TSER03 | 20 Apr 2025 | 🇲🇳 Bayanmunkh Tserendolgor | 🇲🇳 Bayanmunkh Bat-Erdene (Цэрэндолгор Баянмөнх) |
| 113 | 2016HOOV01 | 23 Mar 2025 | 🇺🇸 Cailyn Hoover | 🇺🇸 Cailyn Sinclair |
| 113 | 2019RAND07 | 23 Mar 2025 | 🇫🇷 Deban Ryan Mika Voasoratra Randrema | 🇲🇬 Ryan Randrema |
| 112 | 2023CUIZ02 | 21 Mar 2025 | 🇨🇳 Zhanhao Cui (崔展豪) | 🇨🇳 Chenxiao Lang (郎宸骁) |
| 111 | 2009TISS01 | 14 Feb 2025 | 🇫🇷 Lina Tissier | 🇫🇷 Lina Weyer |
| 2024 | ||||
| 110 | 2024DAEL01 | 8 Dec 2024 | 🇺🇸 Eryn Dael | 🇺🇸 Eryn Barwinski |
| 108 | 2012GOOD02 | 28 Sep 2024 | 🇬🇧 Callum James Goodyear | 🇬🇧 Callum James Goodyear-Jørgensen |
| 108 | 2015JORG01 | 28 Sep 2024 | 🇩🇰 Mikela Elleby Jørgensen | 🇩🇰 Mikela Elleby Goodyear-Jørgensen |
| 107 | 2017THIO01 | 23 Jun 2024 | 🇫🇷 Noémie Thiollier | 🇫🇷 Noémie Delaby |
| 106 | 2014JACO04 | 11 May 2024 | 🇿🇦 Shane Jacobs | 🇿🇦 Shane Heldsinger |
| 105 | 2023HANN13 | 28 Apr 2024 | 🇫🇮 Ahti Hänninen | 🇫🇮 Ahti Isohanni |
| 104 | 2022KUCK01 | 27 Apr 2024 | 🇨🇿 Amelia Sarah Kuckova | 🇨🇿 Amelia Sarah Kucek |
| 103 | 2018SETH01 | 6 Apr 2024 | 🇮🇳 Aryan Seth | 🇮🇳 Aryan Malhotra |
| 102 | 2019BUCH04 | 31 Mar 2024 | 🇬🇧 Rachael Buchanan | 🇬🇧 Rachael Spendla |
| 101 | 2014GOLD01 | 24 Mar 2024 | 🇨🇦 Natan Goldberg | 🇨🇦 Natan Sakajiri |
| 100 | 2017SHIN02 | 2 Mar 2024 | 🇯🇵 Naoto Shinagawa (品川直登) | 🇯🇵 Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登) |
| 99 | 2017NAKA04 | 11 Feb 2024 | 🇵🇭 Yoshi Hero Nakamura | 🇯🇵 Yoshihiro Nakamura (中村良弘) |
| 98 | 2022UTKI01 | 20 Jan 2024 | 🇺🇿 Humoyun Utkirov | 🇺🇿 Humoyun Mamasharipov |
| 95 | 2012JAME04 | 13 Jan 2024 | 🇮🇳 Daniel James | 🇮🇳 Daniel M. James |
| 95 | 2013KATO01 | 13 Jan 2024 | 🇺🇸 Eva Kato | 🇯🇵 Eva Kato (加藤映葉) |
| 95 | 2023MEND66 | 13 Jan 2024 | 🇨🇴 Omar Nehimar Olarte Mendoza | 🇨🇴 Omar Nehimar Villarreal Mendoza |
| 94 | 2013CONA02 | 3 Jan 2024 | 🇺🇸 Dana Conard | 🇺🇸 Dana Londot |
| 2023 | ||||
| 91 | 2017ERSH01 | 17 Dec 2023 | 🇮🇩 Alevio Hamizan Ersha | 🇦🇺 Alevio Efendi |
