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Wrestling At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 55 Kg
Men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, was held on August 12 at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium. This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket. Each bout consists of up to three rounds, lasting two minutes apiece. The wrestler who scores more points in each round is the winner of that rounds; the bout ends when one wrestler has won two rounds (and thus the match). Schedule All times are China Standard Time ( UTC+08:00) Results ;Legend *F — Won by fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Agricultural University Gymnasium
The China Agricultural University Gymnasium () is an indoor arena located on the campus of the China Agricultural University in Beijing. It hosted the wrestling events of the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... The Gymnasium's rooftop has a staggered, stair-like design. It covers an area of 23,950 square metres and has a capacity of 8,200 which was reduced to 6,000 after the events. It was also turned into a sports complex for students of the China Agricultural University after the Olympic Games. Construction started the first half of 2005 and was completed in July 2007. References Official website Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestling venues Sports venues in Beijing Indoor arenas in China University sports venues in Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostafa Mohamed (wrestler)
Mostafa Mohamed ( ar, مصطفى محمد; born August 18, 1985) is an amateur Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. Mostafa represented Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov, with a technical score of 0–12. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Mohamed offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. He was defeated in the first round by Cuba's Yagnier Hernández Yagnier Hernández (born May 14, 1983 in Camagüey) is an amateur Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a gold medal for his division at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, defeatin ..., who was able to score nine points in two straight periods, leaving Mohamed with a single point. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin Loren Elwais
Elgin Loren Elwais (born March 5, 1985) is a Palauan wrestler. Elwais participated in his first Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Elwais stands out from past Palauan Olympians by being the first sportsperson from his country to qualify for the Olympics based on his own merit. Elwais was the official flag bearer for the Palau Olympic delegation at the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing on August 8, 2008. He competed in the 55kg class in Greco-Roman wrestling, losing his only match to Hamid Sourian of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... Elwais lives in Susanville, California. References External links * Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Palau Palauan male sport wrestlers People fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Nyblom
Anders Nyblom (born 26 November 1981) is a Danish amateur Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the featherweight division. He is the twin brother of two-time Olympian Håkan Nyblom. Nyblom was born in Vaasa, Finland, and he moved to Ølgod, Denmark, with his family when he was young. He qualified for the 55-kg category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing eighth at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was eliminated in the second round of the competition, after being defeated by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, with a score of 1–8, at the end of two periods. Nyblom is also a member of Herning Brydeklub in Herning, Denmark Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgil Munteanu
Virgil Munteanu (born July 10, 1988 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is an amateur Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2008 European Wrestling Championships in Tampere, Finland. He is also a member of CS Alro Slatina, and is coached and trained by Dinu Obrucea. Munteanu represented Romania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to U.S. wrestler and former world university champion Spenser Mango Spenser Mango (born July 6, 1986) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 55 kg w ..., with a technical score of 3–6. References External linksProfile – International Wrestling Database [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spenser Mango
Spenser Mango (born July 6, 1986) is an American Greco-Roman wrestler. He has represented the United States in numerous international competitions including the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 55 kg weight class. He won his first match against Romanian, Virgil Munteanu, before losing the South Korean, Park Eun-chul. Coming into the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was the top-ranked American in his weight class (55 kg/121 lbs). He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after winning at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Mango lost in the preliminary round against Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov 0–3 without any technical points scored. He was placed in the first repechage round, where he lost to Russia's Mingiyan Semenov without technical points again, preventing him from having a chance of achieving a medal. Mango attended Northern Michigan University and is currently in the US Army World Class Athlete Program The U.S. Army World Clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ildar Hafizov
