Three American wrestlers win Greco-Roman medals at Veterans World Championships
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09/25/2008
PERM, Russia - Three American Greco-Roman wrestlers have captured medals at the Veterans World Championships.
Gerald Ponce of Antioch, Calif., earned a silver medal in Division E (56 years and older) at 130 kg/286 lbs.
Two other Americans captured bronze medals. Stephen Horton of Schertz, Texas, won a bronze in Division B (41-45 years old) at 69 kg/152 lbs. and Gregg Stensgard of Vernal, Utah, won a bronze in Division C (46-50 years old) at 85 kg/187.25 lbs.
The tournament continues with freestyle competition being held this weekend.
Division B (41-45 years old)
58 kg/127.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Igor Chuev (Russia)
Silver medal - Jalali Asadollah (Iran)
Bronze medal - Andrey Galinov (Russia)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Farhad Rezaei (Iran)
Silver medal - Mykola Zhytovoz (Ukrane)
Bronze medal - Aleksey Chistyakov (Russia)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold medal - Alexander Smirnov (Russia)
Silver medal - Stanislav Sludkin (Russia)
Bronze medal - Stephen Horton (USA)
Bronze medal - Valentin Borisov (Russia)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold medal - Bahram Seifkhani (Sweden)
Silver medal - Saulius Matuolis (Lithuania)
Bronze medal - Rassol Dehbozorgi (Iran)
Bronze medal - Paul Frederic (France)
85 kg/187.25 lbs.
Gold medal - Martin Inge Dalsbotten (Norway)
Silver medal - Thomas Christoffer Molin (Sweden)
Bronze medal - Morad Shiri (Iran)
Bronze medal - Nejad Moghaddam (Sweden)
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Grabovetski Igor (Moldova)
Silver medal - Ogloblin Volodimir (Russia)
Bronze medal - Karapetyan Arsen (Armenia)
Bronze medal - Mohammad Marzban (Iran)
130 kg/286 lbs.
Gold medal - Omer Kastan (Turkish)
Silver medal - Oleg Tashilin (Russia)
Bronze medal - Vadim Afanasyev (Russia)
Bronze medal - Viktor Suprunenko (Ukraine)
Division C (46-50 years old)
58 kg/127.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Uzgur Alaettin (Turkey)
Silver medal - Nikolay Vidov (Bulgary)
Bronze medal - Ramil Rahmangoolov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Evgeniy Nikitin (Russia)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Nylypyuk Mykhaylo (Ukrane)
Silver medal - Dmitry Zangirov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Zhora Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Bronze medal - Ahmet Bayraktar (Turkey)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold medal - Hosseini Kalashami Manouchehr (Iran)
Silver medal - Sergey Balchugov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Alexandr Kolesnikov (Kazakhstan)
Bronze medal - Nikolay Kolmykov (Russia)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold medal - Victor Kukushkin (Russia)
Silver medal - Oleg Lobov Oleg (Russia)
Bronze medal - Adyrkhaiev Soslan (Ukraine)
Bronze medal - Shtabatenko Tahir (Russia)
85 kg/187.25 lbs.
Gold medal - Wilhelm Schroeder (Germany)
Silver medal - Ismail Batyrov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Ovdin Gennadiy (Russia)
Bronze medal - Gregg Stensgard (USA)
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Yuriy Dyukov (Russia)
Silver medal - Igor Kutkov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Khosh Tinat Bakhtiar (Iran)
Bronze medal - Milos Govedarica (Germany)
130 kg/286 lbs.
Gold medal - Emil Toth (Hungary)
Silver medal - Alexandr Pisakin (Russia)
Bronze medal - Istvan Foldesi (Hungary)
Bronze medal - Yuriy Yuriy (Russia)
Division D (51-55 years old)
58 kg/127.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Radjabi Gholamreza (Iran)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Sergey Yakovlev (Russia)
Silver medal - Elman Alinaghiyev Elman (Azerbaijain)
Bronze medal - Uladzimir Barshchai (Belarus)
Bronze medal - Seyed Hossein Mousavisaein (Iran)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold medal - Viloriy Kornetov (Russia)
Silver medal - Yuriy Baklykov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Gennadiy Suhorukov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Isypov Vyacheslav (Russia)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold medal - Shaydullin Ilgiz (Russia)
Silver medal - Alismanov Shakarhan (Azerbaijain)
Bronze medal - Tartlan Tiit (Estonia)
Bronze medal - Aliabbasov Alisahab (Azerbaijain)
85 kg/187.25 lbs.
Gold medal - Li-u Pavel (Russia)
Silver medal - Namazaliyev Afsar (Azerbaijain)
Bronze medal - Alexander Petrov (Russia)
Bronze medal - Igor Antropov (Russia)
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Miroslaw Wieczorkiewicz (Poland)
Silver medal - Ahmad Saki Pour (Iran)
Bronze medal - J Gaderi (Iran)
130 kg/286 lbs.
Gold medal - Vladimir Kolesnikov (Russia)
Silver medal - Isa Sayadi (Iran)
Bronze medal - Anatoliy Shakin (Ukrain)
Bronze medal - Oldrich Dvorak (Czech Republic)
Division E (56-and-over)
58 kg
Gold medal - Alexandr Korenkov (Russia)
Silver medal - Malik Gizatulin (Russia)
Bronze medal - Ali Moham Taheri (Iran)
Bronze medal - Viktor Chirkov (Russia)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Mikhail Lukin (Russia)
Silver medal - Nikolai Kudinov Nikolai (Russia)
Bronze medal - Akram Abbasali (Iran)
Bronze medal - Ispaev Janabergen (Russia)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold medal - Nikolay Chuchenko (Ukraine)
Silver medal - Igor Korolkov (Ukraine)
Bronze medal - Seyed Heidari (Iran)
Bronze medal - Ola Timo Veikko (Finland)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold medal - Valeriy Antipov (Russia)
Silver medal - Bela Grosz (Hungary)
Bronze medal - Tagir Galeev (Russia)
Bronze medal - Leonid Gumen (Ukraine)
85 kg/187.25 lbs.
Gold medal - Valeriy Tanachev (Russia)
Silver medal - Serafim Tomilin (Russia)
Bronze medal - Konc Istvan (Serbia)
Bronze medal - Hojabry Kamran (Iran)
97 kg/213.75 lbs.
Gold medal - Zoltan Fekete (Hungary)
Silver medal - Theodor Sammet (Germany)
Bronze medal - Vladimir Bochkarev (Russia)
Bronze medal - Peter Kulikov (Germany)
130 kg/286 lbs.
Gold medal - Alexander Krasnov (Russia)
Silver medal - Gerald Ponce (USA)
Bronze medal - Ivan Korets' (Ukraine)
Bronze medal - Albertas Kavaliunas (Lithuania)