SILVERBACKS

2000 Veterans 9th Freestyle Wrestling World Championships
(Freiburg, Germany on August 6, 2000)

Finals for the 9th FILA Veterans Freestyle World Championships were held in Freiburg, Germany on Sunday, August 6. Russ Cozart has won his sixth Veterans World Championship. His other titles came in 1992, 1993, and 1997, 1998, and 1999.

(Photo by George Dunn)
2000 Veterans 9th Freestyle Wrestling World Championships, Freiburg, Germany

Weight Wrestler Club/Country

Division A (35-40)
127.75/58kg 1st - Mario Willomeit
2nd - Ibragim Abdourakhmanov
3rd - Ali Babaei 
5th - Daniel Fourie 
4th - Harald Widmann 
6th - Paolo Torresan 
7th - Michael DeHart 
Germany
Russia
Iran
South Africa
Germany
Italy
United States, Bradford, Ohio
138.75/63kg 1st - Boris Savva
2nd - Alexandre Nimguirov 
3rd - Gholamabras Kiyanpor 
4th - Gadjiada Ibragimov 
5th  - Ronald Hughes 
6th - Paul Michael Dunn 
7th  - James Wise 
8th - Gérard Keresztes 
9th - Holger Quandt
10th - Bruno Philippe 
Moldavia
Russia
Iran
Russia
United States, San Jose, California
South Africa
United States, Moses Lake, Washington
France
Germany
France
152/69kg

1st - Ramiz Karmadja
2nd - Aghil Heidari 
3rd - Jalil Jahanshahi 
4th - Ardsheer Khazaei  
5th - Aleksejs Kostirevs 
6th - Lodewyk Koch
7th - Horst Winter 
8th - Satoru Goitsuka 
9th - Christiaan Kunneke 
10th - Rachid Addad 
11th - Adrian Barcaioni 
12th - Dieter Winter 

Bulgaria
Iran
Iran
Germany
Latvia
South Africa
Germany
Japan
South Africa
Algeria
France
Germany
167.5/76kg 1st - Samad Nejadi
2nd - Lakatos Gyözö
3rd - Bradley Swartz 
4th - Pieter Van Rensburg 
5th - Josef Schnöll 
6th - Helmut Kramer  
7th - Kenneth Wharry
8th - Vitalijs Sokorevics
9th - Frederick Du Preez
10th  - Kevius Hodges
11th - Gadjimagomed Guseinov
12th - Klaus Schenk 
Iran
Hungary 
United States,
Auburn, Washington
South Africa
Austria
Germany
United States,
Medford, Oregon
Latvia
South Africa
United States,
Loxahatchee, Florida
Moldavia
Germany
187.25/85kg 1st - Alexandr Derivolcov 
2nd - Esmaeil Zeinali 
3rd - Avtandil Gogolishvili 
4th - Marc Grunewald 
5th - Harry Porcher
6th - Dominique Arnaud
7th - Jorgen Lykholt
8th - Johannes Venter
Moldavia
Iran
Georgia
France
United States, Palm Beach, Florida
France
Denmark
South Africa
213.75/97kg 1st - Daniel Chaid
2nd - Johannes Rossouw 
3rd - Dale Porcher 

4th - Davoud Bani
5th - Aliasghar Ramezani
6th -
Thomas Ferdinand 
7th - Johannes Strydom 
8th - Frank Dorn 
9th - Victor Graur 
10th - Aliakbar Jirsaraei Bazarkard 
11th - Johannes Stroebel 
12th - Stanislovas Griskevicius 
13th - Petrus Janse vRensburg 
14th - Stoyan Minkov 
15th - Tihomir Todorov
United States, San Jose, California
South Africa
United States,
Palm Beach, Florida
Iran
Iran
Germany
South Africa
Germany
Moldavia
Iran
South Africa 
Lithuania
South Africa 
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
286/130kg 1st - Andreas Schröder 
2nd - James Nielsen 

3rd - Thomas Dybiona 
4th - Hamid Madanchi 
5th - Siegfried Hertel 
6th - Alexandru Ballai
7th - Abbas Allahyari
Germany
United States,
Moses Lake, Washington
Germany
Iran
Germany
Rumania
Iran

