2025 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 2025
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 2025
Host city	Varna, Bulgaria
Dates	23–26 January
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The 62nd Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Varna, Bulgaria between 23 and 26 January 2025.^[1]^[2]^[3]

This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This tournament was held in honor of Dan Kolov who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria and European and World Champion Nikola Petroff.^[4]

Medal table

* Host nation (Bulgaria)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria*	11	15	14	40
2	United States	5	3	2	10
3	Iran	3	1	1	5
4	Georgia	3	0	2	5
5	Spain	2	0	0	2
6	Norway	1	1	1	3
7	Ukraine	0	2	3	5
8	Azerbaijan	0	2	1	3
9	Latvia	0	1	0	1
10	Romania	0	0	3	3
Totals (10 entries)		25	25	27	77

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Nika Zangaladze Georgia	Ivaylo Tisov Bulgaria	Roman Hutsuliak Ukraine
61 kg details	Daton Fix United States	Devan Turner United States	Jeyhun Allahverdiyev Azerbaijan
61 kg details	Daton Fix United States	Devan Turner United States	Răzvan Kovacs Romania
65 kg details	Mikyay Naim Bulgaria	Murad Hagverdiyev Azerbaijan	Erik Arushanian Ukraine
65 kg details	Mikyay Naim Bulgaria	Murad Hagverdiyev Azerbaijan	Gigi Kurkhuli Georgia
70 kg details	William Lewan United States	Kaloyan Atanasov Bulgaria	Benjamin Boejthe Romania
70 kg details	William Lewan United States	Kaloyan Atanasov Bulgaria	Mihail Georgiev Bulgaria
74 kg details	Quincy Monday United States	Ivan Kusyak Ukraine	Presiyan Mihov Bulgaria
74 kg details	Quincy Monday United States	Ivan Kusyak Ukraine	Ramazan Ramazanov Bulgaria
79 kg details	Tornike Tulashvili Georgia	Kennedy Monday United States	Petar Petkov Bulgaria
79 kg details	Tornike Tulashvili Georgia	Kennedy Monday United States	Krisztian Biro Romania
86 kg details	Zahid Valencia United States	Chance Marsteller United States	Tornike Samkharadze Georgia
92 kg details	Sandro Kurashvili Georgia	Sadig Mustafazade Azerbaijan	Eric Edward Schultz United States
97 kg details	Akhmed Bataev Bulgaria	Vasyl Sova Ukraine	Mert Slavov Bulgaria
125 kg details	Mason Parris United States	Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria	Yurii Idzinskyi Ukraine
125 kg details	Mason Parris United States	Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria	Jordan Michael Wood United States

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Galin Furnadzhiev Bulgaria	Stefan Stefanov Bulgaria	Krasimir Kaloyanov Bulgaria
60 kg details	Mohammad Ashiri Iran	Nedyalko Petrov Bulgaria	Borislav Kirilov Bulgaria
63 kg details	Grisha Nazaryan Bulgaria	Miroslav Emilov Bulgaria	Kristiyan Milenkov Bulgaria
67 kg details	Håvard Jørgensen Norway	Abu Muslim Amaev Bulgaria	Nikalas Sulev Bulgaria
72 kg details	Hojat Rezaei Iran	Ivo Iliev Bulgaria	Petar Gornyashki Bulgaria
77 kg details	Albert Doev Bulgaria	Benjamin Hansen Norway	Per-Anders Kure Norway
82 kg details	Aik Mnatsakanian Bulgaria	Svetoslav Nikolov Bulgaria	Mohammad Naghousi Iran
87 kg details	Semen Novikov Bulgaria	Yasin Ali Yazdi Iran	Andrey Atanasov Bulgaria
97 kg details	Kiril Milov Bulgaria	Kaloyan Ivanov Bulgaria	Yoan Dimitrov Bulgaria
130 kg details	Abolfazl Fathi Iran	Alan Dzabiev Bulgaria	Ignat Milenov Bulgaria

