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)