# 2024 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

The 61st Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 7 and 10 March 2024. Nearly 200 competitors from 23 countries will take part in the tournament - Iran, France, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kosovo, Latvia, North Macedonia, Malta, Philippines, Romania, Russia (AIN), Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine, USA, Algeria, Austria, China, Ecuador, Egypt and Bulgaria.
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.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Bulgaria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria* | 8 | 10 | 11 | 29 |
| 2 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Serbia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | China | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Algeria | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 29 | 29 | 37 | 95 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 150 | Bulgaria | 153 | Bulgaria | 180 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 140 | Kazakhstan | 130 | Romania | 80 |
| 3 | South Korea | 68 | Iran | 117 | South Korea | 65 |
| 4 | Iran | 65 | France | 72 | Serbia | 64 |
| 5 | Austria | 41 | China | 56 | China | 60 |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 38 | Austria | 40 | France | 56 |
| 7 | Algeria | 35 | Algeria | 31 | Algeria | 50 |
| 8 | Serbia | 25 | United States | 28 | United States | 45 |
| 9 | United States | 25 | Ukraine | 25 | Tunisia | 25 |
| 10 | France | 15 | Israel | 24 | Italy | 17 |

## Medal overview
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg details | Andrii Yatsenko Ukraine | Roman Hutsuliak Ukraine | Ivaylo Tisov Bulgaria |
| 61 kg details | Stevan Mićić Serbia | Yaroslav Hurskyy Ukraine | Abdelhak Kherbache Algeria |
| 61 kg details | Stevan Mićić Serbia | Yaroslav Hurskyy Ukraine | Yasin Rezaei Iran |
| 65 kg details | Abbas Ebrahimzadeh Iran | Yun Jun-sik South Korea | Marwane Yezza France |
| 65 kg details | Abbas Ebrahimzadeh Iran | Yun Jun-sik South Korea | Taras Markovych Ukraine |
| 70 kg details | Ivan Kusyak Ukraine | Kaloyan Atanasov Bulgaria | Nikolay Dimitrov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg details | Ramazan Ramazanov Bulgaria | Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria | Vadim Tsurkan Ukraine |
| 74 kg details | Ramazan Ramazanov Bulgaria | Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria | Mihail Georgiev Bulgaria |
| 79 kg details | Radomir Stoyanov Bulgaria | Chems Fetairia Algeria | Lukas Lins Austria |
| 86 kg details | Alex Dieringer United States | Mukhammed Aliiev Ukraine | Valentin Babii Ukraine |
| 86 kg details | Alex Dieringer United States | Mukhammed Aliiev Ukraine | Vladyslav Prus Ukraine |
| 92 kg details | Mohammad Azimi Iran | Redjep Hajdari North Macedonia | None awarded |
| 97 kg details | Juhwan Seo South Korea | Andriyan Valkanov Bulgaria | None awarded |
| 125 kg details | Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria | Yurii Idzinskyi Ukraine | Jung Yei-hyun South Korea |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Marlan Mukashev Kazakhstan | Stefan Grigorov Bulgaria | Haifeng Zhang China |
| 60 kg details | Oleksii Masyk Ukraine | Melkamu Fetene Israel | Zihao Xi China |
| 63 kg details | Dias Askerbay Kazakhstan | Avgustin Spasov Bulgaria | Mukhamedali Mamurbek Kazakhstan |
| 67 kg details | Mamadassa Sylla France | Yanis Nifri France | Merey Bekenov Kazakhstan |
| 67 kg details | Mamadassa Sylla France | Yanis Nifri France | Dimitar Georgiev Bulgaria |
| 72 kg details | Adilkhan Satayev Kazakhstan | Mohammad Reza Geraei Iran | Deyvid Dimitrov Bulgaria |
| 77 kg details | Gholam Reza Farokhi Iran | Stoyan Kubatov Bulgaria | Azat Sadykov Kazakhstan |
| 77 kg details | Gholam Reza Farokhi Iran | Stoyan Kubatov Bulgaria | Johnny Bur France |
| 82 kg details | Mohammad Naghousi Iran | Vladimeri Karchaidze France | Rosian Dermanski Bulgaria |
| 82 kg details | Mohammad Naghousi Iran | Vladimeri Karchaidze France | Talas Ashirkhanov Kazakhstan |
| 87 kg details | Semen Novikov Bulgaria | Yoan Dimitrov Bulgaria | Sultan Eid Jordan |
| 97 kg details | Amirreza Akbari Iran | Markus Ragginger Austria | Kaloyan Ivanov Bulgaria |
| 97 kg details | Amirreza Akbari Iran | Markus Ragginger Austria | Joe Rau United States |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg details | Miran Cheon South Korea | Ibtissem Doudou Algeria | Emine Hyusein Osman Bulgaria |
| 53 kg details | Ekaterina Poleshchuk Individual Neutral Athletes | Irena Binkova Bulgaria | Chahinez Rabah Algeria |
| 53 kg details | Ekaterina Poleshchuk Individual Neutral Athletes | Irena Binkova Bulgaria | Tatiana Debien France |
| 55 kg details | Sezen Belberova Bulgaria | Alexandra Hedrick United States | Mihaela Mihova Bulgaria |
| 57 kg details | Kwon Young-jin South Korea | Georgiana Lirca Romania | Ting Zhang China |
| 57 kg details | Kwon Young-jin South Korea | Georgiana Lirca Romania | Chaimaa Aouissi Algeria |
| 59 kg details | Evelina Nikolova Bulgaria | Fatme Shaban Bulgaria | Desislava Ivanova Bulgaria |
| 62 kg details | Xinyuan Sun China | Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria | Roxana Capezan Romania |
| 62 kg details | Xinyuan Sun China | Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria | Ameline Douarre France |
| 65 kg details | Kateryna Zelenykh Romania | Maša Perović Serbia | Gergana Stoyanova Bulgaria |
| 68 kg details | Yuliana Yaneva Bulgaria | Man Zhang China | Khadija Jlassi Tunisia |
| 72 kg details | Vanesa Georgieva Bulgaria | Fanni Nađ Serbia | None awarded |
| 76 kg details | Dymond Guilford United States | Pauline Lecarpentier France | Eunju Hwang South Korea |