| 91 | 2017ERSH02 | 17 Dec 2023 | 🇮🇩 Alvaro Haidar Ersha | 🇦🇺 Alvaro Efendi |
| 91 | 2021BAIE01 | 17 Dec 2023 | 🇩🇪 Anna-Marie Baier | 🇩🇪 Anna-Marie Freitag |
| 90 | 2011LUDW01 | 16 Dec 2023 | 🇩🇪 Timo Ludwig | 🇩🇪 Timo Brembeck |
| 89 | 2019WILL30 | 11 Nov 2023 | 🇦🇺 Madeline Willoughby | 🇦🇺 Madeline Willoughby-Khan |
| 88 | 2023VORA04 | 5 Nov 2023 | 🇹🇭 Kamin Voramaskul (คามิน วรมาศกุล) | 🇹🇭 Kamin Chotmetakij (คามิน โชติเมธากิจ) |
| 87 | 2016PALC02 | 29 Oct 2023 | 🇺🇦 Leonid Palchenko (Леонід Пальченко) | 🇺🇦 Leonid Salzmann |
| 85 | 2014OHLE01 | 1 Oct 2023 | 🇩🇪 Simone Ohler | 🇩🇪 Simone Bentlage |
| 85 | 2016SUGI01 | 1 Oct 2023 | 🇵🇭 Yamato Sugita | 🇯🇵 Yamato Sugita (杉田大和) |
| 83 | 2012SADO01 | 10 Sep 2023 | 🇺🇦 Anna Sadovska (Анна Садовська) | 🇺🇦 Anna Stoiko (Анна Стойко) |
| 83 | 2017MURA05 | 10 Sep 2023 | 🇮🇳 Meenakshi Muralidharan | 🇮🇳 Meenakshi D. Nair |
| 82 | 2017ZHAN89 | 2 Sep 2023 | 🇨🇳 Wenshuo Zhang (张文硕) | 🇰🇷 MoonSuk Chang (장문석) |
| 81 | 2018KANZ01 | 27 Aug 2023 | 🇯🇵 Yuko Kanzaki (神崎裕子) | 🇯🇵 Yuko Aoyagi (青柳裕子) |
| 80 | 2018DIGG01 | 20 Aug 2023 | 🇬🇧 Skye Diggle | 🇬🇧 Skye Turner |
| 79 | 2017QAYU01 | 5 Aug 2023 | 🇬🇧 Kirill Qayum | 🇬🇧 Kirill Spencer |
| 78 | 2022CHEU03 | 30 Jul 2023 | 🇬🇧 Aiden Cheung | 🇬🇧 Aiden Yau |
| 77 | 2014CHOC01 | 23 Jul 2023 | 🇵🇱 Zuzanna Chociej | 🇵🇱 Zuzanna Radziszewska |
| 76 | 2016WILE01 | 8 Jul 2023 | 🇺🇸 Kristin Wiley | 🇺🇸 Kristin Knowles |
| 75 | 2021ARND01 | 1 Jul 2023 | 🇺🇸 Sam Arndt | 🇺🇸 Sam Arndt-Ambrose |
| 74 | 2015COLL08 | 25 Jun 2023 | 🇬🇧 Jonathan Collins | 🇬🇧 Jon Brean |
| 73 | 2017KANG10 | 23 Apr 2023 | 🇨🇳 Qiming Kang (康琦铭) | 🇨🇳 Yinan Luo (罗熠南) |
| 2022 | ||||
| 72 | 2019AMED01 | 4 Sep 2022 | 🇦🇺 Brianna Amedovski | 🇦🇺 Brianna Edwards |
| 71 | 2013KOST03 | 28 Aug 2022 | 🇺🇦 Olha Kostohryzova (Ольга Костогризова) | 🇺🇦 Olga Makeeva (Ольга Макєєва) |
| 69 | 2014MATV02 | 14 Aug 2022 | 🇺🇦 Liliia Matviishena (Лілія Матвіїшена) | 🇺🇦 Lilia Mazhugivska (Лілія Мажугівська) |
