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2004 Veterans 6th Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships
(Seinajoki, Finland from September 23-26, 2004)
2004
2004 Veterans 6th Greco-Roman Wrestling
World Championships Results
(Seinajoki, Finland – September 23-26, 2004)
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2004 Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships |
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() 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships was
held in Seinajoki, Finland on September 23-26, 2004.
Links to 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championship Results
www.seinajoenpaini-miehet.fi
or
Links to 2004 Veterans Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championship Results
www.painiliitto.net
The 2004 Veterans 6th Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships was held in Seinajoki, Finland from September 23-26, 2004. The website is located at: www.seinajoenpaini-miehet.fi or www.painiliitto.net
The Fin’s did a great job of posting on their website. Go to www.seinajoenpaini-miehet.fi and select the right-hand logo. Then select “Competition” and click on the “Results” link. Then click on “Resultlist” on the left.
The results are posted by day and session.
Team USA Results
Division A, 85 Kg
Todd Falk, San Diego, CA, USA lost to Kooresh Nezhad, Iran: 4-0
Todd Falk, San Diego, CA, USA defeated Sergey Gizatulin, Russia: 4-3
Todd Falk, San Diego, CA, USA lost to Eugen Riedel, Germany: 5-0
Todd finished in 8th Place
Jeffery Anderson, Elburn, IL, USA lost to Jukka Lehtinen, Finland: 5-0
Jeffery Anderson, Elburn, IL, USA lost to Morad Shiri, Iran: 6-0
Jeffrey Anderson, Elburn, IL, USA lost to Roy Anderson, Norway: 7-0
Jeff dnp.
Division A, 97 Kg
Wayne Purtell, Bay City, Mich, USA lost to Yuri Sukhikh, Russia: 5-1
Wayne Purtell, Bay City, Mich, USA defeated Juha Jokinen, Finland
Wayne Purtell, Bay City, Mich, Bye
Advances into repechage
Wayne Purtell, Bay City, Mich, USA lost to Andreas Kosing, Germany: 0-3
Wayne finished in 4th Place
Division B 63 Kg
Ronald Hughes, Hollister, CA, USA defeated Rafik Khamidullin, Russia vs
Ronald Hughes, Hollister, CA, USA defeated Gombar Dezso, Hungary
Ronald Hughes, Hollister, CA, USA lost to Dmitry Zangirov, Russia: 7-7 Ref Decision
Advanced, won 4-man pool
RON finished in 1st place, Winning the THE GOLD!!!!! CONGRATS RON!!!!
Division B 69 Kg
William Wilkes, Parrish, FL, USA defeated Azadi Hosseinali, Iran: 5-4
William Wilkes, Parrish, FL, USA lost to Nador Sabo, Serbia-Montenegro: 2-11
William Wilkes, Parrish, FL, USA lost to A. Ryzhenkov, Ukraine: 5-0
William finished in 5th Place.
Division B 97 Kg
Steve Goss, Bay City, Mich, USA lost to Milos Govedarcia, Bosnia-Herzegovina: 0-1 Steve Goss, Bay City, Mich, USA defeated Abapasidov Sapiola, Russia: 1-0
Steve Goss, Bay City, Mich, USA lost to Sergey Minaev (Russia): 0-1
Steve finished in 4th Place.
Division C 76 Kg
Sarkis Dermenjian, Van Nuys, CA, USA lost to Vladimir Galkine, Russia: 5-0
Sarkis Dermenjian, Van Nuys, CA, USA lost to Alexander Golets, Russia: 6-0
Sarkis Dermenjian, Van Nuys, CA, USA lost to Teimurazi Ninikuri, Georgia: dq
Sarkis dnp.
Division C, 85 Kg
Stephen Contarino, Palmetto, FL, USA was pinned by Ilgiz Shaydulin, Russia: pin
Stephen Contarino, Palmetto, FL, USA lost to Afsar Namazaliyev, Azerbaijan: 12-0
Stephen finished in 5th Place.
Division D, 97 Kg
Ron Cole, Federal Way, WA, USA pinned Nikolay Kolesnikov, Russia
Ron Cole, Federal Way, WA, USA defeated Peter Hallander, Swededn 4-0
Advanced out of pool.
Ron Cole, Federal Way, WA, USA lost to Peter Kulikov, Germany: pin
Ron Cole, Federal Way, WA, USA defeated Vladimir Botchkarev, Russia, 1-0
RON finished in 3rd Place, winning a BRONZE medal! CONGRATS RON!!!!
Division E, 69 Kg
Kevin Martin, Philadelphia, PA, USA lost to Konstantin Buzuliu, Russia: 10-0
Kevin Martin, Philadelphia, PA, USA was pinned by Urgesh Myrzagerey, Kazakstan
Kevin finished in 8th Place.
