2024 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 2024
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	7–10 March
Stadium	Levski Sofia Sports Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Bulgaria
Greco-Roman	Bulgaria
Women	Bulgaria

The 61st Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 7 and 10 March 2024. Nearly 200 competitors from 23 countries will take part in the tournament - Iran, France, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kosovo, Latvia, North Macedonia, Malta, Philippines, Romania, Russia (AIN), Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine, USA, Algeria, Austria, China, Ecuador, Egypt and Bulgaria.

This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This tournament was held in honor of Dan Kolov who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria and European and World Champion Nikola Petroff.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria*	8	10	11	29
2	Iran	5	1	1	7
3	Ukraine	3	4	4	11
4	South Korea	3	1	2	6
5	Kazakhstan	3	0	4	7
6	United States	2	1	1	4
7	France	1	3	4	8
8	Serbia	1	2	0	3
9	China	1	1	3	5
10	Romania	1	1	1	3
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	1	0	0	1
11	Algeria	0	2	3	5
12	Austria	0	1	1	2
13	Israel	0	1	0	1
	North Macedonia	0	1	0	1
15	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		29	29	37	95

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Bulgaria	150	Bulgaria	153	Bulgaria	180
2	Ukraine	140	Kazakhstan	130	Romania	80
3	South Korea	68	Iran	117	South Korea	65
4	Iran	65	France	72	Serbia	64
5	Austria	41	China	56	China	60
6	North Macedonia	38	Austria	40	France	56
7	Algeria	35	Algeria	31	Algeria	50
8	Serbia	25	United States	28	United States	45
9	United States	25	Ukraine	25	Tunisia	25
10	France	15	Israel	24	Italy	17

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg	Andrii Yatsenko Ukraine	Roman Hutsuliak Ukraine	Ivaylo Tisov Bulgaria
61 kg	Stevan Mićić Serbia	Yaroslav Hurskyy Ukraine	Abdelhak Kherbache Algeria
			Yasin Rezaei Iran
65 kg	Abbas Ebrahimzadeh Iran	Yun Jun-sik South Korea	Marwane Yezza France
			Taras Markovych Ukraine
70 kg	Ivan Kusyak Ukraine	Kaloyan Atanasov Bulgaria	Nikolay Dimitrov Bulgaria
74 kg	Ramazan Ramazanov Bulgaria	Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria	Vadim Tsurkan Ukraine
			Mihail Georgiev Bulgaria
79 kg	Radomir Stoyanov Bulgaria	Chems Fetairia Algeria	Lukas Lins Austria
86 kg	Alex Dieringer United States	Mukhammed Aliiev Ukraine	Valentin Babii Ukraine
			Vladyslav Prus Ukraine
92 kg	Mohammad Azimi Iran	Redjep Hajdari North Macedonia	None awarded
97 kg	Juhwan Seo South Korea	Andriyan Valkanov Bulgaria	None awarded
125 kg	Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria	Yurii Idzinskyi Ukraine	Jung Yei-hyun South Korea

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Marlan Mukashev Kazakhstan	Stefan Grigorov Bulgaria	Haifeng Zhang China
60 kg	Oleksii Masyk Ukraine	Melkamu Fetene Israel	Zihao Xi China
63 kg	Dias Askerbay Kazakhstan	Avgustin Spasov Bulgaria	Mukhamedali Mamurbek Kazakhstan
67 kg	Mamadassa Sylla France	Yanis Nifri France	Merey Bekenov Kazakhstan
			Dimitar Georgiev Bulgaria
72 kg	Adilkhan Satayev Kazakhstan	Mohammad Reza Geraei Iran	Deyvid Dimitrov Bulgaria
77 kg	Gholam Reza Farokhi Iran	Stoyan Kubatov Bulgaria	Azat Sadykov Kazakhstan
			Johnny Bur France
82 kg	Mohammad Naghousi Iran	Vladimeri Karchaidze France	Rosian Dermanski Bulgaria
			Talas Ashirkhanov Kazakhstan
87 kg	Semen Novikov Bulgaria	Yoan Dimitrov Bulgaria	Sultan Eid Jordan
97 kg	Amirreza Akbari Iran	Markus Ragginger Austria	Kaloyan Ivanov Bulgaria
			Joe Rau United States