## Participating nations

185 wrestlers from 21 countries:
* Individual Neutral Athletes (1)
* Algeria (10)
* Austria (8)
* Bulgaria (62) (Host)
* China (11)
* Spain (1)
* France (12)
* Iran (9)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (2)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (14)
* South Korea (7)
* Latvia (2)
* North Macedonia (3)
* Malta (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Romania (6)
* Serbia (6)
* Tunisia (2)
* Ukraine (14)
* United States (8)

## Results
### Legend

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

### Women's freestyle
#### Women's freestyle 50 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | ALG | BUL |
| 1 | Miran Cheon (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | — | 12–1 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Ibtissem Doudou (ALG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1–12 | — | 8–0 Fall |
| 3 | Emine Hyusein Osman (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–10 | 0–8 Fall | — |

#### Women's freestyle 53 kg

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Nikol Krumova (BUL) | 2 | | | | |
| Irena Binkova (BUL) | 7$^F$ | Irena Binkova (BUL) | 4$^F$ | | |
| Yana Dimitrova (BUL) | 0 | Chahinez Rabah (ALG) | 4 | | |
| Chahinez Rabah (ALG) | 11 | | | Irena Binkova (BUL) | 0 |
| Tatiana Debien (FRA) | 11 | | | Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA) | 10 |
| Fabiana Rinella (ITA) | 2 | Tatiana Debien (FRA) | 0 | | |
| Elena Simona Ionescu (ROU) | 0 | Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA) | 3 | | |
| Ekaterina Poleshchuk (ANA) | 10 | | | | |
| Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Nikol Krumova (BUL) | 3 |
| Chahinez Rabah (ALG) | 4 |
| Elena Simona Ionescu (ROU) | 1 |
| Tatiana Debien (FRA) | 9 |

#### Women's freestyle 55 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | USA | BUL |
| 1 | Sezen Belberova (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 3–2 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Alexandra Hedrick (USA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2–3 | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Mihaela Mihova (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–11 | 0–10 | — |

