Fuenffinger finishes fifth at Kolov-Petrov Cup to wrap up American showing
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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
SOFIA, Bulgaria – U.S. Greco-Roman wrestler Mike Fuenffinger notched a fifth-place finish at 60 kg/132 lbs., the highest finish of the Americans at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria, this weekend.
Fuenffinger, who was pulled back into the repechage when 2017 World champion Kenchiro Fumita of Japan advanced to the tournament finals, picked up a win in his first repechage match, defeating Teodor Horatau of Romania.
The American moved onto the 60 kg bronze-medal match, where he met up with Ilo Iliev of Bulgaria. Fuenffinger fell short in the medal bout, losing 11-3, to take fifth and wrap up the U.S.’s tournament.
DAN KOLOV-NIKOLA PETROV CUP
at Sofia, Bulgaria (March 22-25)
U.S. Greco-Roman results
60 kg/132 lbs. – Ildar Hafizov (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
LOSS Uyar Ahmet (Turkey), 8-0
60 kg/132 lbs. – Mike Fuenffinger (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP), FIFTH
LOSS Kenchiro Fumita (Japan), 14-3
WIN Teodor Horatau (Romania)
LOSS Ivo Iliev (Bulgaria), 11-3
63 kg/139 lbs. – Ryan Mango (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)
WIN Dato Chkhartishvili (Georgia), fall 4:58
LOSS Shinobu Ota (Japan), 12-2
72 kg/158 lbs. – Pat Smith (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
LOSS Evrik Nikoghosyan (France), 9-0
LOSS Tomohiro Inoue (Japan), fall 3:42
U.S. freestyle results
57 kg/125 lbs. – Frank Perrelli (Bethlehem, Pa./Titan Mercury WC)
WIN Givi Davidovi (Italy), 9-6
LOSS Baris Kaya (Turkey), 4-2
