# 2016 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

The 54th Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, was a sport wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 29 and 31 January 2016.
This international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This tournament is held in honor of Dan Kolov who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria and European and World Champion Nikola Petroff.

## Event videos

The event was aired freely on the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation Live YouTube channel.
Broadcast :
| 29 January 2016-Qualification Mat A | 29 January 2016-Qualification Mat B | 29 January 2016-Qualification Mat C |
| 29 January 2016-Finals Mat A | 29 January 2016-Finals Mat B |
| 30 January 2016-Qualification Mat A | 30 January 2016-Qualification Mat B | 30 January 2016-Qualification Mat C |
| 30 January 2016-Finals Mat A | 30 January 2016-Finals Mat B |
| 31 January 2016-Qualification Mat A | 31 January 2016-Qualification Mat B | 31 January 2016-Qualification Mat C |
| 31 January 2016-Finals Mat A | 31 January 2016-Finals Mat B |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Armenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Poland | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Moldova | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Algeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 24 | 24 | 38 | 86 |

## Medal overview
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Vladimir Dubov Bulgaria | Mehmed Feraim Bulgaria | John Pineda Canada |
| 57 kg | Vladimir Dubov Bulgaria | Mehmed Feraim Bulgaria | Georgi Vangelov Bulgaria |
| 61 kg | Peiman Biabani Iran | Abolfazl Hajipour Iran | Dimitar Ivanov Bulgaria |
| 61 kg | Peiman Biabani Iran | Abolfazl Hajipour Iran | Krum Chuchurov Bulgaria |
| 65 kg | Franklin Gómez Puerto Rico | Borislav Novachkov Bulgaria | Filip Novachkov Bulgaria |
| 65 kg | Franklin Gómez Puerto Rico | Borislav Novachkov Bulgaria | Nomin Batbold Mongolia |
| 70 kg | Magomedmurad Gadzhiev Poland | Nikolay Kurtev Bulgaria | Oktay Salim Bulgaria |
| 70 kg | Magomedmurad Gadzhiev Poland | Nikolay Kurtev Bulgaria | Georgi Zlatov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Evgeniy Nedyalko Moldova | Krystian Brzozowski Poland | Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Evgeniy Nedyalko Moldova | Krystian Brzozowski Poland | Rashid Kurbanov Uzbekistan |
| 86 kg | Ali Mojerloo Iran | Zbigniew Baranowski Poland | Sebastian Jezierzański Poland |
| 86 kg | Ali Mojerloo Iran | Zbigniew Baranowski Poland | Orgodolyn Üitümen Mongolia |
| 97 kg | Radosław Baran Poland | Maciej Balawender Poland | Jozef Jaloviar Slovakia |
| 97 kg | Radosław Baran Poland | Maciej Balawender Poland | Egzon Shala Albania |
| 125 kg | Deng Zhiwei China | Amir Reza Amiri Iran | Robert Baran Poland |
| 125 kg | Deng Zhiwei China | Amir Reza Amiri Iran | Elounes Bouzid Algeria |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 59 kg | Aleksandar Kostadinov Bulgaria | Gevorg Gharibyan Armenia | Mohammad Reza Geraei Iran |
| 59 kg | Aleksandar Kostadinov Bulgaria | Gevorg Gharibyan Armenia | Ahmed Taha Egypt |
| 66 kg | Konstantin Stas Bulgaria | Svilen Kostadinov Bulgaria | Mohammad Hosseini Iran |
| 66 kg | Konstantin Stas Bulgaria | Svilen Kostadinov Bulgaria | Wuileixis Rivas Venezuela |
| 71 kg | Mihran Harutyunyan Armenia | Akram Boudjemline Algeria | Davide Cascavilla Italy |
| 75 kg | Karapet Chalyan Armenia | Ilian Georgiev Bulgaria | Luis Avendaño Venezuela |
| 75 kg | Karapet Chalyan Armenia | Ilian Georgiev Bulgaria | Daniel Aleksandrov Bulgaria |
| 80 kg | Mahdi Asgar Ebrahimi Iran | Rashad Mahmoud Egypt | Keyvan Rezaei Dalini Iran |
| 85 kg | Nikolai Bayrakov Bulgaria | Maksim Manukyan Armenia | Artur Shahinyan Armenia |
| 85 kg | Nikolai Bayrakov Bulgaria | Maksim Manukyan Armenia | Keyvan Rezaei Dalini Iran |
| 98 kg | Artur Aleksanyan Armenia | Elis Guri Bulgaria | Amir Hossein Hosseini Iran |
| 98 kg | Artur Aleksanyan Armenia | Elis Guri Bulgaria | Luillys Pérez Venezuela |
| 130 kg | Lyubomir Dimitrov Bulgaria | Miloslav Metodiev Bulgaria | Abdellatif Mohamed Egypt |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Natalya Pulkovska Ukraine | Patricia Bermúdez Argentina | Miglena Selishka Bulgaria |
| 53 kg | Maria Prevolaraki Greece | Natalia Budu Moldova | Iulia Leorda Moldova |
| 53 kg | Maria Prevolaraki Greece | Natalia Budu Moldova | Aleksandrina Kashinova Bulgaria |
| 55 kg | Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria | Elif Yanık Turkey | Patricia Liuzzi Italy |
| 58 kg | Mimi Hristova Bulgaria | Mariana Cherdivara Moldova | Iryna Husyak Ukraine |
| 60 kg | Dzhanan Manolova Bulgaria | Sofiya Georgieva Bulgaria | Rabia Lamalsa Algeria |
| 63 kg | Yuliya Ostapchuk Ukraine | Taybe Yusein Bulgaria | Elina Vaseva Bulgaria |
| 69 kg | Alina Berezhna Ukraine | Alla Cherkasova Ukraine | Viktoria Bobeva Bulgaria |
| 76 kg | Svetlana Saenko Moldova | Boryana Borisova Bulgaria | Ayşegül Özbege Turkey |

## Participating nations

222 competitors from 27 nations participated.
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (19)
* Armenia (8)
* Belarus (3)
* Bulgaria (66)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (5)
* Egypt (6)
* Greece (1)
* Iran (22)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (14)
* Kosovo (1)
* Macedonia (7)
* Moldova (9)
* Mongolia (6)
* Poland (13)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (11)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkey (7)
* Ukraine (7)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (6)