Gusfa, Bouzakis strike U17 Gold, Brooks advances to Senior finals at Klippan Lady Open
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Klippan Lady Open U17 champion Jaclyn Bouzakis pictured at the 2023 Junior Nationals in Fargo, N.D.
KLIPPAN, Sweden – The U.S. women wrapped up day two of the Klippan Lady Open with six medalists in the U17 division, including gold medal efforts from Francesca Gusfa and Jaclyn Bouzakis, plus Karlee Brooks navigating to the finals in the Senior division.
The lightweight tandem of Gusfa and Bouzakis were dominant throughout the event—both women won every match with bonus points. Gusfa picked up a pair of 10-0 technical falls at 40 kg. Bouzakis went 3-0 at 43 kg with two first-period pins and an 11-0 technical fall.
U17 silver medals went to Kendall Moe at 46 kg, Morgan Lucio at 65 kg and Alexandra Alli at 73 kg. Moe looked sharp with three bonus-point wins prior to the finals where she fell on criteria, 1-1 to Josefiina Tuominen of Finland. Lucio went 2-1, while Alli went 1-1, in their round-robin brackets.
Emma Chacon battled back from a second-round loss to win four matches and claim the 57 kg bronze medal. She took out Saga Beck of Sweden 6-1 in the bronze medal bout.
On the Senior side, Elite Accelerator Program athlete Brooks cruised to three impressive wins to qualify for the 53 kg finals. She scored a 12-0 technical fall over Lobna Icaoui of Tunisia, a fall in 4:15 against Lilya Cohen of France and a 5-4 decision over Maelyss Rousselet. It’ll be Magdalena Glodek of Poland opposite Brooks in tomorrow’s final.
USOPTC athlete Hanna Erthum was the only other Senior level American to secure a medal match. She is matched against Mirijam Hansen of Norway for the 62 kg bronze medal.
65 kg competitor May Prado is still in the running for a medal but has some work to do in a five-woman round robin to make it happen. She went 0-1 on Saturday and has three matches to go on Sunday.
The young trio of Rianne Murphy, Genesis Cejudo and Clare Booe were unable to make a medal-match run in a deep 50 kg weight class. Booe was the only U.S. entrant to win a match, going 1-1 overall.
The Klippan Lady Open resumes at 10 a.m. local time on Sunday with the remaining women’s freestyle matches in the Senior division. Klippan, Sweden, is located six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Time.
Complete brackets and a live stream of the event are available at www.klippansbk.se.
2024 Klippan Lady Open
Feb. 17, Klippan, Sweden
U17 Women’s Freestyle Results
40 kg
Gold – Francesca Gusfa (United States)
Silver – Nelly Zierenberg (Germany)
Bronze – Polina Timsina (Estonia)
43 kg
Gold – Jaclyn Bouzakis (United States)
Silver – Klara Winkler (Germany)
Bronze – Sally Malmgren (Sweden)
4th – Kari Bjerge (Norway)
46 kg
Gold – Josefiina Tuominen (Finland)
Silver – Kendall Moe (United States)
Bronze – Elsa Astrom (Sweden)
4th – Vanja Philipsson (Sweden
5th – Aida Lachinova (Norway)
6th – Aliya Leistner (Germany)
7th – Siri Sjostrom (Sweden)
7th – Sara Kjelle (Norway)
49 kg
Gold – Rita Rantonen (Finland)
Silver – Josephine Wrensch (Germany)
Bronze – Fiona Gasser (Germany)
4th – Emmy Nerell (Sweden)
5th – Sally Hammarback (Sweden)
6th – Elenia Zagliveri (Germany)
7th – Mina Lindas Hansen (Norway)
8th – Kimberly Seifert (Germany)
9th – Tuva Ohman (Sweden)
10th – Alice Bagander (Sweden)
53 kg
Gold – Sophia Meraner (Austria)
Silver – Agnes Lundgren (Sweden)
Bronze – Lisette Botker (Estonia)
4th – Ebba Zetterkvist (Sweden)
5th – Alicia Pekkala (Sweden)
6th – Anjali Arndt (Germany)
7th – Carla Christiansen (Denmark)
8th – Emma Lauritsen (Norway)
9th – Liv Sandvik Kleppest (Norway)
