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India wins the 2005 South African Centenary Wrestling Cup,South Africa places second.
7/10/05
Cape Town, South Africa - The South African Centenary Wrestling Championships concluded last night July 9, 2005 at the gymnasium hall at the University of Stellenbosch. India dominated the Freestyle men's and women's wrestling as well as the Greco-Roman style. South African wrestlers came close on their heels but it was not enough. Majority of the Commonwealth wrestling nations stayed for the wrestling camp/symposium July 3-7 and then competed at the Centenary Cup July 8-9.
In addition to the Commonwealth teams there were entries from Germany and Uganda.
In the preliminary rounds India, South Africa and Germany dominated the S.A. Centenary Cup wrestling matches. The lone Canadian medal won in Freestyle was by Tony Ronci of Montreal, he won a bronze medal at 66 kg.
Michael Volkel 96 kg of Germany won the Frestyle gold as well as Greco-Roman gold medal. The South African Wrestling Federation selected as MICHAEL VOLKEL the best wrestler for Greco-Roman style of wrestling as he defeated the Commonwealth Champion from India in his weight class. In Freestyle for men RAMESH KUMAR of India won best wrestler award and SONJA COETZEE of South Africa won in women's.
India won the team trophies for the Freestyle men and women and Greco-Roman men. The same feat was accomplished by India a week earlier at the Commonwealth Championships. South Africa placed second . India won 5 gold medals in men's Freestyle and in women's 6 gold and 6 gold in Greco-Roman.
" Without a doubt India brought the best wrestlers to South Africa to wrestle and they won the most medals and are team champions for the Commonwwalth Championships and our Centenary Wrestling Cup. We are proud of our South African wrestling team as they placed second to India and won a number of medals. In Centenary Cup in frestyle for men COENRAAD DE VILLIERS at 84 kg. won a gold and in women's SONJA COETZEE at 67 kg won a gold as well. This is the best results achieved by our wrestlers at International competition to date" stated Dave van der Merwe, President, South African Wrestling Federation.
" The Commonwealth Championships and the South African Centenary Cup were well organized and well run and the South African Wrestling Federation and its Executive should be congratulated for hosting these two wrestling events .The local Organizing Committee and it's Chairman Mr. Sakki Bosse did an excellent job and the Town of Stellenbosch and it's people made the wrestlers feel welcome " said Josip Mrkoci, Chairman of the Commonwealth Amateur Wrestling Association.
MENS - FREESTYLE
55KG NAME COUNTRY
1st KRIPA SHANKAR PATEL IND
2nd MUKESH KHATRI IND
3rd TERENCE BOSSON SART
4th HILTON ARENDSE RSA
60KG NAME COUNTRY
1st YOGESWAR DUTT IND
2nd RAVINDER SINGH IND
3rd JACOBUS PONIE RSA
4th ARNOLD BEZUIDENHOUT RSA
66KG NAME COUNTRY
1st SUSHIL KUMAR IND
2nd GURBINDER SINGH IND
3rd TONY RONCI CAN
4th CHRISTO BRUMMER RSA
5th DENVER JANSEN RSA
74KG NAME COUNTRY
1st RAMESH KUMAR IND
2nd RICHARD ADDINALL RSA
