Six U.S. stars included in May UWW Greco-Roman Ranking Series, with No. 10 Robby Smith the top American
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Competition portrait of Robby Smith from the 2017 World Championships by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.
United World Wrestling released its May 2018 Ranking Series standings in Greco-Roman, and six U.S. wrestlers were ranked in the top 19 of their weight class.
The highest ranked American Greco-Roman wrestler was 2016 Olympian and four-time World Team member Robby Smith, who came in at No. 10 at 130 kg. Smith won a silver medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Peru.
The 2018 season is the first in which United World Wrestling is utilizing an objective ranking system. The points acquired at continental championships and select rankings series will determine the top four seeded athletes at the 2018 World Championships in October held in Budapest.
Next in the rankings from the USA was No. 11 Ryan Mango at 63 kg. Mango won the gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Peru.
Two-time Olympian Ben Provisor was the next American in Greco-Roman, at No. 14 at 87 kg. Provisor won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in Greco-Roman. He is the only American to be ranked in both styles, also holding the No. 14 ranking at 97 kg in men’s freestyle, after going up a weight as a replacement and winning a gold medal in freestyle at the Pan American Championships.
There are two Americans at No. 15 in their weight class standings, Max Nowry at 55 kg and Ravaughn Perkins at 72 kg. Nowry won a silver medal and Perkins won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships.
The other American in the standings is No. 19 Geordan Speiller at 82 kg, a silver medalist at the Pan American Championships.
Although it does not count towards the UWW Ranking Series, all six of the U.S. wrestlers in the UWW standings were also champions at the Marine Corps U.S. Open in Las Vegas in April.
Cuba has two No. 1 athletes in the May UWW standings, Olympic champion Ismael Borrero at 67kg and Oscar Pino Hinds at 130 kg. Kyrgyzstan also has a pair of top-ranked Greco-Roman wrestlers, K. Zholchubekov at 60 kg and U. Amatov at 63 kg.
2016 World champion Balint Korpasi of Hungary is the top-ranked wrestler at 72kg. Also sitting at No. 1 are returning World bronze medalists Mohammadali Geraei of Iran at 77 kg and Roberti Kobliashvili of Georgia at 87kg.
Other top-ranked Greco-Roman wrestlers include Ekrem Ozturk of Turkey at 55 kg, Daniel Aleksandrov of Bulgaria at 82 kg and Orkhan Nuriyev of Azerbaijan at 97kg.
View all the rankings on United World Wrestling's homepage at:
www.unitedworldwrestling.org
May UWW Greco-Roman Ranking Series (Top 5)
55kg
1. Ekrem OZTURK (TUR) // 30 Points
2. Reza KHEDRI (IRI) // 24 Points
3. Shota TANOKURA (JPN) // 22 Points
4. Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE) // 20 Points
5. Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) // 20 Points
U.S. wrestler
15. Max NOWRY (USA) // 15 Points
60kg
1. K. ZHOLCHUBEKOV (KGZ) // 36 Points
2. Luis Alberto ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) // 35 Points
3. Sergey EMELIN (RUS) // 27 Points
4. Murad MAMMADOV (AZE) // 25 Points
5. Shinobu OTA (JPN) // 23 Points
63kg
1. U. AMATOV (KGZ) // 30 Points
2. Mihai Radu MIHUT (ROU) // 28 Points
3. Stig-Andre BERGE (NOR) // 26 Points
4. Zaur KABALOEV (RUS) // 24 Points
5. Donior ISLAMOV (MDA) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
11. Ryan MANGO (USA) // 17 Points
67kg
1. Ismael BORRERO (CUB) // 47 Points
2. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) // 42 Points
3. Artem SURKOV (RUS) // 32 Points
4. Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO) // 30 Points
5. Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) // 28 Points
72kg
1. Balint KORPASI (HUN) // 42 Points
2. Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) // 38 Points
3. Adam KURAK (RUS) // 33 Points
4. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) // 31 Points
5. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) // 29 Points
U.S. wrestler
15. Ravaughn PERKINS (USA) // 17 Points
77kg
1. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) // 38 Points
2. Ariel FIS BATISTA (CUB) // 34 Points
3. Roman VLASOV (RUS) // 34 Points
4. Viktor NEMES (SRB) // 32 Points
5. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) // 30 Points
82kg
1. Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) // 40 Points
2. Laszlo SZABO (HUN) // 31 Points
3. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) // 29 Points
4. Viktar SASUNOUSKI (BLR) // 27 Points
5. Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) // 25 Points
U.S. wrestler
19. Geordan SPEILLER (USA) // 15 Points
87kg
1. Roberti KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) // 33 Points
2. Bekkhan OZDOEV (RUS) // 31 Points
3. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) // 29 Points
4. Khussein MUTSOLGOV (KAZ) // 29 Points
5. Kristoffer Zakarias BERG (SWE) // 29 Points
U.S. wrestler
14. Ben PROVISOR (USA) // 19 Points
97kg
1. Orkhan NURIYEV (AZE) // 42 Points
2. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) // 38 Points
3. Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA (VEN) // 34 Points
4. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) // 33 Points
5. Gabriel Alejandro ROSILLO KINDELAN (CUB) // 32 Points
130kg
1. Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) // 36 Points
2. Behnam mahdizadeh ARPATAPEH (IRI) // 34 Points
3. Lam BALINT (HUN) // 32 Points
4. Ciurariu alin ALEXUC (ROU) // 30 Points
5. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) // 27 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Robby SMITH (USA) // 21 Points
United World Wrestling is the international governing body of wrestling and is headquartered in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland. To learn more about United World Wrestling and the activities of its 179 national federations, please visit: www.UnitedWorldWrestling.org, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
United World Wrestling released its May 2018 Ranking Series standings in Greco-Roman, and six U.S. wrestlers were ranked in the top 19 of their weight class.