Division B (41-45)
127.75/58kg 1st - Fiodor Tucan 
2nd - Edgar Thomas 
3rd -
Siamak Vallaee 
4th - Hendrik Bekker 
5th - Piotr Scioehin 
6th - Anatoli Kara-Sal 
7th - Maghsoud Hassannezhad 
8th - John Henry Smithson 
9th - Bondo Sardanashvili
10th - Delfoco Francesco 
11th - George Dunn 
12th - Fabrice Peltier
Moldavia
Germany
Denmark
South Africa
Moldavia
Russia
Iran
United States, Ventura, California
Georgia
Italy
United States,
Belleview, Washington
France
138.75/63kg 1st - Khirolah Fatahi 
2nd - Peter Brandenberger
3rd  - Paul Hermann
4th - Izak Steyn
5th - Jorge-Juran Perez
6th - Nabigoula Magomedov
7th - Domenico Genco
Iran
Germany
United States, York, Pennsylvania
South Africa
Argentina 
Russia
France
152/69kg

1st - Pavel Garanovschi 
2nd - Erhard Pocher 
3rd - Beslan Tushtarov 
4th - Németh Sándor 
5th - Sergiy Kondush  
6th - Janis Melders 
7th - Heinz Deiss 
8th - Dimitre Andinov 

9th - Vytas Kauneckas 

Moldavia
Germany
Ukraine
Hungary 
Ukraine
Latvia 
Germany
Bulgaria

Lithuania
167.5/76kg 1st - Farruhh Abdullajev 
2nd - Eberhard Probst 
3rd - Vladimir Zakharouchkine 
4th - Alexandre Vertokhvostov 
5th - Jaszkai Istvan 
6th - Mohsen Hosseinikermanshahi 
7th - Brad Brosius
8th - Bruce Moe

9th - Aloukhad Badalov
10th - Nourmagomed Amirtchoupanov
11th - Jacobus Horn 
12th - Alireza Garshasebikahrizi 
Estonia 
Germany
Russia
Russia
Hungary 
Iran
United States, Dover, Pennsylvania
United States,
Hillsboro, North Dakota

Russia
Russia
South Africa
Germany
187.25/85kg 1st - Willem Putter
2nd - Zbigniew Strelczyk 
3rd - Eltefat Asgharian 
4th - Andrejs Smigarevs 
5th - Francois Rossouw
6th - Jevgenijs Hlopoks 
7th - Boros Gyula
8th - Boris Chichkine 
9th - Bartholomäus Brötzner
10th - Gilles Braun 
11th - Rasoul Afzali
12th - Michael Mitrowski 
13th - Zdzislav Brzozowski
14th - Patrick Karpakis 
15th - Herbert Saum 
16th - Alfred Sutter 
South Africa
Poland
Iran
Latvia 
South Africa
Latvia 
Hungary 
Russia
Austria
France
Iran
United States,
Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts
Poland
South Africa
Germany
Germany
213.75/97kg 1st - Hossein Kalabi 
2nd - Rüdiger Möhring
3rd - Akhmedoula Abdoulkhanov 
4th - Petrus Vermaak 
5th - Zoltán Hodossy 
6th - Totyu Valkanov
7th - Phillippus Van der Merwe 
8th - Reginald Holder 
9th - Jean-Daniel Gachoud 
10th - Parviz Arshadi 
11th - Jeffrey Henry
12th - Steven Goode
13th - Gurmit Singh Brar
14th - Michael Zimmermann 
Iran
Germany
Russia
South Africa
Slovakia
Bulgaria
South Africa
South Africa
Switzerland
Iran
United States,
Santa Monica, California
United States,
Brighton, Massachusetts 
India
Germany
286/130kg

1st - Magomed Magomedov
2nd - Uwe Sachs
3rd - Fereidon Habibi 
4th - Hossein Sabet Kar
5th - Heinz Lengacher
6th - Ravkat   Shakhmaev 
7th - Said Ammaev
8th - Theunis Rossuow
9th - Kim Pedersen 
10th - Nikolajs Dimitrijevs

Russia
Germany
Iran
Iran
Switzerland
Uzbekistan
Russia
South Africa
Denmark
Latvia 

Division C (46-50)
127.75/58kg

1st - Aliasghar Besharati Pasikhani
2nd - Fereidoun Goli 
3rd - Ali Ahmed Mehmed
4th - Jacek Gawor 