| 69 | 2016DOLC01 | 14 Aug 2022 | 🇩🇴 Nelson Dolce | 🇩🇴 Nelson Casilla |
| 68 | 2017KUPR02 | 17 Jul 2022 | 🇷🇺 Arseniy Kuprin | 🇨🇿 Arsenij Kuprin |
| 67 | 2019RAGH04 | 10 Jul 2022 | 🇪🇬 Rafik Sarwat Naeem Ragheb | 🇪🇬 Rafik Eskandar |
| 66 | 2019MINC02 | 25 Jun 2022 | 🇺🇸 Chong Min | 🇰🇷 Chong Min (민총) |
| 65 | 2019KNEZ02 | 24 Apr 2022 | 🇦🇺 Xavier Knez | 🇦🇺 Xavier Naess |
| 64 | 2015CABE01 | 10 Apr 2022 | 🇨🇱 Rodrigo Cabezas | 🇨🇱 Rodrigo Lucas Pardo |
| 63 | 2018CHOR02 | 20 Mar 2022 | 🇵🇱 Marta Choroszko | 🇵🇱 Marta Sandra Duraj |
| 2021 | ||||
| 62 | 2016LOPE44 | 11 Dec 2021 | 🇪🇸 Mauro Moises López | 🇪🇸 Mauro Moisés Ortega López |
| 61 | 2013SING12 | 7 Nov 2021 | 🇮🇳 Abhimanyu Singhal | 🇺🇸 Abhimanyu Singhal (अभिमन्यु सिंघल) |
| 60 | 2020SCHR03 | 6 Nov 2021 | 🇩🇪 Christina Schrand | 🇩🇪 Christina Bessel |
| 59 | 2013FEDI01 | 30 Oct 2021 | 🇷🇺 Oleg Fedichkin | 🇷🇺 Oleg Akkerman |
| 58 | 2015PARK13 | 17 Oct 2021 | 🇰🇷 Danny SungIn Park | 🇺🇸 Danny Sungin Park (박성인) |
| 57 | 2017BOBY01 | 5 Sep 2021 | 🇺🇦 Oleksandra Bobylieva (Олександра Бобилєва) | 🇺🇦 Oleksandra Lukina (Олександра Лукіна) |
| 56 | 2009CHRI03 | 31 Jul 2021 | 🇩🇪 Nora Christ | 🇩🇪 Nora Akkersdijk |
| 55 | 2012KRAM01 | 25 Jul 2021 | 🇺🇦 Daryna Kramskykh (Дарина Крамських) | 🇺🇦 Daryna Bilchenko (Дарина Більченко) |
| 54 | 2018LAZO01 | 4 Jul 2021 | 🇲🇰 Aleksandra Lazovska | 🇲🇰 Aleksandra Arsovska |
| 53 | 2011TORG01 | 3 Jul 2021 | 🇷🇺 Ivan Torgashov (Иван Торгашов) | 🇮🇱 Ivan Torgashov |
| 52 | 2010PALM01 | 23 May 2021 | 🇳🇿 William Palmer | 🇳🇿 William Jestin Palmer |
| 51 | 2009BRZE01 | 9 Jan 2021 | 🇵🇱 Kalina Brzezińska | 🇵🇱 Kalina Jakubowska |
| 2020 | ||||
| 50 | 2016ZHAG02 | 15 Mar 2020 | 🇨🇳 Guobin Zhang (张国彬) | 🇨🇳 Junyan Zhang (张钧焱) |
| 2019 | ||||
| 49 | 2019KHAF01 | 21 Dec 2019 | 🇷🇺 Denis Khafizov | 🇷🇺 Denis Dunaev |
| 48 | 2015ZHAV01 | 7 Dec 2019 | 🇧🇾 Yulia Zhavoronok | 🇧🇾 Yulia Ushakova (Юлия Ушакова) |