Division E, 76 Kg
Barry Aiken, Bremerton, WA, USA was pinned by Arto Savolainen, Finland
Barry Aiken, Bremerton, WA, USA was pinned by Aliakbar Pilehvar, Iran
Barry finished in 6th Place.
Division E, 85 Kg
Donald Apodaca, Huntington Beach, CA, USA lost to Alexander Maltsev, Russia: 5-0
Donald Apodaca, Huntington Beach, CA, USA defeated Gholiamali Sheykhinejad, Iran: 5-2
Donald Apodaca, Huntington Beach, CA, USA defeated Dieter Heuer (Germany): 5-0
Donald Apodaca, Huntington Beach, CA, USA lost to Boris Belyayev, Ukraine, 9-1
Don finished in 4th Place.
Division E, 97 Kg
Bob Anderson, Chula Vista, CA, USA defeated Anatoly Pozdnyakov, Russia: 3-0
Bob Anderson, Chula Vista, CA, USA pinned Mohammad, Iran: pin
Bob Anderson, Chula Vista, CA, USA defeated Vladimir Evtodeev, Russia: 8-0
Bob advanced out of pool to Gold Medal Match.
Bob Anderson, Chula Vista, CA, USA lost to Josip Corak, Croatia: 1-5
Bob finished in 2nd Place, winning a SILVER medal! CONGRATS BOB!!!!
Congratulations to USA entries: Gold Medalist Ron Hughes, Silver Medalist Bob Anderson, and Bronze Medalist Ron Cole.
Veterans Greco-Roman World Championships Results
Wrestlers | 236 | |
Counries | 24 | |
Matches |
402 |
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1 | Russia | 313 |
2 | Iran | 157 |
3 | Ukraine | 111 |
4 | Finland | 103 |
5 | Germany | 81 |
6 | United States | 61 |
7 | Sweden | 48 |
8 | Azerbaijan | 44 |
9 | Latvia | 36 |
10 | Hungary | 32 |
11 | Croatia | 26 |
12 | Estonia | 25 |
13 | Serbia and Montenegro | 24 |
14 | Georgia | 19 |
15 | Moldova | 16 |
16 | Netherlands | 15 |
17 | Kazakstan | 14 |
18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 |
19 | Italy | 7 |
20 | Norway | 6 |
21 | Czech | 4 |
22 | Bulgaria | 0 |
23 | Poland | 0 |
24 | France | 0 |
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Weight | Wrestler | Club/Country |
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Division A (35-40) |
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127.75/58kg | Gold – Radek Hemelik Silver – Valery Kalinin Bronze – Davood Jahanshahloo 4 – Bård Fornemo 5 – Eduard Zhamkochyan |
Czech Republic Russia Iran Norway Russia |
138.75/63kg | Gold – Terho Kettunen Silver – Maxim Bobro Bronze – Valery Marinov 4 – Mehrdad Alipanah 5 – Masoud Aliei 6 – Alexey Chistyakov 7 – Latip Chatuev 8 – Mats Fridh |
Finland Russia Bulgaria Iran Iran Russia Russia Sweden |
152/69kg | Gold – Mohammad K. Del Silver – Salavat Sakhautdinov Bronze – Pasi Penttilä 3- Pawel Zagorski 4 – Mojtaba Hassani 5 – Mohammad Jafarlou 6 – Petri Kaunisto 7 – Alexander Smirnov 8 – Jari Valtonen |
Iran Russia Finland Poland Iran Iran Finland Russia Finland |
167.5/76kg | Gold – Zohrab Alisahib Abbas Silver – Assadollah Sadeghi Bronze – Pasi Mäntyjärvi 4 – Pavel Denisov 5 – Frederic Paul 6 – Tomas Molin 7 – Yuri Khmel 8 – Marcus Demmler 9 – Amir Solimani 10 – Kari Kulmala |
Azerbaijan Iran Finland Russia France Sweden Russia Germany Iran Finland |
187.25/85kg | Gold – Sergyei Jankovski Silver – Roy Andersen Bronze – Alexander Suslov 3 – Eugen Riedel 4 – Morad Shiri 5 – Kooresh Nezhad 6 – Jukka Lehtinen 7 – Todd Falk 8 – Sergey Gizatulin 9 – Adlan Khamzaev dnp – Jeffrey Anderson |
Russia Norway Russia Germany Iran Iran Finland San Diego, California, United States Russia Russia Elburn, Illinois, United States |
