Black wins silver, DeSanto takes bronze in Greco-Roman at Haparanda Cup in Sweden
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
HAPARANDA, Sweden - 2024 U20 World silver medalist Otto Black (Parker, Colo./ Colorado Top Team) won a silver medal and former University of Iowa star Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC) captured a bronze medal at 63 kg at the respected Haparanda Cup on Saturday.
Black won his first three matches, including 8-0 technical fall victories over Ruslan Stamat of Sweden and Jonatan Jedell of Sweden. In the championship finals, Black fell to William Eckroth of Sweden, who was seventh in the 2024 U20 World Championships.
In addition to his U20 World medal, Black was fifth at the 2021 U17 World Championships. He was also a 2024 U20 Pan American champion. He has won Junior and U20 national titles in Greco-Roman, as well.
DeSanto’s only loss came in his first match in Pool B to Eckroth, 6-2. He responded with a pair of technical falls, beating Algot Garnelius of Sweden, 11-3 in pool competition, then Ruslan Stamat of Sweden, 10-2 in the bronze-medal match.
DeSanto won a medal in his first major Senior-level Greco-Roman event. He has won medals at international Senior freestyle events in France, Poland, Egypt and the United States. DeSanto was a four-time All-American for Iowa in college.
Black and DeSanto will also compete in the Haavisto Cup in Ilmajoki, Finland on December 7. On this tour, they are coached by 2006 World champion Joe Warren.
HAPARANDA CUP
At Haparanda, Sweden, November 30
63 kg
Gold - William Eckroth (Sweden)
Silver - Otto Black (USA)
Bronze - Austin DeSanto (USA)
4th - Ruslan Stamat (Sweden)
5th - Jonatan Jedell (Sweden)
6th - Algot Garnelius (Sweden)
7th - Arsenil Paschenko (Ukraine),
U.S. Greco-Roman results
63 kg – Austin DeSanto, Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye WC), bronze medal
LOSS William Eckroth (Sweden), 6-2
WIN Algot Garnelius (Sweden), tech fall 11-3
WIN Ruslan Stamat (Sweden), tech fall 10-2
63 kg – Otto Black, Parker, Colo. (Colorado Top Team), silver medal
WIN Arsenil Paschenko (Ukraine), 7-2
WIN Ruslan Stamat (Sweden), tech fall 8-0
WIN Jonatan Jedell (Sweden), tech fall 8-0
LOSS William Eckroth (Sweden), 5-2
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