European wrestling championships 1991

Postage stamp from the Deutsche Bundespost 1991 on the occasion of the European wrestling championship

The European wrestling championships in 1991 took place at the end of April in Greco-Roman style in Aschaffenburg and at the beginning of May in free style in Stuttgart .

Greco-Roman, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	József Farago
2	Soviet Union	Sergei Suvorov
3	Bulgaria	Nuran Pelikijan
4th	Romania	Valentin Dascalescu
5	Italy	Sergio Armenise
6th	Turkey	Elmas Ömer
7th	Poland	Miroslaw Romanowski
8th	Switzerland	Pius Schärli
9	Yugoslavia	Dori Besu
10	Greece	Thomas Saltagiannis

Defending champion: Sergei Suvorov , Soviet Union

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Bulgaria	Bratan Zenow
2	Poland	Dariusz Paiskowski
3	Soviet Union	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan
4th	Yugoslavia	Željko Popović
5	Germany	Rosario Schmitt
6th	Finland	Ismo Kamesaki
7th	Netherlands	Marchel Verweij
8th	Hungary	Csaba Vadász
9	Denmark	Per Nielsen
10	France	Serge Robert

Defending champion: Jon Rønningen , Norway

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Ignatenko
2	Romania	Marian Sandu
3	Germany	Rıfat Yıldız
4th	Yugoslavia	Zoran Galović
5	Hungary	András Sike
6th	Bulgaria	Emil Ivanov
7th	France	Patrice Mourier
8th	Portugal	David Maia Braga Dacosta
9	Italy	Antonio Molino
10	Turkey	Karaali Erdoğan

Defending champion: Patrice Mourier , France

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Poland	Włodzimierz Zawadzki
2	Germany	Mario Büttner
3	Soviet Union	Gennady Atmakin
4th	Italy	Denni Urbinati
5	Romania	Petru Onciu
6th	Netherlands	Tofik Elfallah
7th	Sweden	Niklas Hentunen
8th	Yugoslavia	Bela Revko
9	Turkey	Akif Pirim
10	Spain	Luis Martínez

Defending champion: Gennadi Atmakin , Soviet Union

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Kamandar Majydau
2	Sweden	Marthin Kornbakk
3	Hungary	Attila Repka
4th	Spain	Pedro Villuela
5	Germany	Jannis Zamanduridis
6th	Denmark	John Vestergaard
7th	Finland	Sakari Kaakkolahti
8th	Norway	Terje Nord
9	Romania	Petrica Carare
10	Bulgaria	Vasil Atanasov

Defending champion: Islam Duguchiev , Soviet Union

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Mnazakan Iskandaryan
2	Finland	Tuomo Karila
3	Sweden	Torbjörn Kornbakk
4th	Hungary	János Takács
5	France	Yvon Riemer
6th	Austria	Anton Marchl
7th	Yugoslavia	Željko Trajković
8th	Romania	Mircae Constantin
9	Norway	Morten Sætre
10	Portugal	Paulo Martins

Defending champion: Torbjörn Kornbakk , Sweden

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Péter Farkas
2	Czechoslovakia	Pavel Frinta
3	Germany	Thomas Zander
4th	Turkey	Erol Koyuncu
5	Sweden	Örjan Jansson
6th	Yugoslavia	Goran Kasum
7th	Greece	Leonidas Pappas
8th	Belgium	Jean-Pierre Wafflard
9	Poland	Piotr Stepien
10	Norway	Stig-Arild Kleven

Defending champion: Thomas Zander , then Federal Republic of Germany

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Pavel Potapov
2	Bulgaria	Ivajlo Jordanov
3	Hungary	Tibor Komáromi
4th	Germany	Maik Bullmann
5	Yugoslavia	Pajo Ivošević
6th	Sweden	Mikael Ljungberg
7th	Greece	Iordanis Konstantinidis
8th	Poland	Marek Kraszewski
9	France	Henri Meiss
10	Czechoslovakia	Petr Stehel

Defending champion: Pavel Potapov , Soviet Union

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Syarhej Djamyashkevich
2	Germany	Andreas Steinbach
3	Hungary	Sándor Major
4th	Turkey	Celal Inceler
5	Bulgaria	Yulian Vasilev
6th	Greece	Dimitros Tsekeridis
7th	Czechoslovakia	Dušan Masár

Defending champion: Anatol Fedarenka , Soviet Union

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Alexander Karelin
2	Sweden	Tomas Johansson
3	Hungary	György Kekes
4th	Greece	Panagiotis Pikilidis
5	Germany	Raymund Edfelder
6th	Austria	Alexander Neumüller
7th	Yugoslavia	Milan Radaković
8th	Poland	Jerzy Gryc
9	Italy	Gianluca Vassura
10	Denmark	Henrik Thomsen

Defending champion: Alexander Karelin , Soviet Union

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	6th	1	2
2	Hungary	2	0	4th
3	Bulgaria	1	1	1
4th	Poland	1	1	0
5	Germany	0	2	2
6th	Sweden	0	2	1
7th	Romania	0	1	0
	Finland	0	1	0
	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0