213.75/97kg | Gold – Yuri Sukhikh Silver – Jussi Ketonen Bronze – Andreas Kosing 4 – Wayne Purtell 5 – V. Ohloblin 6 – Juha Jokinen |
Russia Finland Germany Bay City, Michighan, United States Ukraine Finland |
286/130kg | Gold – Kiumars Ayat Panah (Iran); Silver – Aap Uspenski (Estonia); Bronze – Mostafa Agha Yary (Iran) 4 – Jouko Koivisto |
Iran Estonia Iran Finland |
Division B (41-45) |
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127.75/58kg | 58 kg: Gold – O. Butskyy Silver – Lurie Coica Bronze – Ramil Rakhmangulov 4 – Mohammad Z. Ghazvini 5 – Senad Mujagic |
Ukraine Moldova Russia Iran Croatia |
138.75/63kg | Gold – Ronald Hughes Silver – Gombar Dezso Bronze – Dmitry Zangirov |
Hollister, California, United States Hungary Russia |
152/69kg | Gold – Nandor Sabo Silver – Khazbulat Gazdiev Bronze – Uwe Hemmann 4 – A. Ryzhenkov 5 – William Wilkes 6 – Esmaeil Khan Babaei 7 – Azadi Hosseinali 8 – Ari Hakanen |
Serbia and Montenegro Russia Germany Ukraine Parrish, Florida, United States Iran Iran Finland |
167.5/76kg | Gold – Shamil Sharapov Silver – Bahram Seifkani Bronze – S. Adyrkhayev 4 – Hannu Lahtinen 5 – Mahammad Mirzayev 6 – Gholam R. Mohammadi 7 – Juha Tuovinen 8 – Paul Edvinstam 9 – Rajko Baltic |
Russia Iran Ukraine Finland Azerbaijan Iran Finland Sweden Serbia and Montenegro |
187.25/85kg | Gold – Drytmy Tymonov Silver – Ari Markkola Bronze – Ismail Batyrov 4 – Ahti Kettunen 5 – Daniel Söderberg 6 – Manouchehr N. Motlagh 7 – Gennady Ovdin 8 – Ralf-Artur Wagner 9 – S. Kononenko 10 – Andris Kapots |
Ukraine Sweden Russia Finland Sweden Iran Russia Germany Latvia Latvia |
213.75/97kg | Gold – Yuri Dukov Silver – Milos Govedarica Bronze – Sergey Minaev 4 – Steven Goss 5 – Kari Lehtinen 6 – Abapasidov Sapiola 7 – S. Pokatylo |
Russia Boznia and Hertzogovina Russia Bay City, Michigan, United States Finland Russia Ukraine |
286/130kg | Gold – Sergey Tchekhov Silver – Mahmood Mahmoodian Bronze – Toth Emil 4 – Sergei Kouchine 5 – Artur Abrammovshii 6 – Mehdi Alizadeh Abad 7 – Elkhan A. Jafarov 8 – Poshinov Yurij 9 – J. Serjonovs 10 – Földesi Istvan |
Russia Iran Hungary Russia Ukraine Iran Azerbaijan Russia Latvia Hungary |
Division C (46-50) |
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127.75/58kg | Gold – Jarmo Niskakangas Silver – Ruhiddin M. Aliyev Bronze – Berdalin Berik |
Finland Azerbaijan Kazakhstan |
138.75/63kg | Gold – Elman A. Alinagiyev Silver – Hannu Tervo Bronze – Hannu Kumpulainen 4 – Reza Tojareh 5 – Seyed H. M. Saein |
Azerbaijan Finland Finland Iran Iran |
152/69kg | Gold – Jozef Raczek Silver – Werner Knittel Bronze – Yuri Baklykov 4 – Hans Lindahl 5 – Jadranko Herceg |
Germany Germany Russia Sweden Croatia |
167.5/76kg | Gold – Alexander Golets Silver – Nikolajs Goldobins Bronze – Teimurazi Ninikuri 4 – Nikolajevs Jermolajevs 5 – Vladimir Galkine 6 – Alisahib A. Aliabbasov dnp – Sarkis Dermenjian |
Russia Latvia Georgia Latvia Russia Azerbaijan Van Nuys, California, USA |
187.25/85kg | Gold – Afsar H. Namazaliyev Silver – Mohsen Afrouzi Bronze – Nikolajs Telepna 4 – Ilgiz Shaydullin 5 – Stehen Contarino 6 – Seyed A. Motaghy |
Azerbaijan Iran Latvia Russia Palmetto, Florida, United States Iran |
213.75/97kg | Gold – Jarmo Övermark Silver – Juri Tschernjawski Bronze – V. Kyselov 4 – Tariel Charashvili 5 – Norbert Linz 6 – Alexander Gazilov 7 – Meelis Traks 8 – Jozsef Jobban 9 – Kenneth Nordström 10 – Vasili Kavtaradze |
