Squier wins gold, Nutter and Hamre add silver on final day of Sundsvall Open in Sweden

SUNDSVALL, Sweden – The United States added three more U20 Greco-Roman medals on Sunday, the final day of the Sundsvall Open. The U.S. wrestlers come from the Northern Michigan University National Training Site or from the Combat WC.

Claiming a gold medal at 82 kg was Aidan Squire of the Combat WC. Squire lost the first match in his pool, but a 15-6 technical fall over Sebastian Abrant of the Finland National Team allowed him to claim his pool competition and advance to the finals. Squire claimed a 6-6 decision in the finals over Santeri Karppinen of the Finland National Team to capture the gold medal.

Silver medals were claimed by Amryn Nutter of the Combat WC at 63 kg and Gunnar Hamre of NMU-NTS at 67 kg.

Nutter competed in a four-athlete roundrobin. He won his first two bouts by technical falls, beating Matias Arpinen of Finland, 9-0 and Leo Ljungqvist of Sweden, 11-1. He was edged in his final bout by Lauri Perkka of the Finland National Team, 2-1, which resulted in his bronze medal. Perkka won a bronze in 2024 at the Arvo Haavisto Cup and was a 2023 Nordic U20 medalist.

Hamre was on fire in his pool competition, winning four straight matches by technical fall to power into the finals. In those matches, he outscored his opponents 33-0. In the championship finals, he was defeated by Sweden’s Nestori Manilla, 8-0. Manilla was fifth in the 2023 and 2022 U20 World Championships.

On Friday, U.S. wrestlers won three medals, with golds from Gabe Brown of NMU/NTS (60 kg) and Brennan Carey of NMU/NTS (130 kg) and a bronze medal from Mason Parsons of NMY/NTS (87 kg).

The Finland National Team dominated the team standings with 39 points. The U.S. club programs placed second and third, with runner-up NMU-NTS as the runner-up with 9 points and Combat WC in third with 7 points. There were 25 club and national teams entered.

The Concord Youth Center (CYC) club from California entered four athletes in the Greco-Roman U14 tournament. Sam Briggs won a silver medal at 41 kg, and the other three athletes placed in the top five of their weight class.

SUNDSVALL OPEN

At Sundsvall, Sweden

U20 Greco-Roman Medalists

55 kg

Gold – Max Andersson (Sundsvall AIK)

Silver – Jan Atayi (Gallivare SK)

60 kg

Gold – Gabriel Brown (USA, NMU-NTS)

Silver – Otto Huuhtanen (Sweden/Vouksenniskan Vesa)

Bronze – Zet Flink (Sweden/ Bjuvs BK)

63 kg

Gold – Lauri Perkka (Finland National Team)

Silver – Amryn Nutter (USA/Combat WC)

Bronze – Matias Arpinen (Finland/Yla-Tirkkurilan Kipina)

67 kg

Gold – Nestori Mannila (Sweden/Vaasan Voima Veikot)

Silver – Gunnar Hamre (USA///NMU-NTS)

Bronze - Tuuka Peltokangas (Finland National Team)

72 kg

Gold – Oliver Pada (Finland National Team)

Silver – Oskari Talala (Finland National Team)

Bronze – Eliiot Padilla (Sweden/Sparvagen)

77 kg

Gold – Vikke Tarkkio (Finland National Team)

Silver – Miro Leinonen (Finland National Team)

Bronze – Luka Kajanne (Finland National Team)

82 kg

Gold – Aiden Squire (USA/Combat WC)

Silver – Santeri Karppinen (Finland National Team)

Bronze – Sebastian Abrant (Finland National Team)

87 kg

Gold – Pauli Perkio (Finland National Team)

Silver – Johan Garbell (Sweden//Sparvagen)

Bronze – Mason Parsons (USA/NMU-NTS)

97 kg

Gold – Aapo Viitala (Finland National Team)

Silver – Elias Lyyski (Finland National Team)

Bronze – Joel Andersson (Sweden/Falkopings ABK)