#### Women's freestyle 57 kg

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Ting Zhang (CHN) | 12 | | | | |
| Ana Maria Puiu (ROU) | 9 | Ting Zhang (CHN) | 3 | | |
| Georgiana Lirca (ROU) | 11 | Georgiana Lirca (ROU) | 12 | | |
| Nesrin Syuleymanova (BUL) | 1 | | | Georgiana Lirca (ROU) | 9 |
| Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG) | 4$^F$ | | | Kwon Young-jin (KOR) | 11 |
| Amel Rebiha (FRA) | 0 | Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG) | 2 | | |
| Jana Petrović (SRB) | 2 | Kwon Young-jin (KOR) | 2$^F$ | | |
| Kwon Young-jin (KOR) | 14 | | | | |
| Bronze medals | Bronze medals |
| Nesrin Syuleymanova (BUL) | 2 |
| Ting Zhang (CHN) | 5$^F$ |
| Jana Petrović (SRB) | 5 |
| Chaimaa Aouissi (ALG) | 8$^F$ |

#### Women's freestyle 59 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | BUL | BUL |
| 1 | Evelina Nikolova (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | — | 4–0 Fall | 12–0 |
| 2 | Fatme Shaban (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0–4 Fall | — | 12–4 Fall |
| 3 | Desislava Ivanova (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–12 | 4–12 Fall | — |

#### Women's freestyle 62 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Bilyana Dudova (BUL) | 5$^F$ | | | | |
| Jovana Radivojević (SRB) | 2 | Siwar Bousetta (TUN) | 0 | | | | |
| Siwar Bousetta (TUN) | 12 | | | Bilyana Dudova (BUL) | 8 | | |
| | | | | Roxana Capezan (ROU) | 0 | | |
| | | Jiajing Hou (CHN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Roxana Capezan (ROU) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bilyana Dudova (BUL) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Xinyuan Sun (CHN) | 3 |
| | | Emel Mustafova (BUL) | 0 | | | | |
| Ameline Douarre (FRA) | 10 | Ameline Douarre (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| Arian Carpio (PHI) | 0 | | | Ameline Douarre (FRA) | 0 | | |
| Lydia Pérez (ESP) | 0 | | | Xinyuan Sun (CHN) | 7 | | |
| Xinyuan Sun (CHN) | 5 | Xinyuan Sun (CHN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Mastoura Soudani (ALG) | 0 | | | | |
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Siwar Bousetta (TUN) | 3 |
| | | Roxana Capezan (ROU) | 7 |
| Mastoura Soudani (ALG) | 0 | Ameline Douarre (FRA) | 2 |
| Lydia Pérez (ESP) | 4 | Lydia Pérez (ESP) | 1 |

#### Women's freestyle 65 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | ROU | SRB | BUL | BUL |
| 1 | Kateryna Zelenykh (ROU) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | — | 4–0 Fall | 10–0 | WO |
| 2 | Maša Perović (SRB) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0–4 Fall | — | 3–13 | 3–1 Fall |
| 3 | Gergana Stoyanova (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 0–10 | 13–3 | — | 4–5 |
| 4 | Dzhanan Manolova (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | WO | 1–3 Fall | 5–4 | — |

#### Women's freestyle 68 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | TUN | ROU | ITA |
| 1 | Sofiya Georgieva (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 37 | — | 16–4 | 11–0 Fall | 10–0 |
| 2 | Khadija Jlassi (TUN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 4–16 | — | 8–3 Fall | 5–0 |
| 3 | Larisa Maria Nițu (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0–11 Fall | 3–8 Fall | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Laura Godino (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–10 | 0–5 | 2–2 | — |
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | CHN | SRB |
| 1 | Yuliana Yaneva (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23 | — | 12–1 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Man Zhang (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1–12 | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Emilija Jakovljević (SRB) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–11 | 0–10 | — |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Sofiya Georgieva (BUL) | 7 | | |
| Man Zhang (CHN) | 8 | Man Zhang (CHN) | 0 |
| Yuliana Yaneva (BUL) | 10$^F$ | Yuliana Yaneva (BUL) | 10 |
| Khadija Jlassi (TUN) | 0 |
| | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | Sofiya Georgieva (BUL) | 3 |
| | | Khadija Jlassi (TUN) | 3 |

#### Women's freestyle 72 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | SRB | BUL |
| 1 | Vanesa Georgieva (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | — | 10–0 | WO |
| 2 | Fanni Nađ (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0–10 | — | WO |
| 3 | Daniela Brasnarova (BUL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | WO | WO | — |

#### Women's freestyle 76 kg

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | FRA | KOR |
| 1 | Dymond Guilford (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | — | 5–0 Fall | 9–0 |
| 2 | Pauline Lecarpentier (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0–5 Fall | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Eunju Hwang (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–9 | 1–2 | — |