The highest ranked American Greco-Roman wrestler was 2016 Olympian and four-time World Team member Robby Smith, who came in at No. 10 at 130 kg. Smith won a silver medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Peru.
The 2018 season is the first in which United World Wrestling is utilizing an objective ranking system. The points acquired at continental championships and select rankings series will determine the top four seeded athletes at the 2018 World Championships in October held in Budapest.
Next in the rankings from the USA was No. 11 Ryan Mango at 63 kg. Mango won the gold medal at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Peru.
Two-time Olympian Ben Provisor was the next American in Greco-Roman, at No. 14 at 87 kg. Provisor won a bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in Greco-Roman. He is the only American to be ranked in both styles, also holding the No. 14 ranking at 97 kg in men’s freestyle, after going up a weight as a replacement and winning a gold medal in freestyle at the Pan American Championships.
There are two Americans at No. 15 in their weight class standings, Max Nowry at 55 kg and Ravaughn Perkins at 72 kg. Nowry won a silver medal and Perkins won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships.
The other American in the standings is No. 19 Geordan Speiller at 82 kg, a silver medalist at the Pan American Championships.
Although it does not count towards the UWW Ranking Series, all six of the U.S. wrestlers in the UWW standings were also champions at the Marine Corps U.S. Open in Las Vegas in April.
Cuba has two No. 1 athletes in the May UWW standings, Olympic champion Ismael Borrero at 67kg and Oscar Pino Hinds at 130 kg. Kyrgyzstan also has a pair of top-ranked Greco-Roman wrestlers, K. Zholchubekov at 60 kg and U. Amatov at 63 kg.
2016 World champion Balint Korpasi of Hungary is the top-ranked wrestler at 72kg. Also sitting at No. 1 are returning World bronze medalists Mohammadali Geraei of Iran at 77 kg and Roberti Kobliashvili of Georgia at 87kg.
Other top-ranked Greco-Roman wrestlers include Ekrem Ozturk of Turkey at 55 kg, Daniel Aleksandrov of Bulgaria at 82 kg and Orkhan Nuriyev of Azerbaijan at 97kg.
View all the rankings on United World Wrestling's homepage at:
www.unitedworldwrestling.org
May UWW Greco-Roman Ranking Series (Top 5)
55kg
1. Ekrem OZTURK (TUR) // 30 Points
2. Reza KHEDRI (IRI) // 24 Points
3. Shota TANOKURA (JPN) // 22 Points
4. Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE) // 20 Points
5. Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) // 20 Points
U.S. wrestler
15. Max NOWRY (USA) // 15 Points
60kg
1. K. ZHOLCHUBEKOV (KGZ) // 36 Points
2. Luis Alberto ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) // 35 Points
3. Sergey EMELIN (RUS) // 27 Points
4. Murad MAMMADOV (AZE) // 25 Points
5. Shinobu OTA (JPN) // 23 Points
63kg
1. U. AMATOV (KGZ) // 30 Points
2. Mihai Radu MIHUT (ROU) // 28 Points
3. Stig-Andre BERGE (NOR) // 26 Points
4. Zaur KABALOEV (RUS) // 24 Points
5. Donior ISLAMOV (MDA) // 24 Points
U.S. wrestler
11. Ryan MANGO (USA) // 17 Points
67kg
1. Ismael BORRERO (CUB) // 47 Points
2. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) // 42 Points
3. Artem SURKOV (RUS) // 32 Points
4. Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO) // 30 Points
5. Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) // 28 Points
72kg
1. Balint KORPASI (HUN) // 42 Points
2. Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) // 38 Points
3. Adam KURAK (RUS) // 33 Points
4. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) // 31 Points
5. Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) // 29 Points
U.S. wrestler
15. Ravaughn PERKINS (USA) // 17 Points
77kg
1. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) // 38 Points
2. Ariel FIS BATISTA (CUB) // 34 Points
3. Roman VLASOV (RUS) // 34 Points
4. Viktor NEMES (SRB) // 32 Points
5. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) // 30 Points
82kg
1. Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) // 40 Points
2. Laszlo SZABO (HUN) // 31 Points
3. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) // 29 Points
4. Viktar SASUNOUSKI (BLR) // 27 Points
5. Rafig HUSEYNOV (AZE) // 25 Points
U.S. wrestler
19. Geordan SPEILLER (USA) // 15 Points
87kg
1. Roberti KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) // 33 Points
2. Bekkhan OZDOEV (RUS) // 31 Points
3. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) // 29 Points
4. Khussein MUTSOLGOV (KAZ) // 29 Points
5. Kristoffer Zakarias BERG (SWE) // 29 Points
U.S. wrestler
14. Ben PROVISOR (USA) // 19 Points
97kg
1. Orkhan NURIYEV (AZE) // 42 Points
2. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) // 38 Points
3. Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA (VEN) // 34 Points
4. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) // 33 Points
5. Gabriel Alejandro ROSILLO KINDELAN (CUB) // 32 Points
130kg
1. Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) // 36 Points
2. Behnam mahdizadeh ARPATAPEH (IRI) // 34 Points
3. Lam BALINT (HUN) // 32 Points
4. Ciurariu alin ALEXUC (ROU) // 30 Points
5. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) // 27 Points
U.S. wrestler
10. Robby SMITH (USA) // 21 Points
United World Wrestling is the international governing body of wrestling and is headquartered in Corsier-Sur-Vevey, Switzerland. To learn more about United World Wrestling and the activities of its 179 national federations, please visit: www.UnitedWorldWrestling.org, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