U.S. Greco-Roman performances

60 kg: Gabriel Brown (NMU/NTS), gold medal

WIN Otto Huuhtanen (Sweden/Vouksenniskan Vesa), tech fall 8-0

WIN Zet Flink (Sweden/Bjuvs BK), tech fall 10-1

63 kg: Amryn Nutter (Combat WC), silver medal

WIN Matias Arpinen (Finland), tech fall 9-0

WIN Leo Ljungqvist (Sweden/Sundsvalls AIK), tech fall, 11-1

LOSS Lauri Perkka (Finland National Team), 2-1

67 kg: Gunnar Hamre (NMU/NTS), silver medal

WIN Max Sirilla (Sweden/Sundsvall AIK), tech fall, 8-0

WIN Albin Jonsson (Sweden/Kiruna sportklubb), tech fall 8-0

WIN Sergio Illies (Sweden/Heby BK), tech fall, 9-0

WIN Tuuka Peltokangas (Finland National Team), tech fall, 8-0

LOSS Nestori Mannila (Sweden/Vaasan Voima Veikot), tech fall, 8-0

77 kg: Ashton Miess (Combat WC), 5^th place

WIN Calle Zetterkvist (Sweden/Sundsvalls AIK), tech fall 9-0

LOSS Vikke Tarkkio (Finland National Team), 8-2

LOSS Serveri Maenpaa (Finland National Team), tech fall 13-4

77 kg: Will Scherer (Combat WC), 6^th place

WIN Joel Skogqvist (Sweden/Ranea bk), tech fall 8-0

LOSS Miro Leinonen (Finland National Team), tech fall 11-0

LOSS Luka Kajanne (Finland National Team), 3-1

82 kg: Mike Higgins (NMU/NTS), eliminated

LOSS Santeri Karppinen (Finland National Team), tech fall 8-0

LOSS Elmer Capelle (Sweden/BK Atlas), tech fall, 10-0

82 kg: Aidan Squier (Combat WC), gold medal

LOSS Veeti Kajanne (Finland National Team), 9-5

WIN Sebastian Abrant (Finland National Team), tech fall 15-6

WIN Santeri Karppinen (Finland National Team), 6-6

87 kg: Mason Parsons (NMU/NTS), bronze medal

LOSS Pauli Perkio (Finland National Team), tech fall, 10-2

LOSS Johan Garbell (Sweden//Sparvagen), 13-10

97 kg: Jayden Tadeo-Gosal (NMU/NTS), 5^th place

WIN Abdollah Akaev (Sweden/Gallivare SK), pin 1:49

LOSS Aapo Viitala (Finland National Team), tech fall 8-0

LOSS Joel Andersson (Sweden/Falkopings ABK), tech fall, 10-1

130 kg: Brennan Carey (NMU/NTS), gold medal

Uncontested

U20 Team Standings

1. Finland National Team, 39 pts.

2. NMU-National Training Site, 9 pts.

3. Team USA/Combat WC, 7 pts.

4. Sundsvalla AIK/Sweden, 6 pts.

5. Sparvagen/Sweden, 5 pt.s

(of 25 club and national teams)

U14 Greco-Roman champions

34 kg – Sanjeev Tharmalingam (Sweden/Vasby BK)

38 kg – Denis Stamat (Sweden/Haparanda SKT)

41 kg – Dennis Bjerkeli (Sweden/Team Ostfold)

44 kg – Alexander Tounousidis (Sweden/Sparvagen)

48 kg – Melvin Tortensson (Sweden/Varberg Bois)

52 kg – Damian Verdier (Sweden/Vasby BK)

57 kg – Oliver Granlund-Jones (Sweden/Kolbotn IL)

62 kg – Gillis Grob (Sweden/Gotesborgs stadslag)

68 kg – Frank Berg (Sweden/Sandvikens Bottarklubb)

U.S. U14 Greco-Roman performances

34 kg - Timur Nurakhunov (CYC Wrestling), 5^th place

WIN Wille Wermelin (Sweden/Matforsbrottarna BK), tech fall 16-4

LOSS Charlie Wolfgang (Sweden/BK Athen), 15-6

LOSS Colin Von Beetzen (Sweden/Skonsbergs BK), pin 0:34

41 kg Sam Briggs (CYC Wrestling), silver medal

WIN Arien Ahmadi Hajijhos (Sweden/Vasby BK), pin 1:20

WIN Melvin Svarling (Sweden/Umea Brottning), 24-12

WIN Abdullah Azrak (Sweden/Vasby BK), tech fall 14-1

WIN Sohail Noorzaay (Sweden/BK Athen), pin 1:22

LOSS Dennis Bjerkeli (Sweden/Team Ostfold), pin 1:22

LOSS Gustave Dahlqvist (Sweden/Gotesborg stadslag), pin 1A:00

52 kg Lincoln Miller (CYC Wrestling), 5^th place

LOSS Mikhael Lebid (Sweden/Umea Brottning), pin 0:38

LOSS Ekrem Yarar (Sweden/Kolbotn IL), pin

57 kg Christian Arvizu (CYC Wrestling), 4^th place

WIN Matias Liissantti (Sweden/Haparanda SKT), 10-5

LOSS Viggo Petersen (Sweden/Sundsvalls AIK), tech fall 12-0

LOSS Jon Nilas Fufumark (Sweden/Karl Gustaf), tech fall 18-4