10th – Johanna Hanses (Germany)
57 kg
Gold – Frida Christiansen (Denmark)
Silver – Feenja Hermann (Germany)
Bronze – Emma Chacon (United States)
4th – Saga Beck (Sweden)
5th – Inez Airajksinen (Sweden)
6th – Susan Larsen (Denmark)
7th – Ellen Lundgren (Sweden)
8th – Delia Gisler (Switzerland)
9th – Ebba Ohman (Sweden)
10th – Engla Meijer (Sweden)
61 kg
Gold – Annalena Pohl (Germany)
Silver – Ida Mykle (Norway)
Bronze – Miriam Sanders (Germany)
4th – Vera Stoltz (Sweden)
5th – Vanja Furmark (Sweden)
6th – Tilda Jivenius (Sweden)
7th – Leah Acar (Sweden)
8th – Iben Tippie Lekhal (Norway)
65 kg
Gold – Selma Pihlaja (Finland)
Silver – Morgan Lucio (United States)
Bronze – Kajsa Backman (Sweden)
4th – Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece)
69 kg
Gold – Lise Landouzy (France)
Silver – Melanie Lorenz (Germany)
Bronze – Vivienne Magdalena Palcynska (Norway)
4th – Ellie Jeppsson (Sweden)
73 kg
Gold – Lotta English (Germany)
Silver – Alexandra Alli (United States)
Bronze – Hera Berglund (Sweden)
U.S. U17 Women’s Freestyle Results
40 kg – Francesca Gusfa, Ridgewood, N.J. (Apex Wrestling Academy), gold medal
WIN Nelly Zierenberg (Germany), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Polina Timsina (Estonia), tech. fall, 10-0
43 kg – Jaclyn Bouzakis, Shavertown, Pa. (Wyoming Seminary), gold medal
WIN Klara Winkler (Germany), tech. fall, 11-0
WIN Sally Malmgren (Sweden), fall, 1:43
WIN Kari Bjerge (Norway), fall, 0:27
46 kg – Kendall Moe, Cicero, Ind. (Contenders Wrestling Academy), silver medal
WIN Sara Kjelle (Norway), tech fall 10-0
WIN Siri Sjostrom (Sweden), fall, 0:17
WIN Vanja Philipsson (Sweden), fall, 1:01
LOSS Josefiina Tuominen (Finland), 1-1
57 kg – Martynique Davis, Phoenix, Ariz. (Valiant Prep), 13th place
LOSS Feenja Hermann (Germany), 3-1
LOSS Inez Airaksinen (Sweden), fall, 1:27
57 kg – Emma Chacon, Laveen, Ariz. (Valiant Prep), bronze medal
WIN Elena Makar (Sweden), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Fennja Hermann (Germany), 5-5
WIN Ellen Lundgren (Sweden), 8-0
WIN Inez Airaksinen (Sweden), tech. fall, 12-2
WIN Saga Beck (Sweden), 6-1
65 kg – Morgan Lucio, Casa Grande, Ariz. (Valiant Prep), silver medal
WIN Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece), fall, 3:49
LOSS Selma Pihalja (Finland), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Kajsa Backman (Sweden), 5-2
73 kg – Alexandra Alli, Ashley, Ohio (Erie Prep Academy), silver medal
LOSS Lotta Englich (Germany), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Hera Berglund (Sweden), tech. fall, 14-4
U.S. Senior Women’s Freestyle Day One Results
50 kg – Rianne Murphy, Crown Point, Ind. (Wyoming Seminary), eliminated
LOSS Roberta Luostarinen (Finland), fall, 1:38
50 kg – Genesis Cejudo, Phoenix, Ariz. (EAP), eliminated
LOSS Julie Sabatie (France), fall
50 kg – Clare Booe, Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Wyoming Seminary), eliminated
WIN Hsieh Meng Hsuan (Chinese Taipei), 11-10
LOSS Roberta Luostarinen (Finland), tech. fall, 10-0
53 kg – Karlee Brooks, Phoenix, Ariz. (EAP), gold medal match
WIN Lobna Icaoui (Tunisia), tech. fall, 12-0
WIN Lilya Cohen (France), fall, 4:15
WIN Maelyss Rousselet (France), 5-4
VS Magdalena Glodek (Poland)
62 kg – Hanna Erthum, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Combat WC School of Wrestling/USOPTC), bronze medal match
LOSS Siwar Bouseta (Tunisia), 10-5
VS Mirijam Hansen (Norway)
65 kg – May Prado, Marietta, Ga, (Level Up), round robin
LOSS Nora Svensson (Sweden), fall
VS Hedda Forare Berg (Sweden)
VS Ingrid Bergh Skar (Norway)
VS Vanja Gersak Perez (Germany)
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