Adeline Gray of the United States in competition. Photo by Larry Slater

BURGAS, Bulgaria - Adeline Gray (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a gold medal at 67 kg/147.5 lbs. on the final day of the Dan Kolov International on Sunday.

Gray won all three of her matches in a four-athlete roundrobin, including a pin of runner-up Ralitsa Ivanova of Bulgaria in her final match.

Gray was fifth in the 2009 World Championships and a 2008 Junior World champion. It was her first competition after missing a year due to injury.

Placing fifth at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. was two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony, (Huntington Beach, Calif./New York AC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. 

Anthony won her first match, then was defeated by eventual champion Burcu Kebic of Turkey, 6-8, 0-1. She fell in the bronze medal bout to Graziela Dragoeva of Bulgaria, 0-4, 0-3.

Two U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers fell short of the medal rounds at the Nikola Petrov International on Sunday, Matt Holt (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and C.P. Schlatter (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm), both at 66 kg/145.5 lbs.

The U.S. won eight medals during the three days of the competition.

DAN KOLOV INTERNATIONAL
at Bourgas, Bulgaria, Feb. 27

Women’s freestyle medalists

48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold - Burcu Kebic (Turkey)
Silver - Sumeyye Sezer (Turkey)
Bronze - Mezien Marwa (Tunisia)
Bronze - Gratziela Dragoeva (Bulgaria)

67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Gold - Adeline Gray (USA)
Silver - Ralitsa Ivanova (Bulgaria)
Bronze- Burcu Orskaya (Turkey)
4th - Adina Popoescu (Romania)

U.S. women’s performances

48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (New York AC), 5th
WIN Papa Dimitrova (Bulgaria), 2-0, 3-1
LOSS Burcu Kebic (Turkey), 6-8, 0-1
LOSS Graziela Dragoeva (Bulgaria), 0-4, 0-3

67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Adeline Gray, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Adina Popoescu (Romania), 1-0, 6-0
WIN Burcu Orskaya (Turkey), 1-0, 7-0
WIN Ralitsa Ivanova (Bulgaria), 4-2, pin

NIKOLA PETROV INTERNATIONAL
at Bourgas, Bulgaria, Feb. 27

Greco-Roman medalists

55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Aleksandar Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
Silver - Venelin Venkov (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Victor Ciobanu (Moldova)
Bronze - Garip Bayram (Turkey)

66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Yunus Ozel (Turkey)
Silver - Carpen Georgian (Romania)
Bronze - Manuchar Turmanidze (Georgia)
Bronze – Anton Mamagieshvili (Georgia)

Men’s Greco-Roman performances

66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Matt Holt, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp
LOSS Emilian Todorov (Bulgaria), 1-0, 5-0

66 kg/145.5 lbs. – C.P. Schlatter, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), dnp
WIN Ilhan Myumyunov (Bulgaria), 2-0, 5-0
LOSS Pascal Strebel (Switzerland), 0-2, 3-0, 1-2