SOFIA, Bulgaria â€" The U.S. won three medals on the final day of the Petko Sirakov and Ivan Iliev Junior International on Sunday.

Capturing a gold medal was Ben Provisor (Stevens Point, Wis./USOEC) at 84 kg/185 lbs. Winning a silver medal at 55 kg/121 lbs. was Jesse Thieike (Germantown, Wis./Ringers). Bringing home a bronze medal at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. was Ellis Coleman (Oak Park, Ill./USOEC).

“We wrestled a lot better today, bringing home a gold, silver and bronze medal,” said National Greco-Roman Developmental Coach Ike Anderson. “Ben Provisor wrestled very well against a French wrestler in the finals, winning the bout in three periods.”

Provisor was 4-0 for the day, including a victory in the gold-medal bout against Cyrih Vescau of France, 1-0, 0-2, 1-0.

Other opponents who Provisor beat were Nikolay Nikityuk of Kazakhstan, Milad Derakhshi of Iran and Zoltan Vasas of Hungary.

Provisor was named the top international wrestler of the tournament for his tremendous performance. 

Thielke won his first three matches, including an exciting second-period pin over Saman Abdouli Iran in the semifinals. In the gold-medal match, Thielke lost a close battle to Aisultan Baizakov of Kazakhstan, 0-1, 0-1.

Both Thielke and Provisor were 2009 U.S. Junior World Team members.

Coleman won three straight bouts to open the tournament, defeating opponents from Romania, the Czech Republic and Iran. In the semifinals, he was beaten by Renat Nigmatulin of Kazakhstan. He bounced back to win the bronze-medal bout against Yousef Ghaderiyan of Iran.

Three other U.S. wrestlers who competed on Sunday did not place in their divisions. The U.S. did not win a medal on Saturday. 

Traditionally, the USA brings a FILA-Junior level team to this very competitive event, providing quality international experience to top young Greco-Roman talents.

PETKO SIRAKOV AND IVAN ILIEV JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL
At Sofia, Bulgaria, March 21, 2010

Medalists

50 kg/110 lbs.
Gold - Zhanserik Sarsembiyev (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Amir Kabomeri (Iran)
Bronze - Nikolay Vichev (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Talgahan Karatas (Turkey)

55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Aisultan Baizakov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Jesse Thielke (United States)
Bronze - Artur Umbektaliyev (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Murat Batmaz (Turkey)

60 kg/132 lbs.
Gold - Istvan Kozak (Hungary) 
Silver - Valentin Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Hasan Tahsin Ozkul (Turkey)
Bronze - Yerbol Kikbayev (Kazakhstan)

66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)
Silver - Renat Nigmatulin (Kazakhstan)
Bronze - Ellis Coleman (United States)
Bronze - Askhat Zhanbirov (Kazakhstan)

74 kg/163 lbs. 
Gold - Maxat Yerezhepov (Kazakhstan)
Silver - Kamal Mohammedalizadeh (Iran)
Bronze - Radi Nedkov (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Daniel Hlavati (Hungary)

84 kg/185 lbs.
Gold - Ben Provisor (United States)
Silver - Cyrih Vescau (France)
Bronze - Stanislav Kanev (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Nikolay Nikityuk (Kazakhstan)

96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Gold - Hyusein Hyusein (Bulgaria)
Silver - Gyorgy Rizmajer (Hungary)
Bronze - Serkan Aydemir (Turkey)
Bronze - Mojtaba Mamizadeh (Iran)

120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Gold - Nazari Parsa (Iran)
Silver - Balint Lam (Hungary)
Bronze - Marco Koscevic (Croatia)
Bronze - Bayram Nigar (Turkey)

The best international wrestler GR - Benjamin Provisor, 84 kg, USA
The best Bulgarian wrestler GR - Hyusein Hyusein, 96 kg, BUL

U.S. performances on Sunday

55 kg/121 lbs. - Jesse Thieike, Germantown, Wis. (Ringers), 2nd
WIN Murat Batmaz (Turkey), 5-0, 8-2 
WIN Radoslav Vasilev (Bulgaria), 8-0, 4-0
WIN Saman Abdouli (Iran)- 0-2, pin 1:12 of 2nd period
LOSS Aisultan Baizakov (Kazakhstan), 0-1, 0-1

55 kg/121 lbs. - Max Nowry, Wheeling, Ill. (USOEC)
LOSS Rasul Kaliyev (Kazakhstan), 6-0, 6-0
LOSS opponent name unavailable (Iran), 1-0, 3-1

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Ellis Coleman, Oak Park, Ill. (USOEC), 3rd
WIN Florin Mocanu (Romania), 4-0, 7-0
WIN Filip Dubsky (Czech Republic), 1-0, 0-2, 6-0
WIN Mehdi Zeidvand (Iran), 1-0, 2-0
LOSS Renat Nigmatulin(Kazakhstan), 0-1, 0-2
WIN Yousef Ghaderiyan (Iran), 6-0, 1-0

66 kg/145.5 - Joshua Castellano, Wood Dale, Ill. (USOEC), dnp
LOSS Emre Kavralogiu (Turkey), 0-1, 0-1

84 kg/185 lbs. - Ben Provisor, Stevens Point, Wis. (USOEC), 1st
WIN Nikolay Nikityuk (Kazakhstan), 1-1, 4-0, 1-0
WIN Milad Derakhshi (Iran), 1-0, 2-0
WIN Zoltan Vasas (Hungary), 1-0, 1-0
WIN Cyrih Vescau (France), 1-0, 0-2, 1-0

84 kg/185 lbs. - Tanner Andrews, North Aurora, Ill. (USOEC), dnp
LOSS Mehdi Zeidvand (Iran), 0-2, 0-1