| 47 | 2015COOK03 | 14 Sep 2019 | 🇺🇸 Sarah Cook | 🇺🇸 Sarah Olson |
| 46 | 2014TRAY01 | 8 Sep 2019 | 🇬🇧 Lorna Traynor | 🇬🇧 Lorna Sheerin |
| 45 | 2018ZAND01 | 16 Jun 2019 | 🇲🇳 Erkhembileg Zandan-Ish | 🇲🇳 Erkhembileg Khos-Erdene |
| 44 | 2015YAKH01 | 9 Mar 2019 | 🇮🇱 Daniel Yakhkind | 🇺🇦 Daniel Yakhkind (Даніель Яхкінд) |
| 43 | 2017KOPR02 | 10 Feb 2019 | 🇧🇦 Jelena Koprivica | 🇧🇦 Jelena Gašić |
| 2018 | ||||
| 42 | 2013UREK01 | 16 Dec 2018 | 🇵🇱 Karolina Żurek | 🇵🇱 Karolina Matczak |
| 40 | 2004KRIG01 | 4 Nov 2018 | 🇸🇪 Gunnar Krig | 🇸🇪 Gunnar Kantare Krig |
| 40 | 2014KANT02 | 4 Nov 2018 | 🇸🇪 Sara Kantare | 🇸🇪 Sara Kantare Krig |
| 39 | 2014STAN01 | 22 Sep 2018 | 🇷🇴 Bianca Maria Stanciu | 🇷🇴 Bianca Maria Căpăţinescu |
| 38 | 2018STAR01 | 1 Jul 2018 | 🇷🇺 Nikita Starostin | 🇷🇺 Nikita Galiullin |
| 37 | 2016BADE01 | 6 May 2018 | 🇿🇦 Sandra Badenhorst | 🇿🇦 Sandra Gray |
| 35 | 2016DUAN01 | 1 May 2018 | 🇨🇳 Mengyu Duan (段梦雨) | 🇨🇳 Yicheng Duan (段易成) |
| 35 | 2018CHEN65 | 1 May 2018 | 🇨🇳 Zhuo Chen (陈卓) | 🇨🇳 Jinghao Chen (陈景淏) |
| 34 | 2016TANG01 | 29 Apr 2018 | 🇨🇳 Moshi Tang (唐默石) | 🇺🇸 Moshi Tang |
| 33 | 2015YAKH01 | 25 Feb 2018 | 🇺🇦 Daniel Yakhkind (Даніель Яхкінд) | 🇮🇱 Daniel Yakhkind |
| 2017 | ||||
| 32 | 2015HAST01 | 26 Dec 2017 | 🇺🇸 Jeidun Hastriter | 🇺🇸 Jeidun Duncan |
| 31 | 2016STAT01 | 29 Oct 2017 | 🇬🇷 Yanna Stathopoulos | 🇬🇧 Joanna Stathopoulos |
| 29 | 2013KLEM01 | 25 Jun 2017 | 🇺🇸 Lauren Klemz | 🇺🇸 Lauren Clement |
| 29 | 2015PARK11 | 25 Jun 2017 | 🇰🇷 Changhee Peter Park | 🇺🇸 Peter Changhee Park |
| 28 | 2012BLAC02 | 11 Jun 2017 | 🇺🇸 Christina Blackburn | 🇺🇸 Christina Rowland |
| 27 | 2007CINO01 | 10 Jun 2017 | 🇧🇷 Rafael Werneck Cinoto | 🇧🇷 Rafael de Andrade Cinoto |
| 26 | 2014AKAB01 | 18 Feb 2017 | 🇯🇵 Aya Akabane (赤羽文) | 🇯🇵 Aya Ishikura (石倉文) |
| 25 | 2011CHEN54 | 7 Jan 2017 | 🇨🇳 Yuxuan Chen (陈雨璇) | 🇺🇸 Yuxuan Chen |
| 2016 | ||||
| 24 | 2014YAGU01 | 13 Nov 2016 | 🇷🇺 Odissey Yagubov | 🇷🇺 Odissey Yakovidis |
