| Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 2022 Mediterranean Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | EMEC Hall | |||||||||
| Date | 26–27 June | |||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Wrestling at the 2022 Mediterranean Games | |||
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| Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Women | |
| 57 kg | 60 kg | 50 kg | |
| 65 kg | 67 kg | 53 kg | |
| 74 kg | 77 kg | 57 kg | |
| 86 kg | 87 kg | 62 kg | |
| 97 kg | 130 kg | 68 kg | |
| 125 kg | 76 kg | ||
The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg competition of the wrestling events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, was held from 26 June to 27 June at the EMEC Hall. [1] [2]
26 June [3]
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 |  Abdellatif Mohamed (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 |  Nikolaos Ntounias (GRE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Score | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaos Ntounias (GRE) | 1–9 | Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 1–4 VSU1 |
| Abdellatif Mohamed (EGY) | 8–0 | Nikolaos Ntounias (GRE) | 4–0 VSU |
| Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 3–1 | Abdellatif Mohamed (EGY) | 3–1 VPO1 |
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amine Guennichi (TUN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 |  Hichem Kouchit (ALG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Samuele Varicelli (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Score | CP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hichem Kouchit (ALG) | 1–5 Fall | Amine Guennichi (TUN) | 0–5 VFA |
| Samuele Varicelli (ITA) | 0–9 | Hichem Kouchit (ALG) | 0–4 VSU |
| Amine Guennichi (TUN) | 9–0 | Samuele Varicelli (ITA) | 4–0 VSU |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||
| Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 8 | ||||||
| Hichem Kouchit (ALG) | 0 | Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 5 | ||||
| Abdellatif Mohamed (EGY) | 2 | Abdellatif Mohamed (EGY) | 1 | ||||
| Amine Guennichi (TUN) | 0 | ||||||
| Bronze medal | |||||||
| Hichem Kouchit (ALG) | 0 | ||||||
| Amine Guennichi (TUN) | 8 | ||||||
Rıza Kayaalp is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. Five time world champion and twelve time European champion. He won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won bronze medals at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics. He is a graduate of the Aksaray University Physical Education and Sports Academy and studies his master's degree at Bozok University.
Abdellatif Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Oleksandr Chernetskyi.
Amine Guennichi is a Tunisian Greco-Roman wrestler. He represented Tunisia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and he won the silver medal in the 130 kg event. He is also a six-time medalist at the African Wrestling Championships.
Kerem Kamal is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 60 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of İzmir BB GSK He won the gold medal in the 60 kg event at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Ali Cengiz is a Turkish wrestler competing in the 87 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a member of the Ankara Aski Sport Club.
Osman Yıldırım is a Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler competing in the 130 kg division of Greco-Roman wrestling. He is a member of the ASKİ Spor Club.
Noureldin Hany Mohamed Gomaa Hassan is an Egyptian wrestler competing in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. He won a silver medal at the African Games, a bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games and several bronze medals at the African Wrestling Championships.
Algeria is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria over 10 days from 25 June to 5 July 2022 with delegation of 522 persons, including 293 men and 182 women. The country finished the Games with 53 medals amongst all nations: 20 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze. This is the best participation in the history of Algeria, breaking the number of the 2001 Mediterranean Games. The sports with the most medals were Athletics, Karate and Boxing. The first medals Algeria earned were in Karate, where Algeria won six medals, including four golds by Cylia Ouikene, Louiza Abouriche and Chaima Midi for women's and Oussama Zaid for men's. In Boxing, Algeria participated with fifteen men's and women's boxers, 13 of whom won medals including five golds through Jugurtha Ait Bekka, Roumaysa Boualam, Hadjila Khelif, Imane Khelif and Yahia Abdelli. The third specialty in terms of medals is strong Athletics with a total of 13 medals, including five golds, by Bilal Tabti in 3000 m steeplechase, Yasser Triki in Triple jump, Bilel Afer in high jump, Djamel Sedjati in 800 m and finally the Men's 4×400 m relay team. In other sports participation was different and in Badminton duo Koceila Mammeri and Youcef Sabri Medel won a historic gold, and the only one in this specialty, by defeating the Spanish duo Luis Enrique Penalver Pereira and Pablo Abian Vicen. In fencing Algeria won its first gold medal in history with Saoussen Boudiaf winning against Italian Rebecca Gargano. In Judo, from which a lot was expected of Algeria, they earned four medals, one of which was gold by Messaoud Dris in 73 kg, defeating Moroccan Hassan Doukkali by Ippon. In wrestling, swimming and weightlifting, he won one gold medal in each discipline: Bachir Sid Azara in men's Greco-Roman as for Ishak Ghaiou and Abdelkrim Ouakali get the silver medal. Jaouad Syoud in 200 m individual medley and Walid Bidani in snatch +102 kg and was satisfied with silver in Clean & jerk.
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The Men's Freestyle 57 kg competition of the wrestling events at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, was held from 27 June to 28 June at the EMEC Hall.
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Kosovo competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.
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Zelimkhan Abakarov is a Russian-born Albanian wrestler of Chechen origin. He is a gold medalist at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships. He is the first wrestler representing Albania to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships. He is also a gold medalist at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and a silver medalist at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.
