Andy Hrovat

Andy Hrovat

Andy Hrovat (born January 21, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio ) is an American wrestler . He won several medals in the Pan American Free Style Middleweight Games.

Career

Andy Hrovat attended St. Edwards High School in Cleveland. There he also started wrestling, where he focused on the free style. He was trained there by Greg Urbas. In 1996 he took 2nd place at the US Junior Championships (Cadets) (weight class up to 70 kg body weight). He repeated this success in 2000 with the Espoirs in the middleweight division. As a high school wrestler, he became the Ohio Masters in 1997 and 1998 . From 1999 he attended the University of Michigan , but could not occupy top positions at the NCAA Championships (student championships of the university sports association). The best result he achieved in three appearances was a 4th place in 2001. His coaches at the University of Michigan were Dale Bahr and Joe McFarland .

For this Andy Hrovat was 2001 American student champion of the AAU (Amateur Athletes Union). He also became a member of the New York Athletics Club and coached there by Sean Bormet. Because of this success he was at the Pan American Championship 2001 in Santo Domingo , Cathedral. Rep., Used and took second place in the middleweight division behind world champion Yoel Romero from Cuba .

In 2002 Andy Hrovat became US again. Student Champion (AAU) and started at the Universities World Championship in Edmonton . Here he took 4th place in the welterweight division behind Fahrettin Ozata from Turkey , Mehdi Baraati from Iran and Xu Xuangchong from the People's Republic of China . In the years 2003 to 2005 he placed in the USA championships and in the elimination tournaments for the world championships (World Championship Trials) a few times in the front field, but could not win a tournament. In those years in the United States he also had very tough competition in his weight class, the middleweight, in Olympic champions Cael Sanderson , Lee Fullhart and Brandon Eggum .

In 2004 he was used again in the Pan American Championships, which took place in Guatemala City , and came there behind Daniel Gonzalez from Cuba and Matthew White from Guatemala on the 3rd place. In 2006 Andy Hrovat came to the US. Middleweight championship only on 5th place, but surprisingly won the World Championship trials ahead of Clint Wattenberg and Muhammed Lawal . He was then used at the World Championships in Guangzhou / China in the middleweight division, but lost his first fight there against Vadim Lalijew , a Russian starting for Armenia , just after points (5: 7 technical points). Since Lalijew did not reach the final, Andy Hrovat did not get into the consolation round, had to retire and ended up in 18th place.

In 2008 Andy Hrovat became an American behind Muhammed Lawal. Vice-middleweight champion and achieved the best result that he managed in his career at this championship. Then he managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing at the Olympic Trials . He defeated Muhammed Lawal 2-1 in the decisive fights . In Beijing he met the Cuban Reineri Sala in his first fight and lost this battle after a hard fight with 1: 2 rounds a. 5: 6 tech. Points. He then fared like the 2006 World Cup, because Sala was also soon eliminated, so that Andy Hrovat's defeat ended the Olympic Games. He reached 12th place with the five technical points he had scored.

