2008 FILA World Grappling Championships

2008 FILA World Grappling ChampionshipsLucerne, SwitzerlandDecember 20-21


Presented By: Hosted By: World Grappling Committee


Countries Represented (32 Total): Austria (AUT)Bosnia Herzegovina (BIH)Brazil (BRA)Bulgaria (BUL)Cape Verde (CPV)Congo (COD)Costa Rica (CRC)Croatia (CRO)Denmark (DEN)France (FRA)Germany (GER)Great-Britain (GBR)Hungary (HUN)India (IND)Italy (ITA)Japan (JPN)Kosovo (KOS)Liberia (LBR)Nigeria (NGR)Peru (PER)Poland (POL)Portugal (POR)Romania (ROU)Russia (RUS)Serbia (SRB)Slovak Republic (SVK)Spain (ESP)Sweden (SWE)Switzerland (SUI)Tunisia (TUN)Turkey (TUR)United States (USA)



Registered Athletes (173 Total):


Men62 KG (19 Total Athletes Registered)Matt Sanchez (USA)Brian Peterson (USA)Timon Schurmann (SUI)Volkan Icki (SUI)Herminio Garcia (ESP)Joao Santos (POR)Anayo Ogoh (NGR)Bajram Beqiraj (KOS)Gyorgy Szabo (HUN)Stefan Hoss (GER)Mike Cüppers (GER)Franz-Josef Ulsamer (GER)Fabien Brochetelle (FRA)Mikkel Thomsen (DEN)Biriko Makondi (COD)Reynaldo Duarte (BRA)Anderson Pereira (BRA)Dennys Hartmann (AUT)Tom Barlow (GBR)


70 KG (36 Total Athletes Registered)Ricky Lundell (USA)Tom LeCuyer (USA)Armin Heiss (AUT)Jakob Grabner (AUT)Renato Tavares (BRA)Buga Atadra (COD)Goran Lovrek (CRO)Tomislav Moset (CRO)Nicolas Renier (FRA)Francisco Dos Santos (FRA)Daniel Ackerman (GER)David Adam (GER)Hugo Nao Martins (GER)Robert Westerman (GER)Philipp Ulsamer (GER)Mario Stapel (GER)Istvan Dencsik (HUN)Simone Franceschini (ITA)Corrado Sabatini (ITA)Franco De Leonardis (ITA)Alessio Di Liberti (ITA)Valentin Tunaj (KOS)Patrik Berisha (KOS)Ernest Nonso Onyuma (NGR)José Enrique Hidalgo Viera (PER)Maciej Linke (POL)Wojciech Lech (POL)Helio Perdigao (POR)Aleksandar Milicevic (SRB)Jose Fernando Ferreira (ESP)Diego Kuratli (SUI)Roland Laritz (SUI)Patrick Oppliger (SUI)Guillaume Frey (SUI)Felipe Enomoto (SUI)Chiu Kwong Man (GBR)


80 KG (48 Total Athletes Registered)Jacob Volkmann (USA)Mike Kelly (USA)Heinrich Steiner (AUT)Alexander Bily (AUT)Marcello Salazar (BRA)Mousinho Bergo (BRA)Christian Mwepu (COD)Zlatko Klaric (CRO)David Rosmon (DEN)Mads Maagaard (DEN)David Pierre Louis (FRA)Peter Sobotta (GER)Dominik Adam (GER)Daniel Weichel (GER)Marcel Pino (GER)Tarik Kuzucu (GER)David Goldberg (GER)Sebastian Baron (GER)Gerhard Tenhündfeld (GER)Paolo Strazzullo (ITA)Gustavo Picone (ITA)Alessandro Federico (ITA)Fabio Corradini (ITA)Enrik Berisha (KOS)Quincy Labor (LBR)Gregory Enenadom (NGR)Mariusz Linke (POL)Maciej Jewtuszko (POL)Krystian Szeliga (POL)Mark Lajhner (SRB)Mattias Awad (SWE)Christian Sandberg (SWE)Karim Makdoumi (SWE)Peter Mettler (SUI)Michael Böbner (SUI)Dario Kuratli (SUI)Pascal Vogel (SUI)Denis Denmann (SUI)Rafael Hodel (SUI)Elvir Mujanovic (SUI)Yasubey Enomoto (SUI)Haris Tajic (BIH)Hiroshi Tsuruya (JPN)Tatsuya Kurisu (JPN)Ilke Bulut (TUR)Gareth Roriston (GBR)Manish Kumar (IND)Philipp Francisco Quesada Stauffer (CRC)


92 KG (32 Total Athletes Registered)Raphael Davis (USA)Ian Murphy (USA)Roberto Abreu (BRA)Nelson Semedo (CPV)Vengidio Kisuka (COD)Danijel Seget (CRO)Ivan Lolic (CRO)Johann Romming (FRA)Pierre Pilat (FRA)Viktor Köhl (GER)Illker Gülcin (GER)Alex Bayer (GER)Michele Verginelli (ITA)Lamberto Raffi (ITA)James Blay (LBR)Chima Charles Orji (NGR)Stefan Osinski (POL)Piotr Baginski (POL)Adam Novak (POL)Jaroslaw Szczepanski (POL)Marco Savic (SRB)Alberto Gonzales (ESP)Marius Maissen (SUI)Moujib Laamouz (TUN)Kemal Tajic (BIH)Takanori Kuno (JPN)Okan Bulut (TUR)Patrik Schlesinger (SVK)Michal Kukumberg (SVK)Kevin Webb (GBR)Jamil Sorouji (GBR)


125 KG (18 Total Athletes Registered)Jeff Monson (USA)Daniel Meier (SUI)Andreas Zimmermann (SUI)Darko Krbanjevic (SUI)Grzegorz Szatkowski (POL)Tomasz Janiszewski (POL)Frederick Chijioke Amobi (NGR)Achilli Alfredo (ITA)Mohamed Cherif (FRA)Goran Mejovic (FRA)Bent Larsen (DEN)Christian Colombo (DEN)Vlado Pilipovic (CRO)Nyembo Mamboma (COD)Ivailo Markov (BUL)Ilja Skondric (SVK)Tom Blackledge (GBR)Mandeep Kumar (IND)


Women48 KG (4 Total Athletes Registered)Lisa Ward (USA)Bansedeka Muvuba (COD)Abies Gift Osifo (NGR)Lisa Newton (GBR)


55 KG (6 Total Athletes Registered)Felicia Oh (USA)Tara LaRosa (USA)Mirela Melciu (ROU)Joy Osariemen Mathew (NGR)Laurence Fouillat (FRA)Kathy Gifford (GBR)


63 KG (9 Total Athletes Registered)Molly Helsel (USA)Claudia Gadelha (BRA)Shanti Abelha (DEN)Sara De Luna (FRA)Sheila Gaff (GER)Rosa Wellenzohn (ITA)Ludmila Sundukova (RUS)Sonia Raber (SUI)Caoimhe McGill (GBR)


72 KG (4 Total Athletes Registered)Miesha Tate (USA)Angela Poe (USA)Julia Klammsteiner (ITA)Taje Lüthje (DEN)








































































































































































































































































































































































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