| 2022 Grand Prix Zagreb Open | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city |  Zagreb, Croatia |
| Dates | 29–30 January 2022 |
| Stadium | Dom Sportova |
| Champions | |
| Greco-Roman |  Turkey |
The 2022 Grand Prix Zagreb Open, was a United World Wrestling amateur wrestling event held in Zagreb, Croatia on 29 and 30 January 2022. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The event held competitions in various styles, including its staples, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling.
The event was aired freely on the Zagreb Wrestling Association YouTube channel.
| Qualification and elimination rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 January 2022 Mat A | 29 January 2022 Mat B | 29 January 2022 Mat C | 29 January 2022 Schedule |
| Repechage bouts and bronze medal matches | |||
| 30 January 2022 Mat A | 30 January 2022 Mat B | 30 January 2022 Mat C | 30 January 2022 Schedule |
| Final matches |
|---|
| 30 January 2022 Final |
⇒ 29 January Saturday, 10.30 – 19.00 qualification and elimination rounds, all weight categories (on 3 wrestling mats)
⇒ 30 January Sunday, 10.30 – 14.00 Repechage bouts and bronze medal matches (all categories), 18.00 - 20.00 Opening ceremony and Final matches (all categories)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 |  Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 |  Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 19 | 39 | |
| Rank | Men's Greco-Roman | |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | |
| 1 | Turkey | 180 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 129 |
| 3 | Norway | 77 |
| 4 | Romania | 70 |
| 5 | Sweden | 69 |
| 6 | Belarus | 60 |
| 7 | Croatia | 47 |
| 8 | Finland | 27 |
| 9 |  United States | 26 |
| 10 | Moldova | 25 |
163 competitors from 24 nations participated.
Victor Ciobanu is a Moldovan Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. He is the first wrestler representing Moldova to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the World Wrestling Championships.
Alex Michel Bjurberg Kessidis is a Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a silver medalist at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships and the 2019 European Games. He represented Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Morten Thoresen is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the 67 kg event at the 2020 European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. He hails from Bodø.
Gevorg Sahakyan is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian origin. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a silver medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Fabian Bernhard Schmitt is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2019 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.
Donior Islamov is a Moldovan Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Mateusz Lucjan Bernatek is a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 66 kg event at the 2017 World Wrestling Championships held in Paris, France. He is also a silver medalist at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships.
Islomjon Bakhromov is an Uzbekistani Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China.
Kamal Ameer Bey is an American Greco-Roman wrestler.
Hannes Wagner is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Arvi Martin Savolainen is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the silver medal in the 97 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Burhan Akbudak competing in the 82 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of Istanbul BB SK.
Matti Elias Kuosmanen is a Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships. He also competed at the World Wrestling Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Mykola Kuchmii is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a bronze medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.
Oyan Nazariani is an Azerbaijani Beach wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestler born in Urmia. He has been playing for the Azerbaijani national wrestling team since 2014. He won a gold medal at the international Golden Grand Prix tournament in Baku in 2016, and a silver medal at the 2017 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup in Abadan, Iran. He is a five-time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded a gold medal at the World Beach Wrestling Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. Since 2020, he is the head coach of the Azerbaijani beach wrestling team.
The 2016 Grand Prix Zagreb Open was a Greco-Roman wrestling event held in Zagreb, Croatia, between 23 and 24 January 2016.
The 57th Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, was a sport wrestling event held in Ruse, Bulgaria between 28 February-3 March 2019. It was held as the fourth of the ranking series of United World Wrestling.
Yaroslav Filchakov is a Ukrainian wrestler. He competed at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, being awarded in the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 82 kg event. Filchakov was against Burhan Akbudak for which the score was 5-1, in which he was awarded the bronze medal along with Tamás Lévai.
