GHAFFARI AND  NIEBUHR WIN SILVER MEDALS, BOSCH WINS A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE HUNGARY GRAND PRIX IN NYIREGYHAZA, HUNGARY, MARCH 6-7 
 Two U.S. wrestlers claimed Greco-Roman silver  medals and one captured the bronze medal at the 1999 Hungary Grand Prix in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, March 6-7.  
 Silver medalists at the Hungary Grand Prix were 1996 Olympic silver medalistMatt Ghaffari (Avon Lake, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 286 pounds and Dan Niebuhr (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 187.25 pounds.  
 Ethan Bosch (Colorado Springs, Colo/New York AC) won the bronze medal for the United States at 187.5 pounds. 
 Ghaffari had a 4-2 record in the tournament. In the second round, Ghaffari dropped a 4-1 decision to 1997 World silver medalist Mihaly Deak Bardos of Hungary. Although he was second in his pool competition, Ghaffari won two matches in a special wrestle-off to qualify for the semifinals. After advancing over  Gyula Branda of Hungary in the semifinals, Ghaffari lost by injury default to Deak Bardos in the gold-medal match. 
 Niebuhr first won by injury default over Laszlo Kiraly of Hungary then decisioned Andras Balla of Hungary, 3-0, to move to the quarterfinals. He then pinned Marcin Letki of Poland to move to the semifinals where he decisioned Alexandar Jovancsevity of Yugoslavia. 3-1. In the gold-medal match, Niebuhr lost a by referee's decision to Zsolt Simita of Hungary, 1-1 in overtime. 
 Bosch scored a decision over Lajos Viragh of Hungary, 13-10, then won by injury default over Janos Kismoni of Hungary. In his third match, Bosch pinned Sergey Ohyzkov of the Ukraine. In the semifinals, he lost a decision to Zsolt Simita of Hungary, 4-1. In the bronze-medal match, he won by injury default over Alexandar Jovancsevity of Yugoslavia. 
 Other wrestlers placing for the U.S. team were Mike Ellsworth( Colorado Springs, Colo./Michigan WC) ,who took fourth place at 152 pounds, and T.C. Dantzler (Colorado Springs, Colo./Wildcat WC), who placed sixth at 167.5 pounds. 
 1999 HUNGARY GRAND PRIX at Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, March 6-7 
 Medalists 
 119 - 1st - Darius Jablonski (Poland); 2nd - Ruslan Vartanov (Lithuania); 3rd - Zoltan Varga (Yugoslavia) 
 127.75 - 1st - Istvan Majoros (Hungary); 2nd - Peter Svekla (Czech Rep.);  3rd - Constantin Borascu (Romania) 
 138.75 - 1st - Leonara Frincu (Romania); 2nd - Balazs Nagy (Hungary); 3rd - Matyas Megyes (Hungary) 
 152 - 1st - Ender Memet (Romania); 2nd - Istvan Gyore (Hungary); 3rd - Frzy Szeibinger (Poland) 
 167.5 - 1st - Tamas Berzicza (Hungary); 2nd - Sandor Bardosi (Hungary); 3rd - Busity Dalibor (Yugoslavia) 
 187.25 - 1st - Zsolt Simita (Hungary); 2nd - Dan Niebuhr (USA); 3rd - Ethan Bosch (USA) 
 213.75 - 1st -Andrzej Wronski (Poland); 2nd - Bela Kalo (Hungary); 3rd - Igor Grabovjewszky (Moldova) 
 286 - 1st - Mihaly Deak Bardos (Hungary); 2nd - Matt Ghaffari (USA); 3rd - Jacek Fafinski (Poland) 
 U.S. Performances 
 119 - Jeff Schering, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp -  dec. to Imre Szarka (Hungary), 9-3; lost dec. to Ruslan Vartanov (Lithuania), 3-0; lost dec. Vitaly Ceban (Moldova), 1-1. ot, 9:00 
 138.75 - Ally Sleiman, Colorado Springs Colo., dnp - lost by tech. fall to Matyas Megyes (Hungary), 10-0; lost dec. to Balazs Nagy (Hungary), 7-0 
 152 - Mike Ellsworth, Colorado Springs, Colo., 4th - pin Gyorgye Miolszki (Yugoslavia); lost dec. to Peter Bieles (Czech Rep.), 11-10; pin Kevin Bracken (USA); lost dec. to Ender Memet (Romania), 9-0; lost by ref. dec. to Jrzy Szeibinger (Poland), 1-1, ot, 9:00 
 152 - Mike Tess, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - lost by tech. fall to Rade Bacic (Slovakia), 10-0; lost by tech. fall to Ole Tveiten (Norway), 10-0 
 152 - Kevin Bracken, Dekalb, Ill, dnp - lost dec. to Peter Bieles (Czech Rep.), 6-3; won by tech. fall over Gyorgye Miolszki (Yugoslavia), 12-2; lost by pin to Mike Ellsworth (USA) 
 167.5 - T.C. Dantzler, Colorado Springs, Colo., 6th - dec. David Manikian (Ukraine), 9-7; lost ref. dec. to Dalibor Busity (Yugoslavia), 2-2, ot, 9:00 
 187.25 - Dan Niebuhr, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2nd - won by inj. def. over Laszlo Kiraly (Hungary); dec. Andras Balla (Hungary), 3-0; pin Marcin Letki (Poland); dec. Alexandar Jovancsevity (Yugoslavia), 3-2, lost by ref. dec. to Zsolt Simita (Hungary), 3-1 
 187.25 - Ethan Bosch, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3rd - dec. Lajos Viragh (Hungary), 13-10; won by inj. def. over Janos Kismoni (Hungary); pin Sergey Ohyzkov (Ukraine); lost dec. to Zsolt Simita (Hungary), 4-1; won by inj. def. over Alexandar Jovancsevity (Yugoslavia) 
 187.25 - Quincey Clark, New Brighton, Minn., dnp - lost dec. to Ferenc Takacs (Hungary), 6-2; lost dec. to Marcin Letki (Poland), 5-1 
 213.75 - Jason Gleasman, Boonville, N.Y., dnp - lost dec. to Roman Meduna (Slovak Rep.), 4-0; pin Adnan Gehovic (Bosnia-Herzeg.); lost dec. to Igor Grabovjevszky (Moldova), 3-0 
 213.75 - Dave Surofchek, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp - dec. Josip Pavisic (Croatia), 3-0; lost dec. to Ivosevity Pajo (Yugoslavia), 4-0 
 286 - Matt Ghaffari, Avon Lake, Ohio, 2nd - dec. Ferenc Turanyi (Hungary), 5-0; lost dec. to Mihaly Deak Bardos (Hungary), 4-1; won by inj. dft. over Gintaras Bakauskas (Lithuania); won by tech. fall over Ruslan Kostenko (Ukraine), 10-0; dec. Gyula Branda (Hungary); lost by inj. dft. to Mihaly Deak Bardos (Hungary) 
 Team Standings: 1. Hungary, 63 pts.; 2. Poland, 27 pts.; 3. Romania, 23 pts.; 4. United States, 18 pts.; 5. Yugoslavia, 10 pts.; 6. Ukraine, 9 pts.; 7. Lithuania, 7 pts.; 8. Moldova, 6 pts.; 9. Czech Republic, 9 pts.; 10. Slovakia, 2 pts.; 11. Croatia, 1 pts.; 12. tie, Boznia-Herzogovena, France, Norway and Switzerland, 0 pts.