Iran
Iran
Bulgaria
Poland
138.75/63kg

1st - Hossein Touranian
2nd - Peter Heckmann 
3rd - Amrik Singh 
4th - Jaques Didier Laborie 

Iran
Germany
Great Britain
France
152/69kg 1st - Russell Cozart 
2nd - Kvins Genusarijs 
3rd - James Hawthorn 
4th - Rudolf Ganserich 
5th - Jászkai Imre 
6th - Cornel Cornea 
7th - Leonard Borman 

8th - Akbar Birjandi 
9th - Wolfgang Stemmler 
10th - Badri Shengelia 
11th - James Lucas 
12th - Viktor Igol , Germany, 
13th - Raffaele Citino 
14th - Valeri Mouraviev
United States, Brandon, Florida
Latvia
Great Britain
Germany
Hungary
Rumania
South Africa

Iran
Germany
Georgia
United States,
Santa Cruz, California
Germany
Switzerland
Russia
167.5/76kg

1st - Petru Marta 
2nd - Matthias Hiller
3rd - Bernd Radestock 
4th - Ryszard Scigalski
5th - Suphi Soganci
6th - Alexandre Matsakov 
7th - Josef Kolman 
8th - Bernd Seifert 
9th - Hans-Peter Schade
10th - Oleg Goussov 
11th - Kotrash Koktaishin 
12th - Badirsoltan Dapaev

Moldavia
Germany
Germany
Poland
Turkey 
Russia
Czech Republic 
Germany
Germany
Russia
Kazakhstan 
Russia
187.25/85kg

1st - Rahim Abboei
2nd - Tiit Tartlan 
3rd - Dimitar Stankov Dimitrov 
4th - Michael Busse 
5th - Teimuraz Khabadze 
6th - Ronald Cole
7th - Stephen Contarino

8th - Gerhard Brown 
9th - Roger Fraass
10th - Anton Luig 
11th - Frantisek Starinský 

Iran
Estonia 
Bulgaria
Poland 
Georgia
United States, Auburn, Washington
United States,
Palmetto, Florida

South Africa
France
Germany
Slovakia
213.75/97kg 1st - Kartar Singh 
2nd - Abdollah Shahmohammad
3rd - Nikolai Roosimägi 
4th - Franz Pitschmann 
5th - Vladimirs Golubevs 
6th - Seyed Mohammad Seyed-Abbasi
7th - Hamid Alidousti 
8th - Henrik Larsen
9th - Gazimagomed Akhmedov 
India 
Iran
Estonia 
Austria
Latvia 
Germany
Iran
Denmark
Russia
286/130kg

1st - Roland Gehrke 
2nd - Gerhard Siebold 
3rd - Masoud Mogharebi 
4th - Khanhossein Gholami Nejad
5th - Rolf Jäger
6th - Georgi Nedev Zhekov 

Germany
Germany
Iran
Iran
Germany
Bulgaria

Division D (51-55)
127.75/58kg 1st - Dwain Burkholder
2nd - Viktor Chirkov 
3rd - Vladimir Kim 
4th - Mevlud Chkhaizde 
5th - Alexandre Galkine 
United States, Park, Colorado
Russia
Russia
Georgia 
Russia
138.75/63kg 1st - Khosrow Zamani 
2nd  - Shirzad Ahmadi 
3rd - Ognian Nikolov Velikov
4th - Robert Butler
5th - Eredzheb Pashov
Iran
United States, Coventry, Connecticut
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Bulgaria
152/69kg

1st - Habib Razmandan
2nd - Victor Tonkikh 
3rd - Vladimir Valishvili
4th - Valerijs Trosicevs
5th - Viktor Arnautov 
6th - Myrzagerey Urgeshapyev 
7th - Wolfgang Radmacher 

