The 2020 Beach Wrestling World Series will again consist of four stops, with dates and locations to be announced in the coming weeks. At a meeting, last month in Nur-Sultan more than 30 national federations from across all continents attended an informational session to help answer questions about the growing style.
According to the United World Wrestling (UWW), the response for the 2019 Beach Wrestling World Series was phenomenal with almost every event was very well attended and appreciated by the beach wrestling fans.
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National federations or wrestlers interested in learning more details about the 2020 events are asked to reach out to sport@unitedworldwrestling.org.
The 2019 Beach Wrestling World Series concluded last month in Zagreb with several of the world’s top beach grapplers wrestling for gold and securing top billing in the overall rankings. Many of the top finishers, including Georgia’s World Series champions, will be in Doha October 15-16 to compete at the 2019 ANOC World Beach Games.
In 2019 Series, led by enigmatic Olympic bronze medalist Dato MARSAGISHVILI (90kg), Georgia captured a whopping three out of a possible four top place finishes in men’s beach wrestling.Marsagishvili, Levan KELEKHSASHVILI (70kg), and Davit KHUTSISHVILI (80kg) earned the top ranking in their respective weight categories by winning each event they entered. Each of the three wrestlers claimed three gold medals in three attempts and scored 50,000 points.
Oyan NAZARIANI (AZE) finished No.1 at +90kg. The heavyweight wrestler competed in all four events, winning three gold medals and one silver to finish with 58,000 points.
Despite a runner-up finish in the rankings Semen RADULOV (UKR) wow’ed fans across the world with his big throws (Photo: Kadir Caliskan)
Two Ukrainian women, Kateryna MASHKEVYCH (50kg) and Anna MAZURKEVYCH (70kg), finished No. 1 in their respective weight categories. Both Mashkevych and Mazurkevych earned a pair of gold medals, competing in Odessa and Zagreb and finished with 40,000 points.
Camila FAMA TRISTAO (BRA) earned the No.1 ranking in the women’s competition at 60kg after winning two gold medals and a silver medal in the World Series. Her golds came in Rio and Zagreb.
Aikaterini PITSIAVA (GRE) won three golds in three attempts and finished No.1 at +70kg.
2019 Beach Wresting World Series Results
Men
70kg
1. Levan KELEKHSASHVILI (GEO) 50,000
2. Semen RADULOV (UKR) 42,000
3. Michael PETERS (USA) 19,500
4. Miljan DUKANOVIC (SRB) 17,400
5. Luka MALOBABIC (CRO) 15,000
80kg
1. Davit KHUTSISHVILI (GEO) 50,000
2. Georgios KOULOUCHIDIS (GRE) 42,800
3. Aleksandar NIKOLIC (SRB) 19,500
4. Timotej TRBULIN (SLO) 17,400
5. Ibrahim YUSUBOV (AZE) 16,000
90kg
1. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) 50,000
2. Christos SAMARTSIDIS (GRE) 34,500
3. Strahinja DERMANOVIC (SRB) 19,500
4. Domenik ANDREIC (CRO) 17,400
5. Murat OZKAN (TUR) 13,000
+90kg
1. Oyan NAZARIANI (AZE) 58,000
2. Ioannis KARGIOTAKIS (GRE) 44,300
3. Mamuka KORDZAIA (GEO) 35,300
4. Sabolc HORVAT (SRB) 17,400
5. Dorde PESUT (SRB) 15,000
Women
50kg
1. Kateryna MASHKEVYCH (UKR) 40,000
2. Carmen GOMES TEIXEIRA VIEIRA (POR) 31,000
3. Kristal BETANZO (USA) 24,000
4. Kamila BARBOSA VITO DA SILVA (BRA) 18,000
5. Stefania PRICEPUTU (ROU) 10,000
60kg
1. Camila FAMA TRISTAO (BRA) 48,000
2. Valeriia SEMONKINA ZLATOVA (UKR) 34,000
3. Isabel RODRIGUES (POR) 31,100
4. Pia KOCBEK (SLO) 17,400
5. Georgiana FILIP (ROU) 10,000
70kg
1. Anna MAZURKEVYCH (UKR) 40,000
2. Sonia PEREIRA BRAZIO (POR) 34,000
3. Diana BETANZO (USA) 24,000
4. Sara TRBULIN (SLO) 17,400
5. Adina Elena POPESCU (ROU) 10,000
+70kg
1. Aikaterini PITSIAVA (GRE) 50,000
2. Iryna PASICHNYK (UKR) 24,000
3. Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA (BRA) 10,000
4. Halyna KOVALSKA (UKR) 8,000
5. Aysegul OZBEGE (TUR) 8,000
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