Five U.S. girls win gold medals at Tallinn Open in Estonia, with 14 USA medals, including nine by Wyoming Seminary

Isis France (Wyoming Seminary/USA) high fives her coach Erin Vandiver after a win at the 2023 Tallinn Open in Estonia. Photo by Ako Lehemets, Tallinn Open 2023

TALLINN, Estonia – The United States won 14 medals in three women’s age-groups in Europe’s largest tournament, the Tallinn Open on Sunday. There were five young women from the United States who were able to claim gold medals from this group of athletes.

Four U.S. athletes won U17 gold medals: Emma Grimes of Wyoming Seminary (39 kg), Camryn Gresham of Ohio (46 kg), Ava Guilmette of Wyoming Seminary (54 kg) and Victoria Carbonaro of Apex (58 kg).

Grimes won four matches, including a pin and a technical fall, and beat Laura Talvensaari of Finland, 4-0 in the finals.

Gresham won five straight matches, with three technical falls. She beat Anita Przybl of Poland, 8-0 in the finals. It was her second straight year with a Tallinn Open victory.

Guilmette won six matches, three by fall and three by technical fall. She outscored her opponents 51-0 in the six matches. Her finals victory was a 10-0 technical fall over Miranda Kapanadze of Georgia, 10-0.

Carbonaro went 5-1 for the tournament. She lost a 4-4 criteria match in her pool competition, but nobody was unbeaten in the pool, and her three technical falls and one pin helped her advance to the finals. She stopped Zuzanna Horbik of Poland, 8-4 for the title.

In the U17 division, Isis France of Wyoming Seminary claimed the 61 kg gold medal with five straight wins, including a pin and two technical falls. France won her finals bout by technical fall, 12-2 over Saga Svensson of Sweden.

Wyoming Seminary, the top high school team in the nation, won nine medals, with golds from Grimes, Guilmette and France. Claiming silver medals for Wyoming Seminary were Clare Booe (50 kg, U20), Virginia Foard (53 kg, U20), Amelia Murphy (49 kg, U17) and Alexandria Alli (73 kg, U17). Taking bronze medals for SEM were Love Daley (68 kg, U20) and Tiffany Stoshak (46 kg, U17)

There were three other U.S. athletes who won medals in the women’s division in the U15 age group: Isabella Miller of Golden Eagles (silver at 62 kg), Greta Gabuzovas of Lumpkin County, GA (silver at 66 kg) and Nora Garbuzovas of Lumpkin County, GA (bronze at 66 kg).

A large number of U.S. boys also competed in freestyle and Greco-Roman at the Tallinn Open. Results will be posted separately from the boys competition.

TALLINN OPEN
At Tallinn, Estonia, March 25-26

U20 Women (Born 2003-2005)

Champions
50 kg – Svenja Jungo (Switzerland)
53 kg – Anna Tieliegina (Lithuania)
55 kg – Felicitas Domajeva (Norway)
57 kg – Celeste Sion (France)
59 kg – Annatina Lippuner (Switzerland)
62 kg – Hedda Holm (Sweden)
65 kg – Sveta Liubov (Slovakia)
68 kg – Karolina Pok (Hungary)
72 kg – Julia Lotscher (Switzerland)
76 kg – Elena Reinholtsen (Norway)

U.S. performances

50 kg - Clare Booe (Wyoming Seminary) silver medal
WIN Charhazed Ayachi (France), pin 2:53
WIN Shrystyna Basych (Slovakia), 9-6
WIN Vestina Daniseviciute (Lithuania), pin 1:42
WIN Jutta Ala-Ranta (Finland), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Svenja Jungo (Switzerland), 16-8

53 kg - Virginia Foard (Wyoming Seminary, silver medal
WIN Eva Riquebourg-elmi (France), pin 1:45
WIN Maelyss Rousselet (France), pin 2:28
WIN Ami Olsson (Sweden), tech fall 10-0
WIN Elena Placenti (Italy), pin 2:05
LOSS Anna Tieliegina (Lithuania) pin 4:24