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
53 kg	Aintzane Goñi Spain	Nikol Aleksandrova Bulgaria	None Awarded
62 kg	Lydia Pérez Spain	Fatme Shaban Bulgaria	Desislava Ivanova Bulgaria
65 kg	Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria	Elma Zeidlere Latvia	None Awarded
68 kg	Daniela Brasnarova Bulgaria	Ilinka Stefanova Bulgaria	None Awarded
76 kg	Vanesa Georgieva Bulgaria	Aleksandra Stoyanova Bulgaria	None Awarded

Participating nations

138 wrestlers from 12 countries:

Azerbaijan (4)
Bulgaria (76) (Host)
Ecuador (1)
Spain (2)
Germany (1)
Iran (5)
Israel (2)
Latvia (1)
Norway (5)
Romania (6)
Ukraine (9)
United States (16)

Results

Legend

F — Won by fall
R — Retired
WO — Won by walkover

Men's freestyle

Men's freestyle 57 kg

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	BUL	GEO	USA	BUL
1	Ivaylo Tisov (BUL)	3	3	0	13	29	—	17-8	6–0 Fall	6–0 Fall
2	Nika Zangaladze (GEO)	3	2	1	7	24	8–17	—	8-3	8-2
3	Brandon Courtney (USA)	3	1	2	6	9	0–6 Fall	3–8	—	6–0 Fall
4	Tanyo Tanev (BUL)	3	0	3	1	2	0–6 Fall	2–8	0–6 Fall	—

Source: UWW

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	UKR	USA	ECU
1	Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)	2	2	0	7	16	—	6-3	10-0
2	Liam Smith Cronin (USA)	2	1	1	5	14	3–6	—	11-0
3	Guesseppe Villarroel (ECU)	2	0	2	0	0	0–10	0–11	—

Source: UWW

Semifinals		Final

Ivaylo Tisov (BUL)	3
Liam Smith Cronin (USA)	2	Ivaylo Tisov (BUL)	2
Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)	1	Nika Zangaladze (GEO)	15
Nika Zangaladze (GEO)	12

		Bronze medal

		Liam Smith Cronin (USA)	1
		Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)	4

Men's freestyle 61 kg

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Nahshon Garrett (USA)	5
Dimitar Biserkov (BUL)	0	Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (AZE)	15
Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (AZE)	10			Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (AZE)	2
				Devan Turner (USA)	4
		Denis Naim (BUL)	2
		Devan Turner (USA)	5
						Devan Turner (USA)	0
						Daton Fix (USA)	3
		Michael Jonathon McGee (USA)	2
Omar Gazashvili (GEO)	2	Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)	4
Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)	7			Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)	0
Yaroslav Hurskyy (UKR)	4			Daton Fix (USA)	10
Stilyan Iliev (BUL)	0	Yaroslav Hurskyy (UKR)	0
		Daton Fix (USA)	10


	Bronze medals


	Jeyhun Allahverdiyev (AZE)	10

	Denis Naim (BUL)	0


	Răzvan Kovacs (ROU)	3

	Yaroslav Hurskyy (UKR)	1

Men's freestyle 65 kg

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Erdal Galip (BUL)	1
Murad Hagverdiyev (AZE)	10	Murad Hagverdiyev (AZE)	5
Nikola Stefanov (BUL)	0			Murad Hagverdiyev (AZE)	5
				Erik Arushanian (UKR)	3
		Simeon Panayotov (BUL)	0
		Erik Arushanian (UKR)	10
						Murad Hagverdiyev (AZE)	2
						Mikyay Naim (BUL)	2
		Nikoloz Beshidze (GEO)	3
		Gigi Kurkhuli (GEO)	5
				Gigi Kurkhuli (GEO)	4
				Mikyay Naim (BUL)	10
		Ivan Badavrov (BUL)	0
		Mikyay Naim (BUL)	5


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Nikola Stefanov (BUL)	0	Erik Arushanian (UKR)	10

