Savvy places fourth, six U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers compete at Thor Masters in Denmark

U.S. athletes at 2022 Thor Masters. Photo courtesy of Logan Savvy twitter.


NYKOBING FALSTER, Denmark – Logan Savvy of the New York AC placed fourth at 63 kg, the top finish among six U.S. Greco-Roman athletes competing at the Thor Masters this weekend.


Savvy opened the tournament with a 4-4 criteria decision over Brian Santiago of Denmark. After losing his second bout, Savvy placed second in his pool. He was edged in his bronze-medal bout by Tim Bergfalk of Sweden, 2-1.


The other U.S. wrestler with a victory during the event was 2010 World Team member Jacob Fisher of the Curby 3-Style WC, who finished eighth at 82 kg. Fisher opened with an impressive 11-1 technical fall over Arsenas Stnkevicius of Lithuania. He dropped his next two bout to opponents from Denmark and Sweden and did not advance to a medal match.


All six U.S. entries placed in the top 10 of their weight classes.

THOR MASTERS

At Nykobing Falster, Denmark, September 30-October 1


Greco-Roman Medalists


60 kg

Gold - Nikolai Mohammadi (Denmark)

Silver - Alexander Norström (Sweden)

Bronze - Algot Gamelius (Sweden)


63 kg

Gold - Tino Ojala (Finland)

Silver - William Reenberg (Denmark)

Bronze - Tim Bergfalk (Sweden)


67 kg

Gold - Håvard Jørgensen (Norway)

Silver - Niklas Öhlen (Sweden)

Bronze - Vilius Savickas (Lithuania)


72 kg -

Gold - Samuel Ballscheidt (Germany)

Silver - Georgios Barbados (Sweden)

Bronze - Miru Olsson (Sweden)


77 kg

Gold - Patryk Bednarz (Poland)

Silver - Oliver Krüger (Denmark)

Bronze - Avtandil Giogolasvili (Sweden)


82 kg

Gold - Lukas Ahlgren (Sweden)

Silver - Jonni Sarkkinen (Finland)

Bronze - Exauce Mukubu (Norway)


87 kg

Gold - Turpal Bisultanov (Denmark)

Silver - Christian Zemp (Switzerland)

Bronze - Andreas Välis (Estonia)


97 kg

Gold - Tyrone Sterkenburg (Netherlands)

Silver - Oscar Johansson (Sweden)

Bronze - Gerard Kurniczak (Poland)


130 kg

Gold - Franz Richter (Germany)

Silver - Tomasz Wawrzyezyk (Poland)

U.S. Greco-Roman performances


63 kg - Logan Savvy, Leesburg, Va. (New York AC), 4th place

WIN Brian Kurt Santiago (Denmark), 4-4

LOSS Tino Ojala (Finland), tech. fall 9-0

LOSS Tim Bergfalk (Sweden), 2-1


63 kg - Mason Carzino-Hartshorn, Antioch, Calif. (West Coast Greco RTC), 6th place

LOSS Tim Bergfalk (Sweden), 4-1

LOSS William Reenberg (Denmark), tech. fall 9-0


67 kg - Colton Parduhn, Fairbanks, Alaska (Interior Grappling Academy), 8th place

LOSS Andre Jonsson (Sweden), 7-3

LOSS Niklas Ohlen (Sweden), 9-0


67 kg - Jessy Williams, Windsor, N.Y. (Spartan Combat RTC/TMWC), 9th place

LOSS Frederik Mathiesen (Denmark), 7-3

LOSS Havard Jorgensen (Norway) tech. fall 9-1


67 kg - Jeremy Bockert, Fairbanks, Alaska (Interior Grappling Academy), 10th place

LOSS Piotr Stolarczyk (Poland), tech. fall 9-0

LOSS Niklas Ohlen (Sweden), tech. fall 9-0


82 kg - Jacob Fisher, Scarsdale, N.Y. (Curby 3 Style WC), 8th place

WIN Arsenas Stankevicius (Lithuania) tech. fall 11-1

LOSS Marcel Hein (Denmark), 2-0

LOSS Lukas Ahlgren (Sweden), tech. fall 9-0