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Miran Cheon South Korea	Ibtissem Doudou Algeria	Emine Hyusein Osman Bulgaria
53 kg	Ekaterina Poleshchuk Individual Neutral Athletes	Irena Binkova Bulgaria	Chahinez Rabah Algeria
			Tatiana Debien France
55 kg	Sezen Belberova Bulgaria	Alexandra Hedrick United States	Mihaela Mihova Bulgaria
57 kg	Kwon Young-jin South Korea	Georgiana Lirca Romania	Ting Zhang China
			Chaimaa Aouissi Algeria
59 kg	Evelina Nikolova Bulgaria	Fatme Shaban Bulgaria	Desislava Ivanova Bulgaria
62 kg	Xinyuan Sun China	Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria	Amina Capezan Romania
			Ameline Douarre France
65 kg	Kateryna Zelenykh Romania	Maša Perović Serbia	Gergana Stoyanova Bulgaria
68 kg	Yuliana Yaneva Bulgaria	Man Zhang China	Khadija Jlassi Tunisia
72 kg	Vanesa Georgieva Bulgaria	Fanni Nađ Serbia	None awarded
76 kg	Dymond Guilford United States	Pauline Lecarpentier France	Eunju Hwang South Korea

Participating nations

185 wrestlers from 21 countries:

1. Individual Neutral Athletes (1)
2. Algeria (10)
3. Austria (8)
4. Bulgaria (62) (Host)
5. China (11)
6. Spain (1)
7. France (12)
8. Iran (9)
9. Israel (3)
10. Italy (2)
11. Jordan (2)
12. Kazakhstan (14)
13. South Korea (7)
14. Latvia (2)
15. North Macedonia (3)
16. Malta (1)
17. Philippines (1)
18. Romania (6)
19. Serbia (6)
20. Tunisia (2)
21. Ukraine (14)
22. United States (8)

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired
• WO — Won by walkover

Women's freestyle

Women's freestyle 50 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KOR	ALG	BUL
1	Miran Cheon (KOR)	2	2	0	8	22		—	12–1	10–0
2	Ibtissem Doudou (ALG)	2	1	1	6	9		1–12	—	8–0 Fall
3	Emine Hyusein Osman (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–10	0–8 Fall	—

Source: UWW

Women's freestyle 53 kg

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Nikol Krumova (BUL)	2
	Irena Binkova (BUL)	7F			Irena Binkova (BUL)	4F
	Yana Dimitrova (BUL)	0			Chahinez Rabah (ALG)	4
	Chahinez Rabah (ALG)	11							Irena Binkova (BUL)	0
	Tatiana Debien (FRA)	11							Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA)	10
	Fabiana Rinella (ITA)	2			Tatiana Debien (FRA)	0
	Elena Simona Ionescu (ROU)	0			Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA)	3
	Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA)	10

	Bronze medals
	Nikol Krumova (BUL)	3
	Chahinez Rabah (ALG)	4
	Elena Simona Ionescu (ROU)	1
	Tatiana Debien (FRA)	9

Women's freestyle 55 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	USA	BUL
1	Sezen Belberova (BUL)	2	2	0	7	14		—	3–2	11–0
2	Alexandra Hedrick (USA)	2	1	1	5	12		2–3	—	10–0
3	Mihaela Mihova (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–11	0–10	—

Source: UWW

Women's freestyle 57 kg

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Ting Zhang (CHN)	12
	Ana Maria Puiu (ROU)	9			Ting Zhang (CHN)	3
	Georgiana Lirca (ROU)	11			Georgiana Lirca (ROU)	12
	Nesrin Syuleymanova (BUL)	1							Georgiana Lirca (ROU)	9
	Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG)	4F							Kwon Young-jin (KOR)	11
	Amel Rebiha (FRA)	0			Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG)	2
	Jana Petrović (SRB)	2			Kwon Young-jin (KOR)	2F
	Kwon Young-jin (KOR)	14

	Bronze medals
	Nesrin Syuleymanova (BUL)	2
	Ting Zhang (CHN)	5F
	Jana Petrović (SRB)	5
	Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG)	8F