Andy Hrovat has been a strength and fitness trainer for the Michigan Wrestling Team since 2004.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2001	2.	Pan American Championship in Santo Domingo	medium	behind Yoel Romero , Cuba , in front of Gonzalo Palaez, Puerto Rico
2002	4th	Universities World Cup in Edmonton	Welter	behind Fahrettin Ozata , Turkey , Mehdi Baraati, Iran u. Xu Xuangchong, People's Republic of China , in front of Kim Jong-ho, South Korea a . Kazuyuki Nagashima, Japan
2002	4th	New York -AC Open	Welter	behind Joe Heskett , Josh Koscheck u. Donny Pritzlaff , all USA
2003	7th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	Welter	Winner: Casey Cunningham ahead of Joe Heskett, bde. United States
2003	3.	Canada Cup	Welter	behind Daniel Igali , Canada a . Sujit Maan, India , before Zoltan Hunyadi, Canada a. Sean Harrington, USA
2003	4th	"Takhty" cup in Tehran	Welter	behind Reza Ramezanzadeh, Hadi Habibi u. Jalal Latifi, all Iran
2004	2.	Manitoba Open	medium	behind Cael Sanderson , USA, in front of Markus Mollina, USA, Tony Baldwin u. Dan Dupuis, bde. Canada
2004	6th	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	medium	behind Saschid Saschidow , Russia , Cael Sanderson, Wadim Lalijew , Russia, Magomed Kuruglijew , Kazakhstan and Adam Saitijew , Russia
2004	1.	Boutijar Cup in Ulan-Ude	medium	in front of Bator Zirenow u. Pavel Alexejew, bde. Russia
2004	3.	Pan American Championship in Guatemala City	medium	behind Daniel Gonzalez, Cuba a. Matthew White, Guatemala , before Jose Sussari, Venezuela
2004	5.	Sunkist-Kids Open in Tempe (Arizona)	medium	behind Lee Fullhart , Clint Wattenberg, Greg Jones u. Frank Cornely, all USA
2004	3.	Canada Cup	Semi-difficult	behind Hajimid Saifi, Iran etc. Nico Jacobs, Namibia , ahead of Mykhail Abdul Latif, USA
2004	2.	New York AC Open	medium	behind Clint Wattenberg, in front of Tyler Nixt u. Greg Parker, all USA
2005	2.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	medium	behind Joe E. Williams , in front of Tyler Nixt, Kyle Hansen, all USA a. Takao Isokawa, Japan
2005	1.	Sunkist Kids Open in Tempe (Arizona)	medium	before Aaron Simpson, Chris Pendleton and others Clint Wattenberg, all USA
2005	1.	"Henry Deglane" Memorial in Nice	medium	before Chris Pendleton, Muslim Saipulajew, LCN and others Hamid Kalvani, Iran
2005	1.	New York AC Open	medium	before Tyler Nixt, Tony Gansen u. Bryce Hasseman, all USA
2006	4th	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	medium	behind Muhammed Lawal , USA, Ewgeni Kolomiets, Russia a. Greg Parker, before Bryce Hasseman et al. Tony Gansen
2006	2.	Poland Open in Brzeg Dolny	medium	behind David Bichinaschwili , Germany , in front of Árpád Ritter , Hungary , Hadschimurad Nurmohamedow , Russia u. Marc Buschle , Germany
2006	18th	World Cup in Guangzhou / China	medium	after a loss to Vadim Laliev, Armenia
2006	1.	New York AC Open	medium	before Clint Wattenberg, Ewgeni Kolomiets u. Tony Gansen
2007	3.	"Ivan Yarigin" Memorial in Krasnoyarsk	medium	behind Georgi Ketojew u. Anzor Baltukayev, bde. Russia, together with Taras Danko , Ukraine
2007	5.	"Takhty" cup in Tehran	medium	behind M. Mansouri, H. Tatari, bde. Iran, Lee Fullhart et al. Majid Khodaee , Iran
2007	2.	Intern. Tournament in Kiev	medium	behind Taras Danko, in front of Chirman Temresow a. Ludvig Alborow, bde. Russia
2007	2.	Alexander Medved Tournament in Minsk	medium	behind R. Kulow, Russia, in front of H. Magomed, Russia
2007	2.	Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro	medium	behind Roozbak Banihashemi, Canada, in front of Roilandi Zuniga Herrera , Cuba u. Rodrigo Piedrahita, Colombia
2007	3.	Sunkist Kids Open in Phoenix (Arizona)	medium	behind Chris Pendleton u. Jake Herbert, bde. USA, before Benjamin Wissel, USA
2007	1.	"Henry Deglane" Memorial in Nice	Nittel
2007	3.	Hargobind Cup in Surrey / Canada	Semi-difficult	behind Muhammed Lawal u. Kyle Cerminara, bde. USA, before Kurt Backes, USA a. Michael Neufeld , Canada
2008	12.	OS in Beijing	medium	after losing to Reineri Sala , Cuba
2008	1.	Hargobind Open in Surrey / Canada	Semi-difficult	before Kory Jarvis u. Jagroop Bhular, bde. Canada and Kurt Backes, USA
2008	3.	New York AC Open	Semi-difficult	behind Nikolai Ceban, Moldova a . Alan Gaglojew, Russia, in front of Evgeni Kolomiets, Russia

Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, welterweight, up to 2001 up to 76 kg, from 2002 up to 74 kg, middleweight, up to 2001 up to 85 kg, from 2002 up to 84 kg, light heavyweight, until 2001 up to 97 kg, from 2002 up to 96 kg body weight

National successes

year	space	competition	Weight class
1996	2.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch. d. AAU (Cadets)	Welter
1998	5.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch. d. AAU (Espoirs)	Welter
1999	8th.	NCAA championships	medium	Winner: Cael Sanderson ahead of Brandon Eggum
2000	2.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch. d. AAU (Espoirs)	medium
2001	4th	NCAA championships	medium	behind Cael Sanderson, Daniel Cormier u. Viktor Sveda
2001	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch. d. AAU	medium
2001	4th	World Championship trials	Welter	behind Joe E. Williams , Byson Tucker et al. Joe Heskett
2002	7th	NCAA championships	medium	Winner: Rob Rohn ahead of Josh Lambrecht
2002	1.	USA-Jun.-Meistersch. d. AAU	medium
2003	5.	World Championship trials	Welter	behind Joe E. Williams, Donny Pritzlaff , Matt Lackey u. Kirk White
2005	5.	USA championship	medium	behind Muhammed Lawal , Lee Fullhart , Tyler Nixt u. Clint Wattenberg
2005	7th	World Championship trials	medium	Winner: Muhammed Lawal ahead of Lee Fullhart
2006	5.	USA championship	medium	behind Muhammed Lawal, Lee Fullhart, Clint Wattenberg u. Travis Pascoe
2006	1.	World Championship trials	medium	before Clint Wattenberg, Mohammed Lawal a. Lee Fullhart
2007	3.	USA championship	medium	behind Joe E. Williams u. Lee Fullhart, before Chris Pendleton
2007	2.	World Championship trials	medium	behind Joe E. Williams
2008	2.	USA championship	medium	behind Mukammed Lawal u. Bryce Hasseman
2008	1.	Olympic trials	medium	before Muhammed Lawal
2009	2.	World Championship trials	Semi-difficult	behind Jake Varner

swell

• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
• Trade journal Der Ringer ,
• US Wrestling Association website
• Website "www.wrestlinghalloffame.org"

Web link

Fight of Andy Hrovat against Muhammed Lawal for the USA Championship 2008