USA Greco-Roman receives draws for 2022 Veteran World Championships in Bulgaria
by Taylor Gregorio, USA Wrestling
Photo of Octavius Bellamy at the 2021 Veteran World Championships.
PLOVDIV, Bulgaria – 36 U.S. wrestlers received their draws for the Greco-Roman portion of the 2022 Veteran World Championships.
Action begins Friday with Divisions B and E, followed by Divisions C and D on Saturday and Division A on Monday.
Among those representing the USA are 12 athletes that earned medals earlier this week in the freestyle tournament, including champions David Yi (62 kg, B), Kevin Pine (88 kg, D), George Porter (130 kg, D) and Stephen Horton (70 kg, E).
Yi, Reece Humphrey (70 kg, A) and Octavius Bellamy (88 kg, C) are seeking their second-consecutive Veteran World Greco-Roman titles.
Fans can watch all the action live on FloWrestling.org.
U.S. Greco-Roman draws
Division A
70 kg: Jordin Humphrey
vs. Aibek Berdaliev (Kyrgyzstan)
70 kg: Reece Humphrey
vs. Azamat Satybaldiyev (Kazakhstan)
78 kg: Rashaad Saunders
vs. Dumitru Popov (Moldova)
88 kg: Michael Morgan
vs. Plamen Palev (Bulgaria)
100 kg: Marko Bojkovic
vs. Singh Amandeep (India)
-OR- Guglielmo Cecca (Italy)
130 kg: Ronald Dombkowski
vs. Saleh Omara (Egypt)
Division B
70 kg: Eric Caballero
vs. Milan Maric (Serbia)
78 kg: Andrei Stashonak
vs. Jani Syrjaenen (Finland)
88 kg: Jeremy Black
vs. Ben McCrillis (USA)
88 kg: Gerald Harris
vs. Nurzhan Akzholov (Kazakhstan)
-OR- Dragos Ivanov (France)
88 kg: James Medeiros
vs. Attila Benko (Hungary)
88 kg: Ben McCrillis
vs. Jeremy Black (USA)
100 kg: Karl Junitz
vs. Bengt Stradner (Sweden)
Division C
62 kg: David Yi
vs. Michele Maggiale (Italy)
78 kg: Rudy James
vs. Mohammad Ahmadi Afshar (Spain)
88 kg: Octavius Bellamy
vs. Jani Lauttanen (Finland) – second round
88 kg: Dave Hart
vs. Slobodan Ilic (Serbia)
88 kg: Alvin Riggs
vs. Jani Lauttenen (Finland)
100 kg: William Carr
vs. Frederic Calixte (France)
100 kg: Alsandro Turner
vs. Nabil Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)
130 kg: Gabe Beauperthy
vs. Gyula Papp (Hungary)
Division D
70 kg: Ernesto Alarcon
vs. Gunnar Sprunk (Germany)
78 kg: Jon Banko
vs. Krasimir Ganev (Bulgaria)
88 kg: Kevin Pine
vs. Alessandro Zappala (Italy)
100 kg: Erik Hinckley
vs. Domenico Lemme (USA)
100 kg: Domenico Lemme
vs. Erik Hinkley (USA)
100 kg: Todd Moss
vs. Hristo Gabrovski (Bulgaria)
130 kg: George Porter
vs. Zoltan Pozsonyi (Hungary)
Division E
70 kg: Stephen Horton
vs. Jerry Valencia (USA)
-OR- Murat Tussupbekov (Kazakhstan)
70 kg: Michael Madry
vs. Lars Dahl (Sweden)
70 kg: Jerry Valencia
vs. Murat Tussupbekov (Kazakhstan)
78 kg: Louis Orr
vs. Stig Eriksson (Sweden)
88 kg: Jeffery Anderson
vs. Daniel Kapsazov (Bulgaria)
88 kg: Kevin Kares
vs. Igor Karimov (Hungary)
100 kg: Charles Jones
vs. Anton Mayr (Germany)
130 kg: Brian Jones
vs. Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran)