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November 3, 2007
Completed Draws
Volmar and Turner Win Bronze Medals at
Sweden
Open
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Adler Volmar (second from right) receives his bronze medal in the 100kg division. |
(Colorado Springs,
Colo.)
– Two heavyweight
U.S.
judo players out of the USA Judo National
Training Site at
North Miami
each won his first career
European medal at the Sweden Open, a USA Judo Senior B-Level Point Tournament,
on Saturday in
Boras.
Adler Volmar
(Coral Springs,
Fla. / 100kg), a 2007 Pan Am
Championships medalist in the Open division, came to Sweden after two difficult
weeks at the U.S. Open and Rendez-Vous Canada where he placed fifth in
Montreal, but missed the 100kg medal rounds at the Open.
Volmar was back in good form as the top-ranked
U.S.
player in
the 100kg division, defeating Tomi
Jaakola (FIN) in the first round. Although
Volmar lost to eventual silver medalist Peter
Lomax (GBR) in the quarter-finals, he won three consecutive matches to win
bronze with victories over Stefan Krause
(GER), Tuguldor Bayarsaikhan (MGL) and Martin Pacek (SWE).
In an interesting twist to the day’s fights, the +100kg
division included a rematch of the Senior Nationals final between Anthony Turner
(Miami, Fla.)
and Joel Brutus who has since chosen to fight for his native
Haiti
.
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Anthony Turner (second from right) receives his bronze medal in the +100kg division. |
While Brutus beat Turner in the final in April, Turner took
the win, and the bronze, on Saturday. Turner posted a 3-1 record for the day with wins over Matthew Clempner (GBR) and Tobias Albuschies (GER). Turner’s only loss came in the quarter-finals
to World University Games silver medalist Aleksandar
Petkovic (SRB).
The top two
U.S.
players in the 48kg division each fought for bronze and both placed fifth.
Pan Am Games medalist Jeanette
Rodriguez
(Coral Springs, Fla.
/ USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami) rebounded from an opening
round loss by referees’ decision against eventual gold medalist Bianca Ockedahl (CAN) to win her first
match in the repechage against Malin
Nordin (SWE) by a koka (smallest points). Rodriguez’s next fight was a rematch against Ann Shiraishi
(Elk Grove, Calif.
/ East Bay Judo Institute) who she defeated two weeks ago in the U.S. Open final. Rodriguez won by a waza-ari (half-point) this
time to advance to the bronze medal match where she lost to Ewa Konieczny (POL). Although Rodriguez managed to earn a yuko
(quarter-point) against Konieczny, the reigning European U20 silver medalist
earned both yuko and koka scores to win bronze.
Seven-time National Champion Sayaka Matsumoto
(El Cerrito,
Calif.
/ NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute) also lost to
Konieczny, dropping her match by yuko and waza-ari scores after a first-round
win against Charlotte Farbon (GBR). In the repechage, Matsumoto beat Durya Cibir (TUR), racking up two yukos
before beating Cibir by ippon three minutes into the match. In the bronze medal match, however, Matsumoto
was held scoreless by 2006 European U23 silver medalist Wasilisa Prill (GER) who won by a waza-ari and a yuko.
Pan Am Games Champion Travis
Stevens
(Glenville, N.Y.
/
USA
Judo National Training
Site at the
Jason
Morris
Judo
Center)
placed seventh
in the 81kg division.
Stevens beat Jek
Ismajilzade (SWE) and Giorgi
Gurashvili (GEO) in the first two rounds, but lost to eventual silver
medalist Tom Davis (GBR) in the
quarter-finals.
In the repechage, Stevens first beat former Pan Am Champion Tyler Boras (CAN) for the second time
in a week and then defeated two-time 2006 World Cup medalist Micha Egger (SUI) by ippon (instant
win) in just over two minutes. With one
match left to advance to the bronze medal round, Stevens lost by ippon to Marian Halas (ROM) who would go on to
place third.
Janine Nakao
(San Jose, Calif.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
San Jose
State
University)
also placed seventh as
a 57kg player with one of the day’s breakout performances for Team
USA
.
The 20-year-old who placed third as a 63kg player at the
Senior Nationals moved back down to 57kg over the summer, placing fifth at the
Rendez-Vous Canada last week. Nakao beat Janine Johnson (GBR) and Tallinn World
Cup fifth-place finisher Jennie
Andreasson (SWE) in the first and second rounds.
Nakao lost in the third round to eventual silver medalist Anne Katzler (GER). She then beat Becky Dunning (GBR) in her first repechage match before losing to Monika Wozniak (POL).
Senior Nationals runner-up
Hannah
Martin (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo
National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center) also lost to
Wozniak (POL) earlier in the day, giving up her first round match by two yukos
and a waza-ari.
Angelica Delgado
(Miami
,
Fla.
/ USA Judo
National Training Site at North Miami), the top-ranked junior in the 57kg
division, lost in the first round by a waza-ari to Kudret Egilmez (TUR).
Aaron Handy
(Wakefield, Mass.
/ USA
Judo National Team FORCE) was up by a koka in his first-round match against Thierry Rappard (SUI), before losing
by ippon in the final minute.
Complete results are as follows:
Men’s 81kg
1. Mika Toroi (FIN)
2. Tom Davis (GBR)
3. Marian Halas (ROM)
3. Michael Kazydub (RUS)
5. Christophe Lambert (GER)
5. Tom Reed (GBR)
7. Halil Ibrahim Ozerler (TUR)
7. Travis Stevens
(Glenville, N.Y.
/
USA
Judo National Trainng Site at the
Jason
Morris
Judo
Center)
Men’s 90kg
1. Frank Dedek (GER)
2. Max Schirnhofer (AUT)
3. Kacper Larem (POL)
3. Hugo Silva (POR)
5. Victor Semenov (RUS)
5. Nikola Nikolic (SRB)
7. Joakim Norling (SWE)
7. Jonathon Purssey (GBR)
Men’s 100kg
1. Nodar Metreveli (GEO)
2. Peter Lomax (GBR)
3. Simon Schweinberger (AUT)
3. Adler Volmar
(Coral Springs,
Fla.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
North Miami)
5.
Milos
Vukotic (CRO)
5. Martin Pacek (SWE)
7. Tuguldor Bayarsaikhan (MGL)
7. Andrew Burns (GBR)
Also Competed: Aaron
Handy
(Wakefield, Mass.
/
USA
Judo National Team FORCE), 0-1
Men’s +100kg
1. Fabian Hubert (GER)
2. Janusz Cichowski (POL)
3. Aleksandar Petkovic (SRB)
3. Anthony Turner
(Miami,
Fla.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
North Miami)
5. Joe Delahay (GBR)
5. Joel Brutus (HAI)
7. Heikki Haapa-Aho (FIN)
7. Tobias Albuschies (GER)
Women’s 48kg
1. Bianca Ockedahl (CAN)
2. Qui Qiong Zhou (SWE)
3. Ewa Konieczny (POL)
3. Wasilisa Prill (GER)
5. Jeanette Rodriguez
(Coral Springs,
Fla.
/
USA
Judo National Training
Site at
North Miami)
5. Sayaka Matsumoto
(El Cerrito, Calif.
/ NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute)
7. Ann Shiraishi
(Elk Grove,
Calif.
/ East Bay Judo Institute)
7. Derya Cibir (TUR)
Women’s 52kg
1. Marie Muller (LUX)
2. Ioana-Maria Aluas (ROM)
3. Ramona Enache (ROM)
3. Bettina Gasser (GER)
5. Sheena Zander (GER)
5. Andreea Catuna (ROM)
7. Severine Dewarrat (SUI)
7. Melanie Lierka (GER)
Women’s 57kg
1. Liraz Ben Melech (ISR)
2. Anne Katzler (GER)
3. Michelle Diemeer (NED)
3. Miriam Garmatter (GER)
5. Becky Dunning (GBR)
5. Monika Wozniak (POL)
7. Ida Lindgren (SWE)
7. Janine Nakao
(San Jose, Calif.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
San Jose
State
University)
Also Competed:
Hannah
Martin
(Glenville,N.Y.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at the
Jason
Morris
Judo
Center), 0-1 and Angelica Delgado
(Miami, Fla.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
North
Miami),
0-1
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