| 23 | 2013LEVI03 | 29 May 2016 | 🇺🇸 Lorelei Leviton | 🇺🇸 Lorelei Aiedail Kuusisto |
| 2014 | ||||
| 22 | 2014HABO01 | 22 Oct 2014 | 🇺🇦 Márk Gábor (Марк Габор) | 🇭🇺 Márk Gábor |
| 2013 | ||||
| 21 | 2013ENGE01 | 21 Sep 2013 | 🇺🇸 Katie Engel | 🇺🇸 Katie Hardwick |
| 20 | 2013SSWO01 | 19 Jun 2013 | 🇦🇹 Wolfram Süß | 🇦🇹 Wolfram Lenhard |
| 2012 | ||||
| 19 | 2012MARI01 | 18 Aug 2012 | 🇮🇳 Neetha Marian | 🇮🇳 Neetha Jacob |
| 18 | 2012BOGD02 | 2 Jun 2012 | 🇭🇺 Márk Bogdán | 🇭🇺 Márk István Maráczi |
| 17 | 2012NADA01 | 20 May 2012 | 🇷🇺 Alex Nadaraya | 🇬🇷 Alexis Nantaragia |
| 16 | 2012SIDO01 | 22 Apr 2012 | 🇷🇺 Yulia Sidorova | 🇷🇺 Yulia Gritsenko |
| 2011 | ||||
| 15 | 2011OPAN01 | 11 Oct 2011 | 🇺🇦 Yuliia Opanasenko (Юлія Опанасенко) | 🇺🇦 Yuliia Ostapenko (Юлія Остапенко) |
| 14 | 2011COTT01 | 27 Jul 2011 | 🇺🇸 Channae Cotterell | 🇺🇸 Channae Anderson |
| 13 | 2011LINJ04 | 16 Jul 2011 | 🇹🇼 Jin-Yu Lin (林進裕) | 🇹🇼 Ting-Xian Lin (林廷縣) |
| 2010 | ||||
| 12 | 2010VOGR01 | 21 Jul 2010 | 🇸🇮 Petra Vogrinec | 🇸🇮 Petra Kobal Vogrinec |
| 2009 | ||||
| 11 | 2009LUXF01 | 2 Oct 2009 | 🇳🇿 Jermal Luxford | 🇳🇿 Jermal Taliauli |
| 10 | 2009LINJ06 | 28 Jul 2009 | 🇨🇳 Junmin Lin (林晙旻) | 🇨🇳 Chenxuan Su (苏宸轩) |
| 9 | 2009PLIT01 | 29 Mar 2009 | 🇷🇺 Maria Plitina | 🇷🇺 Maria Timoshchenko |
| 8 | 2009KOYA01 | 8 Mar 2009 | 🇯🇵 Chika Koyama | 🇯🇵 Chika Morita (森田知香) |
| 2008 | ||||
| 7 | 2008OMYO01 | 26 Jul 2008 | 🇯🇵 Sanae Omyo (大名佐苗) | 🇯🇵 Sanae Yamashita (山下佐苗) |
| 6 | 2008KWAS01 | 12 Apr 2008 | 🇵🇱 Tonia Kwaśniewska | 🇵🇱 Tonia Kowalczyk |
| 2007 | ||||
| 5 | 2007BLAC02 | 10 Jul 2007 | 🇬🇧 Laura Blackburn | 🇬🇧 Laura Johnson |
| 4 | 2007JOON01 | 30 Jun 2007 | 🇰🇷 Park Joon-Ho | 🇺🇸 Joon Ho Park |
| 2006 | ||||
| 3 | 2006SAWL01 | 9 Sep 2006 | 🇺🇸 Jaclyn Sawler | 🇺🇸 Jaclyn Burton |
| 2005 | ||||
| 2 | 2005TSUJ01 | 7 Sep 2005 | 🇯🇵 Yoshimi Tsuji | 🇯🇵 Yoshimi Tomita (富田よし美) |
| 2004 | ||||
| 1 | 2004COCK01 | 10 Jul 2004 | 🇺🇸 Christy Cockerham | 🇺🇸 Christy Morris |