Women's freestyle 59 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	BUL	BUL
1	Evelina Nikolova (BUL)	2	2	0	9	16		—	4–0 Fall	12–0
2	Fatme Shaban (BUL)	2	1	1	5	12		0–4 Fall	—	12–4 Fall
3	Desislava Ivanova (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		0–12	4–12 Fall	—

Source: UWW

Women's freestyle 62 kg

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Bilyana Dudova (BUL)		5F
	Jovana Radivojević (SRB)		2			Siwar Bousetta (TUN)		0
	Siwar Bousetta (TUN)		12								Bilyana Dudova (BUL)		8
											Amina Capezan (ROU)		0
						Jiajing Hou (CHN)		4
						Amina Capezan (ROU)		6
																Bilyana Dudova (BUL)		2
																Xinyuan Sun (CHN)		3
						Emel Mustafova (BUL)		0
	Ameline Douarre (FRA)		10			Ameline Douarre (FRA)		10
	Arian Carpio (PHI)		0								Ameline Douarre (FRA)		0
	Lydia Pérez (ESP)		0								Xinyuan Sun (CHN)		7
	Xinyuan Sun (CHN)		5			Xinyuan Sun (CHN)		10
						Mastoura Soudani (ALG)		0

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
					Siwar Bousetta (TUN)	3
					Amina Capezan (ROU)	7
	Mastoura Soudani (ALG)	0			Ameline Douarre (FRA)	2
	Lydia Pérez (ESP)	4			Lydia Pérez (ESP)	1

Women's freestyle 65 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		ROU	SRB	BUL	BUL
1	Kateryna Zelenykh (ROU)	3	3	0	14	14		—	4–0 Fall	10–0	WO
2	Maša Perović (SRB)	3	1	2	6	6		0–4 Fall	—	3–13	3–1 Fall
3	Gergana Stoyanova (BUL)	3	1	2	5	17		0–10	13–3	—	4–5
4	Dzhanan Manolova (BUL)	3	1	2	3	6		WO	1–3 Fall	5–4	—

Source: UWW

Women's freestyle 68 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	TUN	ROU	ITA
1	Sofiya Georgieva (BUL)	3	3	0	13	37		—	16–4	11–0 Fall	10–0
2	Khadija Jlassi (TUN)	3	2	1	9	17		4–16	—	8–3 Fall	5–0
3	Larisa Maria Nițu (ROU)	3	1	2	3	5		0–11 Fall	3–8 Fall	—	2–2
4	Laura Godino (ITA)	3	0	3	1	2		0–10	0–5	2–2	—

Source: UWW

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	CHN	SRB
1	Yuliana Yaneva (BUL)	2	2	0	8	23		—	12–1	11–0
2	Man Zhang (CHN)	2	1	1	5	11		1–12	—	10–0
3	Emilija Jakovljević (SRB)	2	0	2	0	0		0–11	0–10	—

Source: UWW

	Semifinals				Final
	Sofiya Georgieva (BUL)	7
	Man Zhang (CHN)	8			Man Zhang (CHN)	0
	Yuliana Yaneva (BUL)	10F			Yuliana Yaneva (BUL)	10
	Khadija Jlassi (TUN)	0
					Bronze medal
					Sofiya Georgieva (BUL)	3
					Khadija Jlassi (TUN)	3

Women's freestyle 72 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		BUL	SRB	BUL
1	Vanesa Georgieva (BUL)	2	2	0	9	10		—	10–0	WO
2	Fanni Nađ (SRB)	2	1	1	5	0		0–10	—	WO
3	Daniela Brasnarova (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0		WO	WO	—

Source: UWW

Women's freestyle 76 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		USA	FRA	KOR
1	Dymond Guilford (USA)	2	2	0	8	14		—	5–0 Fall	9–0
2	Pauline Lecarpentier (FRA)	2	1	1	3	12		0–5 Fall	—	2–1
3	Eunju Hwang (KOR)	2	0	2	1	1		0–9	1–2	—

Source: UWW

External links

• UWW Official Website
• Bulgarian Wrestling Federation
• Dan Kolov and Nikola Petrov - draw, results
• Results Book