Ildar Hafizov (russian: Ильдар Хафизов; tt-Cyrl, Илдар Хәфиз; born 30 January 1988) is an Uzbek-American Greco-Roman wrestler of Tatar heritage, who competes in the featherweight category. Before his change of domicile to the United States in 2014, Hafizov represented his native Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has picked up the silver medal in his respective division at the 2011 Asian Wrestling Championships, coincidentally in his home city Tashkent, losing out to Kyrgyzstan's Arsen Eraliev. Hafizov competed for the Uzbek wrestling squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He lost the first prelims match to Russia's Nazyr Mankiev, who was able to score three points each in two straight periods, leaving Hafizov with a single point. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Hafizov offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. He was defeated by Serbia's Kristijan Fris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Koval (wrestler)
Yuriy Volodymyrovych Koval ( uk, Юрій Володимирович Коваль; born July 15, 1980 in Odessa) is an amateur Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. Koval represented Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Serbia's Kristijan Fris Kristijan Fris ( sr-cyrl, Кристијан Фрис, hu, Frisz Krisztián; born 21 April 1984 in Senta, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku. ..., with a three-set technical score (4–6, 2–1, 1–3), and a classification point score of 1–3. References External links * * * * Ukrainian male sport wrestlers 1980 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Odesa 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristijan Fris
Kristijan Fris ( sr-cyrl, Кристијан Фрис, hu, Frisz Krisztián; born 21 April 1984 in Senta, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian sport wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku. He also won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Wrestling Championships. At the Mediterranean Games Kristijan won two gold medals. Fris represented Serbia at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He is an ethnic Hungarian. In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 60 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup The inaugural 2020 Individual World Wrestling Cup was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 12–18 December 2020. It was a replacement event for the 2020 World Championships, which should have taken place in the same location, but since some criteria wer ... held in Belgrade, Serbia. References *list of Kristijan's medals at SrbijaSport.com External links * 1984 births Living people People from Senta Serbian mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venelin Venkov
Venelin Venkov ( bg, Венелин Венков; born April 21, 1982, in Oryahovo, Vratsa) is an amateur Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the 2006 European Wrestling Championships in Moscow, Russia, losing out to Armenia's Roman Amoyan. He is also a member of Slavia Litex Wrestling Club in Sofia, and is coached and trained by Bratan Tzenov. Venkov represented Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. Unfortunately, he lost the qualifying round match by a fall (a score of 0–5) to Iran's Hamid Sourian Hamid Sourian Reihanpour ( fa, حمید سوریان ریحانپور; born 24 August 1985) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gol .... References External linksProfile – International Wrestling Database [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Sourian
Hamid Sourian Reihanpour ( fa, حمید سوریان ریحانپور; born 24 August 1985) is a retired Iranian wrestler. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time. Sourian is 2012 Summer Olympic games gold medalist and six-time World Champion. He won both the Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships in 2005. He is also 2007 and 2008 asian championships gold medalist. Summer Olympics 2008 Sourian was a strong favorite to win the gold medal at 55 kg in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but was upset in the quarterfinals by eventual gold medalist Nazyr Mankiev of Russia. Sourian was defeated in the bronze medal match by South Korea's Park Eun-Chul, Sourian had beaten Park in two different world championship finals prior to this Bronze medal match. In both his losses, he lost on tie-breaker criteria. Summer Olympics 2012 On 5 August 2012, he won his country's first ever gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, defeating Azerb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asset Imanbayev
Aset Zhumashovich Imanbayev (also Asset Imanbayev, kk, Әсет Жұмашұлы Иманбаев; born September 23, 1981) is an amateur Kazakhstani Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's featherweight category. He is a two-time Asian wrestling champion (2003 and 2004), and a gold medalist for his division at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Imanbayev represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed for the men's 55 kg class. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Armenia's Roman Amoyan Roman Amoyan ( hy, Ռոման Ամոյան, born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian retired Greco-Roman wrestler of Yazidi-Kurdish descent. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, three-time World Championships medalist, and two-time European Champion. A ..., with a two-set technical score (1–4, 1–3), and classification point score of 1–3. References External linksProfile – International Wrestling Database [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
