Pool pairings released for Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships
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John Fuller (USA Wrestling)
09/22/2004
Pool pairings have been released for Divisions A (35-40 years old), D (51-55 years old) and E (56 + years old) at the 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships in Seinajoki, Finland. Competition for these three divisions will begin on Thursday, September 23. Divisions B (41-45 years old) and C (46-50 years old) will weigh in on the 23rd. For complete information on the 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships, visit http://members.surfeu.fi/ls_spl/WVC2004/wvc2004.htm. Following are the U.S. athlete pool matchups for Divisions A, D and E. Division A (35-40 years old) 85 kg - Jeffery Anderson (Elburn, Ill.) vs. Jukka Lehtinen (Finland) vs. Morad Shiri (Iran) vs. Roy Andersen (Norway) 85 kg - Todd Falk (San Diego, Calif.) vs. Kooresh Nezhad (Iran) vs. Sergey Gizatulin (Russia) vs. Eugen Riedel (Germany) 97 kg - Wayne Purtell (Bay City, Mich.) vs. Yuri Seukhikh (Russia) vs. Juha Jokinen (Finland) Division D (51-55 years old) 97 kg - Ron Cole (Federal Way, Wash.) vs. Nikolay Botchkarev (Russia) vs. Peter Hallander (Sweden) Division E (56 + years old) 69 kg - Kevin Martin (Philadelphia, Pa.) vs. Konstantin Buzuliu (Russia) vs. Urgesh Myrzagerey (Kazakhstan) 76 kg - Barry Aiken (Bremerton, Wash.) vs. Arto Savolainen (Finland) vs. Aliakbar Pilehvar (Iran) 85 kg - Donald Apodaca (Huntington Beach, Calif.) vs. Alexander Maltsev (Russia) vs. Gholamali Sheykhinejad (Iran) vs. Dieter Heuer (Germany) 97 kg - Bob Anderson (Chula Vista, Calif.) vs. Anatoly Pozdnyakov (Russia) vs. Mohammad Hassankhar (Iran)