Finland Germany Ukraine Russia Germany Russia Estonia Hungary Sweden Georgia |
286/130kg | Gold – Vladimir Kolesnikov Silver – Nikolay Naydanov Bronze – Harri Niemi 4 – Vladimir Zheltyakov 5 – A. Shakin |
Russia Russia Finland Russia Ukraine |
Division D (51-55) |
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127.75/58kg | Gold – Pou Moorefian Silver – Vitaly Kalyakin Bronze – Nader Allahverdi 4 – Saidali Fatahi |
Iran Russia Iran Iran |
138.75/63kg | Gold – Abbasali Akram Silver – Predrag Djurdjevic Bronze – Leonid Sedchenko 4 – Rashid Khabibrakhmanov |
Iran Serbia and Montenegro Ukraine Russia |
152/69kg | Gold – Czeslaw Stanjek Silver – Iskhak Uzbyakov Bronze – Valeriy Antipov 4 – Daniele Marchi 5 – Jari Kuossari 6 – Zdravko Pekec |
Germany Russia Russia Italy Finland Croatia |
167.5/76kg | Gold – Bela Grosz Silver – Anatoly Samokha Bronze – Abdol Khorasani 4 – Izmet Saliev |
Hungary Ukraine Iran Ukraine |
187.25/85kg | Gold – Pavel Li-Yu Silver – Nikolay Uzun Bronze – Marek Szypura 4 – Matti Övermark 5 – Tiit Tartlan 6 – Olev Kiirend 7 – Heimhard Elhard 8 – Istvan Konc 9 – Abbasali Shamsabad 10 – Jozsef Ujszaszi |
Russia Ukraine Sweden Finland Estonia Estonia Germany Serbia and Montenegro Iran Hungary |
213.75/97kg | Gold – Ants Nisu Silver – Peter Kulikov Bronze – Ron Cole 4 – Vladimir Botchkarev 5 – Peter Hallander 6 – Martti Mäki-Hakola 7 – Oldrich Dvorak 8 – Telman Mohsen Vand 9 – Nikolay Kolesnikov 10 – Reza Rezaei |
Estonia Germany Federal Way, Washington, United States Russia Sweden Finland Czech Iran Russia Iran |
286/130kg | Gold – Estate Goglichidze Silver – Henk Van Hulst |
Georgia Netherlands |
Division E (56+) |
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127.75/58kg | Gold – Valery Petrov Silver – Alexander Korenkov Bronze – Anatoliy Bannikov 4 – Jaako Harja |
Russia Russia Russia Sweden |
138.75/63kg | Gold – Vladimir Silver – Vesa Haarala Bronze – Procopie Grosu 4 – German Baboshin 5 – Mikhail Nechepaev 6 – Volodymyr Zubchenko |
Russia Finland Moldava Russia Russia Ukraine |
152/69kg | Gold – Mykola Chuchenko Silver – Veikko Timo Bronze – Konstantin Buzuliu 4 – Vadims Zorins 5 – Urgesh Myrzagerey 6 – Jorma Pasanen 7 – Georgiy Fedotov 8 – Kevin Martin 9 – Lev Shirshakov |
Ukraine Finland Russia Latvia Kazakstan Finland Russia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Russia |
167.5/76kg | Gold – Arto Savolainen Silver – Vladimir Emelyanov Bronze – Vladimir Nagay 4 – Aliakbar Pilehvar 5 – Atle Olsen 6 – Barry Aiken |
Finland Russia Russia Iran Norway Bremerton, Washington, United States |
187.25/85kg | Gold – Shirali Sianp. Khacha Silver – Alexander Maltsev Bronze – Boris Belyayev 4 – Donald Apodaca 5 – Arnold Kooijmans 6 – Dieter Heuer 7 – Gholamali Sheykhinejad |
Iran Russia Ukraine Huntington Beach, California, United States Netherlands Germany Iran |
213.75/97kg | Gold – Josip Corak Silver – Bob Anderson Bronze – Artur Sammet 4 – Anatoly Pozdnyakov 5 – Pavel Glukhoedov 6 – Vladimir Evtodeev 7 – Valeriy Varzin 8 – Mohammad Hassankhani |
Croatia Chula Vista, California, USA Germany Russia Russia Russia Russia Iran |
286/130kg | Gold – Alexander Krasnov Silver – Mohamad Fathi Bronze – Markku Virtanen 4 – P. Antonchuk |
Russia Iran Finland Ukraine |