Freestyle, men

Results

Category up to 48 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Pure pitchfork
2	Poland	Stanislaw Szostecki
3	Soviet Union	Wugar Orudschow
4th	Bulgaria	Alexei Deanow
5	Turkey	İlyas Şükrüoğlu
6th	Hungary	László Óváry
7th	Romania	Romica Rașovan
8th	Spain	Francisco Sánchez
9	Yugoslavia	Vladko Sokolov

Defending champion: Romica Rașovan , Romania

Category up to 52 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Toguzov
2	Germany	Stanislaw Kaczmarek
3	France	Thierry Bourdin
4th	Bulgaria	Ivan Zonov
5	Romania	Constantin Corduneanu
6th	Hungary	László Bíró
7th	Poland	Stanislaw Dziopak
8th	Turkey	Fikret Mutlu
9	Spain	Laureano Atanes Venegas
10	Yugoslavia	Toni Ancev

Defending champion: Šaban Trstena , Yugoslavia

Category up to 57 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Bagautdin Umakhanov
2	Turkey	Remzi Musaoğlu
3	Yugoslavia	Zoran Sorov
4th	Germany	Jürgen Scheibe
5	Bulgaria	Albums Kumbarow
6th	Greece	Kostas Dragatsikis
7th	Romania	Radu Ana
8th	Hungary	Béla Nagy
9	Poland	Dariusz Grzywinski
10	Finland	Vesa Mäki-Turja

Defending champion: Rumen Pavlov , Bulgaria

Category up to 62 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Metin Kaplan
2	Soviet Union	Gaji Rashidov
3	Germany	Ralf Lyding
4th	Italy	Giovanni Schillaci
5	Bulgaria	Roses Wasilew
6th	Hungary	László Schmidtgunszt
7th	Switzerland	Martin Muller
8th	Spain	Vicente Caceres
9	France	Alain Berger
10	Yugoslavia	Besim Jašari

Defending champion: Ralf Lyding , then Federal Republic of Germany

Category up to 68 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Georg Swabia
2	Israel	Maxim Geller
3	France	Gerard Santoro
4th	Turkey	Behçet Selimoğlu
5	Greece	Giorgios Athanssiadis
6th	Hungary	Attila Podolszki
7th	Switzerland	Ludwig Küng
8th	Poland	Dariusz Czarnecki
9	Yugoslavia	Trajče Dimkov
10	Sweden	Per Johansson

Defending champion: Fevzi Şeker , Turkey

Category up to 74 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Alexander Leipold
2	Soviet Union	Nasir Gadžihanov
3	Turkey	Selahattin Yiğit
4th	Bulgaria	Rahmat Sukra
5	Hungary	János Nagy
6th	Greece	Ioakim Vassiliadis
7th	Austria	Georg Neumaier
8th	Yugoslavia	Agim Ejupi
9	Romania	Claudiu Tămăduianu
10	Switzerland	Lorenz Küng

Defending champion: Nasir Gadžihanov , Soviet Union

Category up to 82 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Elmadi Schabrailow
2	Germany	Hans Gstöttner
3	Turkey	Sebahattin Öztürk
4th	Poland	Robert Kostecki
5	Hungary	László Dvorak
6th	France	Alcide Legrand
7th	Bulgaria	Wesselin Sabew
8th	Czechoslovakia	Martin Gazur
9	Finland	Pekka Rauhala
10	Yugoslavia	Čedo Nikolovski

Defending champion: Hans Gstöttner , former German Democratic Republic

Category up to 90 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Soviet Union	Macharbek Chadarzew
2	Hungary	Gábor Tóth
3	Turkey	Efrahim Kamberoğlu
4th	Greece	Heraklis Deskoulidis
5	Italy	Renato Lombardo
6th	Czechoslovakia	Jozef Palatinus
7th	Poland	Marek Garmulewicz
8th	Netherlands	Arno Postma
9	Romania	Paul Mare
10	Switzerland	Peter Maag

Defending champion: Wagab Kasibekow , Soviet Union

Category up to 100 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Turkey	Ali Kayalı
2	Soviet Union	Andrei Golovko
3	Germany	Heiko Balz
4th	Poland	Andrzej Radomski
5	Greece	Kostas Avramis
6th	Hungary	Sándor Kiss
7th	Czechoslovakia	Milan Mazač
8th	Bulgaria	Petjo Makedonov
9	Netherlands	Herman van Tol
10	United Kingdom	Brian Wallen

Defending champion: Arawat Sabeev , Soviet Union

Category up to 130 kg

space	country	athlete
1	Germany	Andreas Schröder
2	Soviet Union	Oleg Naniev
3	Turkey	Mahmut Demir
4th	Poland	Tomasz Kupis
5	Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Luberda
6th	Bulgaria	Kiril Barbutov
7th	Hungary	Zsolt Gombos

Defending champion: Andreas Schröder , former German Democratic Republic

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze
1	Soviet Union	4th	4th	1
2	Germany	4th	2	2
3	Turkey	2	1	4th
4th	Poland	1	0	3
5	Hungary	0	1	0
	Israel	0	1	0
7th	France	0	0	2
8th	Yugoslavia	0	0	1

source

• foeldeak.com