Iran
Russia 
Georgia
Latvia 
Ukraine
Kazakhstan 
Germany
167.5/76kg 1st - Emzar Kikabidze  
2nd - Mohammadhassan Behnood
3rd - Magomed Badroudinov
4th - Johann Swierkot 
5th - James Butcher 
6th - Detlef Koch 
7th - Alberts Suveizda 
8th - Mario Domnowsky
9th - Leonids Undzenko 
10th - Ludvik Suchy
11th - Joseph Ide 
12th - Ali Aghaeigharalar  
13th - Zorawar Singh
14th - Christiaan Moolman
Georgia
Iran
Russia
Germany 
United States
Germany
Latvia 
Germany
Latvia 
Czech Republic
Belgium 
Iran
India
South Africa
187.25/85kg 1st - Velerii Potapenko 
2nd - Adolf Seger
3rd - Peter Pardon 
4th - David McIntyre
5th - Leo Ritter 
6th - Jan Hanko 
7th - Jean-Pierre Giry 
8th - Birger Petersen 
9th - Paul Stull 
10th - Daniel Colin 
Ukraine
Germany
Germany
Australia
Germany
Slovakia
France
Denmark
United States, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
France
213.75/97kg

1st - Alireza Ziba 
2nd - Avtandil Todria
3rd - Erhard Schmelzer 
4th - Vladimir Zidra 
5th - Dieter Zinke  
6th - Gairkhan Iousoupov

Iran
Georgia
Germany
Estonia 
Germany
Russia
286/130kg

1st - Mohammadreza Fathi 
2nd - Janos Tomin
3rd - Artur Sammet 

Iran 
Hungary 
Germany

Division E (56+)
127.75/58kg

1st - Masaaki Hatta 
2nd - Alexandre Korchounov 
3rd - Ebrahim Javadpour
4th - Vladimir Tsoi 
5th - Marc De Paola
6th - Germain Tilagone 

Japan
Russia
Iran
Russia
France 
France
138.75/63kg

1st - Horst Hornig 
2nd - Gennadiy Trunin
3rd - Péteris Ivbulis
4th - Wilhelm Rolf Bleyl
5th - Heinz-Willi Diel 

Germany
Kazakhstan 
Latvia 
Germany 
Germany 
152/69kg 1st - Iouri Tsatourian 
2nd - Friedrich Machauer 
3rd - Nasser Salsal 
4th - Enio Todorov Dinev
5th - Vadims Zorins 
6th - Mansour Honarvar 
7th - Robert Touraine 
8th - Iago Bertoni 
9th - Heinz Weisel
Russia
Germany
Germany
Bulgaria
Latvia 
United States, Oceanside, California
France
Italy
Germany
167.5/76kg 1st - Mohammad Seif Pour 
2nd - Fiodoras Vladimirovas
3rd - Reinhard Zeiher 
4th  - Joe Seay 
5th - Seyed Abbasi 
6th - Ivan Kouzmitchev 
8th - Aslambek Ramonov
8th - Piotr Andrianov 
9th - Sandor Kinyo
10th - Gerhard Gerlach
Iran
Lithuania
Germany
United States, Perry, Oklahoma
Iran
Russia
Uzbekistan
Russia
Hungary 
Germany
187.25/85kg 1st - Alexander Istomin
2nd  - Glenn Clark 
3rd - Moukhtar Amirtchoupanov 
4th - Joachim Klaus Plaul 
5th - Bruno Sani 
6th - Hans-Dieter Groß 
7th - Adil Oglu
8th - Alfred Kerner
9th - Ludwig Lechner
10th - Ali Akbar Khorasani 
11th - Alireza Ghelichkhani 
12th - Bruce Bird 
13th - Ronald Capstick 
Uzbekistan
United States,
Flatrock, Newfoundland (Canada)
Russia
Germany  
Italy
Germany
Azerbaijani
Germany
Germany
Iran
Iran
United States,
Novelty, Ohio
Great Britain
213.75/97kg

1st - Josip Corak 
2nd - Aurel Plamadeala
3rd - Shaban Karami 
4th - Rustom Mokdad
5th - Simon Sigl 
6th - Etienne Lovas
7th - Sandor Sipos 
8th - Aurel Varga 
9th - Jagdish Kumar

Croatia
Moldavia
Iran
Lebanon
Germany
France
Hungary 
Slovakia
India
286/130kg 1st - Vasil Todorov Valkov 
2nd - Jaromir Drizal 
3rd - Heinz Eichelbaum
4th - Mousa Ramezanishoub 
5th - Mart Mutso
6th - Roger Olesen 
7th - Robert Zingg 
8th - David Battiste 
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Iran
Estonia
United States, Redwood City, California
Switzerland
United States, Arvada, Colorado
 
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