Grant takes fifth, U.S. fourth in Greco-Roman team rankings to conclude Veteran World Championships
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
Division A Greco-Roman wrestlers for Team USA at the 2025 Veteran World Championships in Tatabanya, Hungary.
TATABANYA, Hungary – Five U.S. athletes took the mats on the final day of wrestling at the 2025 Veteran World Championships. Heavyweight Mingo Grant finished in fifth place at 130 kg for the top American placement in Division A.
Mingo was the lone American to make the medal rounds on Sunday at Tatabanya Sport Hall. He posted a 2-2 overall record at heavyweight, dropping the bronze medal match to Serhat Saricicek of Türkiye, 4-0.
The U.S. compiled 5 medals, one gold, one silver and three bronzes, to finish with 190 team points and a respectable fourth place finish in the Greco-Roman combined division team ranking. The host nation of Hungary topped the charts with 314 team points. Kazakhstan outlasted Türkiye for second place by a single point, 203 to 202.
Complete results for each American in action, as well as top ten placements and medal match results in each weight class, are listed below.
Archived matches from the Veteran World Championships are available to the U.S. market through FloWrestling.com.
Tournament brackets and updated results can be found on UWW Arena.
1. Hungary, 314
2. Kazakhstan, 203
3. Türkiye, 202
4. United States, 190
5. Sweden, 186
6. Georgia, 161
7. Bulgaria, 133
8. Kyrgyzstan, 112
9. France, 96
10. Germany, 88
Gold – Anders Roenningen (Norway)
Silver – Thomas Roenningen (Norway)
Bronze – Per Sundberg (Sweden)
4th – Kirill Kachesov (UWW)
5th – Michael Van De Walle (France)
6th – Esref Erturgut (Türkiye)
7th – Roland Csernak (Hungary)
Gold – Anders Roenningen (Norway) dec. Thomas Roenningen (Norway), 9-4
Bronze – Per Sundberg (Sweden) dec. Kirill Kachesov (UWW), 5-1
Gold – Goga Gogiberashvili (Georgia)
Silver – Ruslan Assakalov (UWW)
Bronze – Petar Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Bronze – Vahram Khachatryan (Armenia)
5th – Mehmet Dildirim (Türkiye)
5th – Lasha Kadieshvili (Georgia)
7th – Klaus Bengs (Sweden)
8th – Keith Malmberg (Sweden)
9th – Sergei Fufachev (Kyrgyzstan)
10th – Marcus Priolo (United States)
Gold – Goga Gogiberashvili (Georgia) dec. Ruslan Assakalov (UWW), 4-1
Bronze – Petar Georgiev (Bulgaria) fall Mehmet Dildirim (Türkiye), 3:02
Bronze – Vahram Khachatryan (Armenia) tech. fall Lasha Kadieshvili (Georgia), 9-0
Gold – Vasif Arzimanov (Türkiye)
Silver – Bo Hallbaeck Sunne (Sweden)
Bronze – Petr Motovilov (UWW)
Bronze – Efraim Hilden (Sweden)
5th – Giovanni Fecarotta (Italy)
5th – Eyyup Ozcavus (Türkiye)
7th – Alessio Martini (Italy)
8th – Nikolai Solovev (UWW)
9th – Chyntemir Zhandyraly Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
10th – Hunor Szakolczi (Hungary)
Gold – Vasif Arzimanov (Türkiye) dec. Bo Hallbaeck Sunne (Sweden), 9-5
Bronze – Petr Motovilov (UWW) tech. fall Giovanni Fecarotta (Italy), 9-0
Bronze – Efraim Hilden (Sweden) dec. Eyyup Ozcavus (Türkiye), 2-1
Gold – Mehmetali Kucukosman (Türkiye)
Silver – Zied Ait Ouagram (Morocco)
Bronze – Valeriy Golubkov (UWW)
Bronze – Plamen Palev (Bulgaria)
5th – Dragutin Dukic (France)
5th – Ludek Konvicny (Czechia)
7th – Khamzat Basaev (UWW)
8th – Pascal Mieslinger (Germany)
9th – Peter Szucs (Hungary)
10th – Vladislav Semenov (UWW)
Gold – Mehmetali Kucukosman (Türkiye) dec. Zied Ait Ouagram (Morocco), 3-2
Bronze – Valeriy Golubkov (UWW) dec. Dragutin Dukic (France), 7-4
Bronze – Plamen Palev (Bulgaria) dec. Ludek Konvicny (Czechia), 1-1
Gold – Zsolt Dajka (Hungary)
Silver – Dmitrii Dokuchaev (UWW)
Bronze – Vladimir Zholobov (UWW)
Bronze – Jevgenijs Didiluks (Latvia)
5th – Aleksei Pintaev (UWW)
5th – Aleksandr Toshchev (UWW)
7th – Walid Said (Sweden)
8th – Ihor Kholodnyi (Ukraine)
9th – Ozcan Isik (Türkiye)
10th – Aytac Demir (Türkiye)
Gold – Zsolt Dajka (Hungary) dec. Dmitrii Dokuchaev (UWW), 7-0
Bronze – Vladimir Zholobov (UWW) tech. fall Aleksei Pintaev (UWW), 8-0
Bronze – Jevgenijs Didiluks (Latvia) dec. Aleksandr Toshchev (UWW), 8-1
Gold – Juszup Nunajev (Hungary)
Silver – Maysam Lashkari (Iran)
Bronze – Zaza Shavadze (Georgia)
Bronze – Serhat Saricicek (Türkiye)
5th – Ivan Ponomarev (UWW)
5th – Mingo Grant (United States)
7th – Garret Johnson (United States)
8th – Daniel Geist (Germany)
9th – Hristo Georgiev (Bulgaria)
10th – Salvatore Pisari (Italy)
Gold – Juszup Nunajev (Hungary) dec. Maysam Lashkari (Iran), 4-1
Bronze – Zaza Shavadze (Georgia) inj. def. Ivan Ponomarev (UWW), 1:49
Bronze – Serhat Saricicek (Türkiye) dec. Mingo Grant (United States), 4-0
70 kg – Marcus Priolo, 10th place
LOSS Klaus Bengs (Sweden), tech. fall, 9-0
78 kg – Michael Morgan, 11th place
LOSS Alessio Martini (Italy), tech. fall, 13-4
88 kg – Luis Onofre Valencia, 18th place
LOSS Plamen Palev (Bulgaria), three cautions, 0:29
130 kg – Mingo Grant, 5th place
WIN Davit Rubashvili (Georgia), inj. def., 0:00
WIN Salvatore Pisari (Italy), tech. fall, 9-1
LOSS Juszup Nunajev (Hungary), tech. fall, 8-0
LOSS Serhat Saricicek (Türkiye), 4-0
130 kg – Garret Johnson, 7th place
WIN Dmytro Zbarskyi (Ukraine), fall, 0:27
LOSS Maysam Lashkari (Iran), tech. fall, 13-4
LOSS Zaza Shavadze (Georgia), 2-0
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