# 2015 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

The 53rd Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, was a sport wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 24 and 26 April 2015.
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 :
| 24 April 2015-Finals | 25 April 2015-Finals | 26 April 2015-Finals |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Armenia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Senegal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 24 | 24 | 48 | 96 |

## Medal overview
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Vladimir Dubov Bulgaria | Reza Atri Iran | Andrei Dukov Romania |
| 57 kg | Vladimir Dubov Bulgaria | Reza Atri Iran | Marin Filip Romania |
| 61 kg | Ivan Guidea Romania | Shukri Shukriev Bulgaria | Nikolai Bolotnyuk Slovakia |
| 61 kg | Ivan Guidea Romania | Shukri Shukriev Bulgaria | Stoyan Iliev Bulgaria |
| 65 kg | Borislav Novachkov Bulgaria | Nikolay Kurtev Bulgaria | Aliashgar Jebeli Iran |
| 65 kg | Borislav Novachkov Bulgaria | Nikolay Kurtev Bulgaria | Dejan Mitrov Macedonia |
| 70 kg | Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria | Lennard Wickel Germany | Ibrahim Eyad Egypt |
| 70 kg | Miroslav Kirov Bulgaria | Lennard Wickel Germany | Georgi Zlatov Bulgaria |
| 74 kg | Ablaikhan Khussainov Kazakhstan | Marius Atofanin Romania | Michal Duba Slovakia |
| 74 kg | Ablaikhan Khussainov Kazakhstan | Marius Atofanin Romania | Georgi Ivanov Bulgaria |
| 86 kg | William Harth Germany | Georgi Sredkov Bulgaria | Gheorghiță Ștefan Romania |
| 86 kg | William Harth Germany | Georgi Sredkov Bulgaria | Mohamed Zaghloul Egypt |
| 97 kg | Dragomir Stoychev Bulgaria | Georg Gabriel Stark Germany | Imants Lagodskis Latvia |
| 97 kg | Dragomir Stoychev Bulgaria | Georg Gabriel Stark Germany | Yusup Jalilav Belarus |
| 125 kg | Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu Romania | Abdellatif Mohamed Egypt | Ali Nail Arslan Turkey |
| 125 kg | Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu Romania | Abdellatif Mohamed Egypt | Miloslav Metodiev Bulgaria |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 59 kg | Ivo Angelov Bulgaria | Aleksandar Kostadinov Bulgaria | Fatih Üçüncü Turkey |
| 59 kg | Ivo Angelov Bulgaria | Aleksandar Kostadinov Bulgaria | Virgil Munteanu Romania |
| 66 kg | Konstantin Stas Bulgaria | Hassan Ibrahim Egypt | Abdulsamet Uğurlu Turkey |
| 66 kg | Konstantin Stas Bulgaria | Hassan Ibrahim Egypt | Omid Norouzi Iran |
| 71 kg | Afshin Biabangard Iran | Rafael Aleksanyan Armenia | Tomi Hinoveanu Romania |
| 71 kg | Afshin Biabangard Iran | Rafael Aleksanyan Armenia | Petter Karlsen Norway |
| 75 kg | Arsen Julfalakyan Armenia | Ilian Georgiev Bulgaria | Karapet Chalyan Armenia |
| 75 kg | Arsen Julfalakyan Armenia | Ilian Georgiev Bulgaria | Yavor Yanakiev Bulgaria |
| 80 kg | Daniel Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Tarek Sheble Mohamed Egypt | Eduard Sargsyan Armenia |
| 80 kg | Daniel Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Tarek Sheble Mohamed Egypt | Bachir Sid Azara Algeria |
| 85 kg | Habibollah Akhlaghi Iran | Maksim Manukyan Armenia | Hristo Marinov Bulgaria |
| 85 kg | Habibollah Akhlaghi Iran | Maksim Manukyan Armenia | Metehan Başar Turkey |
| 98 kg | Artur Aleksanyan Armenia | Daigoro Timoncini Italy | Seyedmostafa Salehizadeh Iran |
| 98 kg | Artur Aleksanyan Armenia | Daigoro Timoncini Italy | Vladislav Metodiev Bulgaria |
| 130 kg | Soslan Gagloev Slovakia | Yadollah Mohebi Iran | Dimitar Kumchev Bulgaria |
| 130 kg | Soslan Gagloev Slovakia | Yadollah Mohebi Iran | Rareș Chintoan Romania |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Jessica MacDonald Canada | Natalya Pulkovska Ukraine | Madalina Linguraru Romania |
| 48 kg | Jessica MacDonald Canada | Natalya Pulkovska Ukraine | Evin Demirhan Turkey |
| 53 kg | Sofia Mattsson Sweden | Isabelle Sambou Senegal | Yuliya Khavaldzhy Ukraine |
| 53 kg | Sofia Mattsson Sweden | Isabelle Sambou Senegal | Olga Shnaider Ukraine |
| 55 kg | Nataliya Synyshyn Azerbaijan | Alyona Kolesnik Azerbaijan | Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria |
| 55 kg | Nataliya Synyshyn Azerbaijan | Alyona Kolesnik Azerbaijan | Laura Mertens Germany |
| 58 kg | Emese Barka Hungary | Mimi Hristova Bulgaria | Marianna Sastin Hungary |
| 58 kg | Emese Barka Hungary | Mimi Hristova Bulgaria | Tatyana Omelchenko Ukraine |
| 60 kg | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak Turkey | Viktoria Bobeva Bulgaria | Karoline Loevik Norway |
| 60 kg | Elif Jale Yeşilırmak Turkey | Viktoria Bobeva Bulgaria | Hafize Şahin Turkey |
| 63 kg | Buse Tosun Turkey | Elina Vaseva Bulgaria | Dalma Caneva Italy |
| 63 kg | Buse Tosun Turkey | Elina Vaseva Bulgaria | Anta Sambou Senegal |
| 69 kg | Jenny Fransson Sweden | Nadeshda Mushka Azerbaijan | Elis Manolova Azerbaijan |
| 69 kg | Jenny Fransson Sweden | Nadeshda Mushka Azerbaijan | Alina Berezhna Ukraine |
| 76 kg | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Yasemin Adar Turkey | Maria Selmaier Germany |
| 76 kg | Stanka Zlateva Bulgaria | Yasemin Adar Turkey | Nadia Antar Egypt |

## Participating nations

299 competitors from 28 nations participated.
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (11)
* Armenia (11)
* Azerbaijan (9)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (66)
* Canada (1)
* Egypt (14)
* France (1)
* Germany (22)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (5)
* Iran (9)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (15)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kosovo (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Macedonia (5)
* Norway (7)
* Romania (24)
* Serbia (3)
* Slovakia (6)
* Sweden (3)
* Tunisia (16)
* Turkey (23)
* Ukraine (14)
* United World Wrestling (9)