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By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com


FINAL RANKINGS FROM THE 1ST GR OLYMPIC QUALIFIER





   NOVI SAD, Serbia and Montenegro (February 29) - Final rankings from the 1st greco-roman wrestling Olympic qualifying tournament in Novi Sad (The top five wrestlers qualify for the Athens Olympics):

55 kg (29 entries)

1. Brandon Paulson (USA)
2. Ercan Yildiz (TUR)
3. Istvan Majoros (HUN)
4. Irakli Tchotchua (GEO)
5. Sheng Jiang (CHN)
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6. Asset Imanbayev (KAZ)
7. Kamol Kholmatov (UZB)
8. Aleksei Saipak (BLR)
9. Masatoshi Toyota (JPN)
10. Tanyo Tenev (BUL)
11. Stig Andre Berge (NOR)
12. Stepan Dubov (ISR)
13. Jansel Ramirez (DOM)
14. Roberto Pira (ITA)
15. Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)
16. Renat Bikkinin (RUS)
17. Kim Holk (SWE)
18. Ernesto Salazar (MEX)
19. Kristian Fris (SCG)
20. Armen Antonyan (ARM)
21. Jorge Cardoso (VEN)
22. Hamou Oubrick (FRA)
23. Vicente Lillo (ESP)
24. Jani Haapamaki (FIN)
25. Hasa Ermir (ALB)
26. Samir Benchenef (ALG)
27. Natig Aivazow (AZE)
28. Elgin Elwais (PAL)
29. Mukesh Khatri(IND)

60 kg (30 entries)

1. Aslidin Khudaiberdiev (UZB)
2. Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)
3. Jung Ji-Hyun (KOR)
4. Paolo Fucile (ITA)
5. Alexei Shevtsov (RUS)
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6. Davor Stefanek (SCG)
7. Wang Shugang (CHN)
8. Ivan Alexandrov (ISR)
9. Husammaddin Rajabov (AZE)
10. Djamel Ainaoui (FRA)
11. Thomas Kathan (AUT)
12. Nurbakyt Tengizbayev (KAZ)
13. Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)
14. Aleksej Djakonov (LTU)
15. Joaquim Martinez (ESP)
16. Ravinder Singh (IND)
17. Jarkko Ala-Huikku (FIN)
18. Sydney Guzman, (PER)
19. Ali Ashkani Agboloag (IRI)
20. Mohamed Serrir (ALG)
21. Laszlo Bona (HUN)
22. Aliaksandr Slivinski (BLR)
23. Urban Holm (SWE)
24. Ondrej Ulip (CZE)
25. Paulo Goncalves (POR)
26. Chuck Mitchell (CAN)
27. Alois Faessler (SUI)
28. Robert Sollie (NOR)
29. Rinat Usupjanov (KGZ)
30. Ahmad Jassim (IRQ)

66 kg (36 entries)

1. Nikolai Gergov (BUL)
2. Parviz Zaidvand (IRI)
3. Ambako Bagadze (RUS)
4. Makhidar Manukyan (KAZ)
5. Kevin Bracken (USA)
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6. Nikolai Monov (MDA)
7. Kanatbek Begaliev (KGZ)
8. Valdemaras Venckaitis (LTU)
9. Juan Maren (CUB)
10. Rocco Fabio Spano (ITA)
11. Masaki Imuro (JPN)
12. Eduard Aplevich (BLR)
13. Moises Sanchez (ESP)
14. Ari Harkanen (FIN)
15. Hovhannes Kurghinyan (NED)
16. Bakhodir Kurbanov (UZB)
17. Marian Nagy (SVK)
18. Angelo Amatabeca (DOM)
19. Kristjan Press (EST)
20. Gurbinder Singh (IND)
21. Michal Blaha (CZE)
22. Cui Peng (CHN)
23. Peter-Georg Philippitsch (AUT)
24. Daniel Schnyder (SUI)
25. Ryszard Wolny (POL)
26. Vladimir Tatarski (SCG)
27. Alexey Yokhasanov (ISR)
28. Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)
29. Ionut Panait (ROM)
30. Denis Nuriu (ALB)
30. Hichem Mihoubi (ALG)
30. Hamid Loney (IRQ)
33. Vyatsheslav Masloboev (LAT)
33. Enrique Cubas (PER)
35. Philippe Bendjoudi (FRA)
36. Endrix Arteaga (VEN)

74 kg (34 entries)

