Justin Harry Lester
Justin Harry Lester (born September 30, 1983 ) is an American wrestler . He won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman style in lightweight at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships .
Career
Justin Harry Lester began wrestling as a teenager in 1992. The Marquette , Michigan and Akron , Ohio- based athlete, who started for the Gator Wrestling Club , practiced free style during his high school years. In this style he was also Junior World Champion (Cadets = age group up to 16 years of age) in the weight class up to 54 kg in Łódź in 1999 . The 1.70 meter tall wrestler then successfully switched to the Greco-Roman style with the help of coaches Iwan Iwanow and Steve Fraser .
In this style he finished 5th in the lightweight world championship in Istanbul in 2003 and also defeated Christian Fetzer from Germany . In 2005, Justin Harry Lester became the US lightweight champion for the first time and also won the US World Championship elimination from Marvin Ford. At the 2005 World Championship in Budapest , he lost his first lightweight fight against Eduard Kratz from Germany he was eliminated and only finished 24th.
In 2006 he was able to qualify again for participation in the World Championships in Guangzhou / China . There he won the lightweight over the vice-world champion from 2005 Kim Min-chul from South Korea , then lost to Kanatbek Begaliew from Kyrgyzstan , but won another one with victories over Gurbinder Singh, India , Nikolai Gergow , Bulgaria and Şeref Eroğlu , Turkey World Cup bronze medal .
In 2007 Justin Harry Lester won the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was a lightweight in front of Angelo Mota Brea, Dom. Rep., Carlos Ramos, Venezuela and Alain Milián , Cuba , won. At the 2007 World Cup in Baku , he managed to win another bronze medal with a total of five wins in one defeat . Among the wrestlers defeated by him were with Şeref Eroğlu, Ionel Puşcaşu , Romania and Tamás Lőrincz , Hungary , three wrestlers of the absolute world class.
In 2008 Justin Harry Lester finished in the US Olympic elimination behind Jacob Deitchler and Faruk Sahin only 3rd place and could not qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing .
In 2009 he won the USA welterweight title from Jake Fischer and Cheney Haight and also won the World Championship elimination from Jess Hargrave and Jake Fisher. At the World Championships in Herning / Denmark he lost in the welterweight division against Mark Overgaard Madsen from Denmark and Rafik Gusseinow from Azerbaijan and therefore only ended up in 20th place.
In 2010 Justin Harry Lester has not yet played any major championships or tournaments. But he plans to start again in championships with the support of the US Army.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Result |
| 1999 | 1. | Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Łódź | up to 54 kg body weight | before Arif Mechliew, Azerbaijan a . Soslan Teguev, Russia |
| 2002 | 5. | Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs | feather | behind James Grünwald, Joseph Warren u. Duane Martin, all USA a. Takashi Murasaki, Japan |
| 2003 | 5. | Junior World Championships in Istanbul | Light | with victories over Christian Fetzer , Germany , Ismael Navarro Sanchez, Spain a . Anacleto Girotti, Italy a . a loss to Magomed Magomedov, Russia |
| 2004 | 5. | Universities World Cup in Łódź | Light | behind Seref Tüfenk , Turkey , Laszlo Kliment, Hungary , Sergei Kowalenko , Russia u. Sylwester Charzewski, Poland |
| 2004 | 2. | New York Athletics Club Tournament in New York | Light | behind Glenn Garrison, USA , in front of Davor Štefanek , Serbia a . Cam Jones, USA |
| 2005 | 1. | Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs | Light | before Michael Ellsworth, USA, Vitali Schuk , Belarus and Emilian Todorow, Bulgaria |
| 2005 | 3. | Universities World Cup in Lernia | Light | behind Selçuk Çebi , Turkey a. Jung Ji-hyun, South Korea |
| 2005 | 3. | Nikola Petrov Tournament in Sofia | Light | behind Nikolai Gergow u. Emilian Todorow, bde. Bulgaria |
| 2005 | 24. | World Cup in Budapest | Light | after a loss to Eduard Kratz , Germany |
| 2005 | 1. | New York Athletics Club Tournament in New York | Light | before Mark Rial and Oscar Wood |
| 2006 | 1. | Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs | Light | in front of Jung Tae-kyun, South Korea, Marcel Cooper, USA a. Tomas Sobecky, Czech Republic |
| 2006 | 3. | World Cup in Guangzhou | Light | with victory over Kim Min-chul , South Korea, defeat against Kanatbek Begaliew , Kyrgyzstan a . Victories over Gurbinder Singh, India, Nikolai Gergow , Bulgaria a. Şeref Eroğlu , Turkey |
| 2007 | 4th | World Cup in Antalya | Light | with victory over Ambako Watschadze , Russia a. Losses against Ali Mohammadi, Iran and Armen Vardanyan , Ukraine |
| 2007 | 1. | Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro | Light | in front of Angelo Mota Brea, Dom. Rep., Carlos Ramos, Venezuela a . Alain Milián , Cuba |
| 2007 | 3. | World Cup in Baku | Light | with victories over Juha Petteri Hiltunen, Finland , Şeref Eroğlu, Mayli Paul Consuegra Panfe, Cuba a . Ionel Puşcaşu , Romania , a defeat against Fərid Mansurov , Azerbaijan a . a victory over Tamás Lőrincz , Hungary |
| 2008 | 2. | Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs | Welter | behind Thomas Curtis Dantzler , USA, in front of Asset Adilow, Kazakhstan and Talan Knox, USA |
| 2009 | 1. | Dave Schultz Memorial in Colorado Springs | Welter | before Cheney Haight, Jacob Fisher et al. Jacob Deitchler , all USA |
| 2009 | 20th | World Cup in Herning / Denmark | Welter | after losing to Mark Overgaard Madsen , Denmark a. Rafik Gusseinow , Azerbaijan |
National successes
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Result |
| 2005 | 1. | USA championship | Light | before Marcel Cooper, Oscar Wood a. Mark Rial |
| 2005 | 1. | Universities World Cup Tials | Light | before Marvin Ford |
| 2005 | 1. | World Championship trials | Light | before Glenn Garrison |
| 2006 | 1. | World Championship trials | Light | before Marcel Cooper |
| 2007 | 1. | World Championship trials | Light | before Jacob Curby, Mark Rial u. Faruk Sahin |
| 2008 | 3. | OS trials | Light | behind Jacob Deitchler u. Faruk Sahin |
| 2009 | 1. | USA championship | Welter | before Jake Fisher, Cheney Haight et al. Jess Hargrave |
| 2009 | 1. | World Championship trials | Welter | before Jess Hargrave et al. Jake Fisher |
Explanations
- 1999 Junior World Championships in free style, all other competitions in Greco-Roman style
- OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship
- Trials = elimination tournament
- Lightweight up to 66 kg, welter weight up to 74 kg body weight
swell
- Trade journal Der Ringer
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig
- US Wrestling Association website
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lester, Justin Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1983 |