BYERS TAKES GRECO GOLD AT CISM - GLEN GARRISON GETS A BRONZE!
08/21/2005 - SSG Dremiel Byers of the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) proved once again that he is one of the world's top contenders in the 120 KG weight class. SSG Byers was the lone USA gold medalist in the 2005 CISM World Military Wrestling Championship conducted at Vilnius, Lithuania. SSG Byers' WCAP team mate, SGT Glen Garrison, added to the USA medal count by capturing the Greco bronze in the 66 KG weight class. Overall the USA finished 8th as a team. Although the USA did not medal in freestyle competition, three wrestlers - CPT Eric Alberracin (Army/55KG); SPC James Henderson (Army/74KG); and LT Josh Feldman (Navy/120 KG) all advanced to bronze medal matches.
Greco Roman Wrestling Results
55 KG
Gold Jong Tae Kim KOR
Silver Petrov Sergey RUS
Bronz Ruchko Aliaksandr BLR Orel Unel TUR
Neil Rodac Lost to BLR 3-0:6-0
60 KGGold Israfilov Jaleh AZE
Silver Kyu Sung Cho KOR
Bronz Moser Sebastian GER Huhtala Pasi FIN
Duaine Martin USA lost to Kefi Zied TUN 4-3:3-2
66 KG
Gold Mokeev Yury RUS
Silver Zawadzki Wlodzimierz POL
Bronz Garrison Glen USA Kratz Eduard GER
73 KG
Gold Demankin Andrey RUS
Silver Mark Overgaard Madsen DEN
Bronz Hee Bok Kang KOR Venskaits Valdemaras LTU
Jess H argrave USA lost to Nestyruk Dmytro UKR 5-0:3-3:6-0
84 KG
Gold Canbas Akil TUR
Silver Kravchenko Evgeny RUS
Bronz Adomaitis Laimutis LTU Laureti Leonida ITA
Jacob Clark USA lost in Bronz medal match with the new rules having a negative impact of the outcome.
96 KG
Gold Sitnik Marek POL
Silver Nikolaev Mykhoilo UKR
Bronz Oztruk Emin TUR Menshchikov Alexander RUS
Albert Sankey USA lost first round to Sidlauskas Valdas LTU
120 KG
Gold Dremiel Byers USA
Silver Mikulski Marek POL
Bronz Petronko Oleksandr UKR Mizgaitis Mindaugas LTU
GRECO-ROMAN Places
1st Russia 2nd Poland 3rd Ukraine (USA 8th)