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  • 2000 CHAMPIONS


    Weightlifting to Wrestling

    WEIGHTLIFTING
    Olympics
    Men
    56kg -- Halil Mutlu, Turkey
    62kg -- Nikolay Pechalov, Croatia
    69kg -- Galabin Boevski, Bulgaria
    77kg -- Zhan Xugang, China
    85kg -- Pyrros Dimas, Greece
    94kg -- Akakios Kakiasvilis, Greece
    105kg -- Hossein Tavakoli, Iran
    105kg-plus -- Hossein Rezazadeh, Iran
    Women
    48kg -- Tara Nott, Stillwell, Kan.
    53kg -- Yang Xia, China
    58kg -- Soraya Jimenez, Mexico
    63kg -- Xiaomin Chen, China
    69kg -- Lin Weining, China
    75kg -- Maria Isabel Urrutia, Colombia
    75kg-plus -- Ding Meiyuan, China
    Olympic Trials
    Men
    152 -- Scott Dibert, Johnstown, Pa.
    169 -- Oscar Chaplin III, Savannah, Ga.
    187 -- Corey Wilkes, Houston
    207 -- Matt Terry, Osage Beach, Mo.
    230 -- Andy Tysz, West Hills, Calif.
    230 plus -- Shane Hamman, Mustang, Okla.
    Women
    106 -- Tara Nott, Stillwell, Kan.
    117 -- Sally Oates, Colorado Springs, Colo.
    128 -- Christina McClure, Flagstaff, Ariz.
    152 -- Erin Okonek, Huntington Beach, Calif.
    165 -- Suzanne Leathers, Saunderstown, R.I.
    165 plus -- Cheryl Haworth, Savannah, Ga.

    WRESTLING
    Olympics
    Freestyle
    54kg -- Namig Abdullayev, Azerbaijan
    63kg -- Mourad Oumakhanov, Russia
    58kg -- Alireza Dabir, Iran
    69kg -- Daniel Igali, Canada
    76kg -- Alexander Leipold, Germany
    85kg -- Adam Saitiev, Russia
    97kg -- Saghid Mourtasaliyev, Russia
    130kg -- David Moussoulbes, Russia
    Greco-Roman
    54kg -- Sim Kwon Ho, South Korea
    58kg -- Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria
    63kg -- Varteres Samourgachev, Russia
    69kg -- Filiberto Azcuy, Cuba
    76kg -- Mourat Kardanov, Russia
    85kg -- Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkey
    97kg -- Mikael Ljungberg, Sweden
    130kg -- Rulon Gardner, Afton, Wyo.
    College
    NCAA Division I
    Team -- Iowa
    125 -- Jeremy Hunter, Penn State
    133 -- Eric Juergens, Iowa
    141 -- Carl Perry, Illinois
    149 -- Tony Davis, Northern Iowa
    157 -- Brett Matter, Pennsylvania
    165 -- Don Pritzlaff, Wisconsin
    174 -- Byron Tucker, Oklahoma
    184 -- Cael Sanderson, Iowa State
    197 -- Brad Vering, Nebraska
    Heavyweight -- Brock Lesnar, Minnesota
    Other College
    NCAA Division II -- North Dakota State
    NCAA Division III -- Augsburg, Minn.
    NAIA -- Montana State-Northern
    Women
    World Championships
    46kg -- Irina Melnik, Ukraine
    51kg -- Hitomi Sakamoto, Japan
    56kg -- Seiko Yamamoto, Japan
    62kg -- Nikola Hartmann, Austria
    68kg -- Kristie Marano, United States
    75kg -- Christine Nordhagen, Canada


    Compiled by ROBBIE MENDELSON, The Associated Press