3rd SANJAY IND
4th HEINRICH OLWAGEN RSA
5th SADIQ ABDU MUGERWA UGA
84KG NAME COUNTRY
1st COENRAAD DE VILLIERS RSA
2nd STEPHEN HILL NZL
3rd KULDEEP SINGH IND
4th RODNEY JARMAN NZL
96KG NAME COUNTRY
1st MICHAEL VOLKEL GER
2nd KAKAMA BELLA-LUFA RSA
3rd UMAR MUHAMMOD PAK
4th NICO JACOBS NAM
5th PHILLIP LUFF SART
6th JAMIE KERR NZL
120KG NAME COUNTRY
1st ANIL MANN IND
2nd YOGESH DODKE IND
3rd JURIE REICHEL RSA
4th PALWINDER SINGH CHEEMA IND
5th M J B VAN DYK SART
6th RYAN ABRAHAMS SART
FEMALE - FREESTYLE
48KG NAME COUNTRY
1st NIRMAL IND
51KG NAME COUNTRY
1st MEENA IND
55KG NAME COUNTRY
1st NEHA RATHI IND
59KG NAME COUNTRY
1st ALKA TOMAR IND
2nd MAGDELEINE VAN AS RSA
63KG NAME COUNTRY
1st USHA IND
67KG NAME COUNTRY
1st SONJA COETZEE RSA
2nd ANITA IND
72KG NAME COUNTRY
1st JYOTI IND
MENS - GRECO-ROMAN
55KG NAME COUNTRY
1st MUKESH KHATRI IND
2nd KRIPA SHANKAR PATEL IND
3rd TERENCE BOSSON SART
4th HILTON ARENDSE RSA
60KG NAME COUNTRY
1st RAVINDER SINGH IND
2nd YOGESWAR DUTT IND
3rd DENVER JANSEN RSA
4th JAKOBUS PONIE RSA
5th ARNOLD BEZUIDENHOUT RSA
66KG NAME COUNTRY
1st GURBINDER SINGH IND
2nd SUSHIL KUMAR IND
3rd CHRISTO BRUMMER RSA
74KG NAME COUNTRY
1st SANJAY KUMAR IND
2nd RICHARD ADDINALL RSA
3rd RAMESH KUMAR IND
4th JACQUES ROSSOUW RSA
5th DOESN'T GET PLACED
84KG NAME COUNTRY
1st KULDEEP SINGH IND
2nd STEPHEN HILL NZL
3rd DOESN'T GET PLACED
96KG NAME COUNTRY
1st MICHAEL VOLKEL GER
2nd UMAR MUHAMMAD PAK
3rd K H BELLA-LUFU RSA
4th TIM STEWART NZL
5th MARK HOGARTH NZL
120KG NAME COUNTRY
1st SATISH KUMAR IND
2nd YOGESH DODKE IND
3rd RYAN ABRAHAMS SART
4th JURIE REICHEL RSA
5th ANIL MANN IND
6th M J B VAN DYK SART
USA Women won 4 total medals (while placing 5 wrestlers) at the World Junior Championships held at Vilnius, Lithuania July
8-10, 2005. This was the highest medal count for USA Junior Women ever.
Ali Bernard won the Gold at 72k,
Sara Fulp-Allen 48k,
Dany Hedin 55k,
Heather Martin 67k all won Silver medals while
Suekoilya Shelly placed 5th .
By winning 4 medals, the USA women wrestlers tied
Ukraine in the total medal count lead by champion Japan. Japan won 5 total
medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze); Ukraine won 4 medals (2 gold, 2
silver); and USA won 4 medals (1 gold, 3 silver).
The overall team race places points up to 10th place
descending in order i.e. 10 points for gold, 9 points for silver, 8
points for bronze, 7 points for 4th, etc. Thus, the USA placed
5th overall placing 5 wrestlers in the top 10. Japan won the team
race placing all of its wrestlers in the top 10 (USA places five
wrestlers in top 10).
USA Results
Melissa Girard 97k dnp
Sara Fulp-Allen 48k Silver
Kapua Torres 51k dnp
Dany Hedin 55k Silver
Suekoilya Shelly 59k 5th
Jackie Cataline 63k dnp
Heather Martin 67k Silver
Ali Bernard 72k Gold
Champion du Monde Juniors World Juniors Champioship
(Final Results)
http://www.leaguelineup.com/tempsite/files/WorldJrFW-VilniusLithuania.rtf
http://www.leaguelineup.com/tempsite/files/WorldJrFW-VilniusLithuania.pdf
Champion du Monde Juniors World Juniors Champioship
(Pictures)
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