1. Filiberto Ascuy (CUB)
2. Alexandr Doktorishvili (UZB)
3. Mohammed Babulfath (SWE)
4. Saiyi Njiya (CHN)
5. Radoslav Truszkowski (POL)
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6. Valeri Nikitin (EST)
7. Dalibor Busic (SCG)
8. Alberto Recuero (ESP)
9. Ahmed Wali (IRQ)
10. Darryl Christian (USA)
11. Reto Bucher (SUI)
12. Peter Bielesz (CZE)
13. Ozden Serkan (TUR)
14. Sandor Istvan Bardosi (HUN)
15. Artur Stankevic (LTU)
16. Badri Khasaia (GEO)
17. Sanjay (IND)
18. Cristian Rusu (ROM)
19. Robert Ribaric (CRO)
20. Movses Karapetyan (ARM)
21. Genadie Gutsu (MDA)
22. Mark Madsen (DEN)
23. Mohsen Pournaki (IRI)
24. Igor Balaur (FRA)
25. Sixto Barrera (PER)
26. Mats Rolfsen (NOR)
27. Daniar Kobonov (KGZ)
28. Lawrense Uwelur (MIC)
29. Haxhiraj Alket (ALB)
30. Ahmed Fortas (ALG)
31. Andrew Mitton (CAN)
32. Taniu Prochenski (BUL)
33. Dragan Markovich (BIH)
34. Baez Hernandez (MEX)

84 kg (28 entries)

1. Alexey Michin (RUS)
2. Alexander Daragan (UKR)
3. Andrea Minguzzi (ITA)
4. Yanarbek Kenjev (KGZ)
5. Mohamad Abd El Fatah (EGY)
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6. Tuomo Mantyla (FIN)
7. Artur Michalkiewicz (POL)
8. Abdullah Jabrailov (KAZ)
9. Kim Jung-Sub (KOR)
10. Luiz Mendez (CUB)
11. Vladislav Metodiev (BUL)
12. Hannes Haring (AUT)
13. Fred de Vos (NED)
14. Shingo Matsumoto (JPN)
15. Zbignevs Romanovskis (LAT)
16. Balasz Kiss (HUN)
17. Majid Ramezani Saroukolaei (IRI)
18. Bojan Mijatov (SCG)
19. Scott Seeley (CAN)
20. Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)
21. Jure Kuhar (SLO)
22. Evgeny Erofailov (UZB)
23. Wahig Jabr (IRQ)
24. Filip Soukup (CZE)
25. Schaun Scott (ISV)
26. Kai Heinz Dittrich (GER)
27. Li Daxin (CHN)
28. Levon Geghamyan (ARM)

96 kg (33 entries)

1. Ernesto Pena (CUB)
2. Mindaugas Ezerskis (LTU)
3. Mehmet Oezal (TUR)
4. Ali Mollov (BUL)
5. Garrett Lowney (USA)
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6. Robert Petrosyan (ARM)
7. Urs Buergler (SUI)
8. Igor Kostins (LAT)
9. Andrej Batura (BLR)
10. Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)
11. Igor Grabovetski (MDA)
12. Toomas Proovel (EST)
13. Elis Guri (ALB)
14. Henri Papiashvili (ISR)
15. Peter Guterson (CAN)
16. Petru Sudureac (ROM)
17. Han Tae-Young (KOR)
18. Marek Svec (CZE)
19. Vinko Kadecka (CRO)
20. Roman Meduna (SVK)
21. Sasa Dukai (SCG)
22. Elnur Gazimamadov (AZE)
23. Jiang Huachen (CHN)
24. Kenzo Kato (JPN)
25. Waldo Moreno (ESP)
26. Jari Kortesmaki (FIN)
27. Martin Schlagenhaufen (AUT)
27. John Tarkong, Jr. (PAL)
27. Mitja Sedmak (SLO)
27. Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)
31. Daigoro Timoncini (ITA)
32. Cedric Theval (FRA)
33. Ali Salman (IRQ)

120 kg (26 entries)

1. Mijian Lopez (CUB)
2. Yekta Yilmaz Guel (TUR)
3. Miriani Giorgadze (GEO)
4. Youri Evseytchik (ISR)
5. Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)
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6. Cristian Branzei (ROM)
7. Mykhaylo Svydkyy(UKR)
8. Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)
9. Josip Matkovic (CRO)
10. Andrzej Wronski (POL)
11. Barzi Sajad (IRI)
12. Murodjon Tuichiev (TJK)
13. Nico Schmidt (GER)
14. David Vala (CZE)
15. Azar Aliyev (AZE)
16. Roe Kleive (NOR)
17. Tomas Karika (SVK)
18. Helger Hallik (EST)
19. Mohammed Jasim (IRQ)
20. Park Woo (KOR)
21. Rodrigo Artilheiro (BRA)
22. Katsuaki Suzuki (JPN)
23. Adnan Crnecvic (BIH)
24. Li Ren (CHN)
25. Milos Dejanovic (SCG)
26. Ari Taub (CAN)