Erdal Galip (BUL)	13	Erdal Galip (BUL)	0


		Gigi Kurkhuli (GEO)	5

		Ivan Badavrov (BUL)	0

Men's freestyle 70 kg

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Nikolay Momakov (BUL)	10
Presiyan Dimitrov (BUL)	0	Nikolay Momakov (BUL)	0
Benjamin Boejthe (ROU)	3	Kaloyan Atanasov (BUL)	10
Kaloyan Atanasov (BUL)	7			Kaloyan Atanasov (BUL)	0
Andrii Svyryd (UKR)	0			William Lewan (USA)	5
William Lewan (USA)	10	William Lewan (USA)	3
Yahya Thomas (USA)	2	Mihail Georgiev (BUL)	1
Mihail Georgiev (BUL)	3


	Bronze medals


	Benjamin Boejthe (ROU)	10

	Nikolay Momakov (BUL)	0


	Mihail Georgiev (BUL)	3

	Andrii Svyryd (UKR)	0

Men's freestyle 74 kg

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Ivan Kusyak (UKR)	7
Gigi Subtirica (ROU)	13	Gigi Subtirica (ROU)	3
Elroy Perkin (USA)	12			Ivan Kusyak (UKR)	7
				Presiyan Mihov (BUL)	1
		Stiliyan Dzhorov (BUL)	2
		Presiyan Mihov (BUL)	13
						Ivan Kusyak (UKR)	2
						Quincy Monday (USA)	9
		Saba Kobakhidze (GEO)	2
		Zurab Kapraev (ROU)	12
				Zurab Kapraev (ROU)	0
Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	0			Quincy Monday (USA)	3
Quincy Monday (USA)	12	Quincy Monday (USA)	8
		Giorgi Rigvava (GEO)	3


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


		Presiyan Mihov (BUL)	3

		Gigi Subtirica (ROU)	3


Giorgi Rigvava (GEO)	0	Zurab Kapraev (ROU)

Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	11	Ramazan Ramazanov (BUL)	WO

Men's freestyle 79 kg

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Tornike Tulashvili (GEO)	2
Petar Petkov (BUL)	0	Tornike Tulashvili (GEO)	2
Nikolay Dimitrov (BUL)	6	Nikolay Dimitrov (BUL)	1
Ivan Andonov (BUL)	1			Tornike Tulashvili (GEO)	8
Kennedy Monday (USA)	11^F			Kennedy Monday (USA)	6
Bozhidar Dobrev (BUL)	0	Kennedy Monday (USA)	9
Valentin Babii (UKR)	0	Krisztian Biro (ROU)	0
Krisztian Biro (ROU)	11


	Bronze medals


	Petar Petkov (BUL)	5

	Nikolay Dimitrov (BUL)	3


	Krisztian Biro (ROU)	11

	Bozhidar Dobrev (BUL)	0

Men's freestyle 86 kg

Men's freestyle 92 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 125 kg

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Yurii Idzinskyi (UKR)	2
Yusif Dursunov (AZE)	10	Yusif Dursunov (AZE)	0
Christian Lombardi (GER)	0			Yurii Idzinskyi (UKR)	0
				Mason Parris (USA)	10
		Mason Parris (USA)	10
		Dian Manev (BUL)	0
						Mason Parris (USA)	13
						Georgi Ivanov (BUL)	2
		Giga Shavadze (GEO)	1
		Jordan Michael Wood (USA)	8
				Jordan Michael Wood (USA)	4
				Georgi Ivanov (BUL)	5
		Adel Bakar (BUL)	0
		Georgi Ivanov (BUL)	8^F


	Bronze medals


	Yurii Idzinskyi (UKR)	10

	Dian Manev (BUL)	0


	Jordan Michael Wood (USA)	10

	Adel Bakar (BUL)	0

Men's Greco-Roman

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

References

^ "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". United World Wrestling.
^ "Senior Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers ready for action in Bulgarian tournament". azertag.az.
^ "Olympian Parris, World medalists Fix, Valencia among U.S. men's freestyle entries at Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov International". themat.com.
^ "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". www.bul-wrestling.org.

External links

[1] "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". United World Wrestling.

[2] "Senior Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers ready for action in Bulgarian tournament". azertag.az.

[3] "Olympian Parris, World medalists Fix, Valencia among U.S. men's freestyle entries at Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov International". themat.com.

[4] "Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov". www.bul-wrestling.org.

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