53 kg – Julianna Van Ness (Apex), 6th place
WIN Bahria Ribhab (Italy), tech fall 14-4
LOSS Laurie LeSaffre (France), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Anna Tielegina (Lithuania), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Elena Placenti (Italy), tech fall 10-0

59 kg - Madison Wellen (Wyoming Seminary), 7th place
WIN Ilona Arpiainen (Finland), pin 0:48
LOSS Elina Mellberg (Sweden), pin 2:15
LOSS Mia Olivier (France), tech fall 15-4

62 kg - Kryssceah Ravanelle (Wyoming Seminary), 4th place
WIN Jonete Visnapuu (Estonia), pin 3:26
LOSS Mathilde Guedon (France), 9-4
LOSS Emilia Hartmann (Austria), tech fall 10-0

68 kg - Love Daley (Wyoming Seminary), bronze medal
LOSS Karolina Pok (Hungary), pin 3:00
WIN Inger Lise Frantsen (Norway), pin 0:29
WIN Iveta Cesnauskaite (Lithuania), pin 4:15

U17 Women (Born 2006 - 2007)

Champions
43 kg - Maria Louiza Gika (Greece)
46 kg - Josefina Tuominen (Finland)
49 kg - Vera Sjolander (Sweden)
53 kg – Rinella Fabiana (Italy)
57 kg – Sophie Riiter (Hungary)
61 kg – Isis France (USA/Wyoming Seminary)
65 kg – Wilma Hoffman (Sweden)
69 kg – Lise Landouzy (France)
73 kg – Elvira Ersson (Sweden)

U.S. performances

46 kg - Tiffany Stoshak (Wyoming Seminary), bronze medal
LOSS Daniella Beky (Norway), pin 2:51
WIN Elsa Astrom (Sweden), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Josephina Tuominen (Finland), 3-0
WIN Adrian Daniseviciute (Lithuania), tech fall 12-0

49 kg - Amelia Murphy (Wyoming Seminary), silver medal
WIN Savanna Dahlkvist (Sweden), tech fall 14-4
WIN Nea Turpeinen (Finland), pin 1:13
WIN Anu-Liis Raudsepp (Estonia), 9-4
LOSS Vera Sjolander (Sweden), pin 0:51

61 kg - Isis France (Wyoming Seminary), gold medal
WIN Melina Samsonen (Norway), 4-0
WIN Perisa Buchmann (Switzerland), tech fall 10-0
WIN Leana Sierra (France), 8-0
WIN Amelia Samuelsson (Sweden), pin 1:47
WIN Saga Svensson (Sweden), tech fall 12-2

73 kg - Alexandria Alli (Wyoming Seminary) silver medal
WIN Merily Vaster (Estonia), pin 1:10
WIN Liza Grigoriev (Israel), tech fall 10-0
WIN Ambre Bouzillard (France), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Elvira Ersson (Sweden), pin 3:50

U15 Women (Born 2008 - 2009)

Champions
39 kg - Emma Grimes (USA/Wyoming Seminary)
42 kg – Valeria Stancheva (Ukraine)
46 kg - Camryn Gresham (USA/OH)
50 kg – Ebba Zetterkvist (Sweden)
54 kg - Ava Guilmette (USA/Wyoming Seminary)
58 kg - Victoria Carbonaro (USA/Apex)
62 kg – Mikaela Vesterholm (Sweden)
66 kg – Anna Godelashvili (Georgia)

U.S. performances

39 kg - Emma Grimes (Wyoming Seminary), gold medal
WIN Sally Malmgren (Sweden), 12-4
WIN Kari Bjerge (Norway), pin 2:38
WIN Polina Timshina (Estonia), tech fall 10-0
WIN Laura Talvensaari (Finland), 4-0

46 kg - Camryn Gresham (USA), gold medal
WIN Fiona Lamminen (Finland), tech fall 10-0
WIN Faustine Malletas (France), 2-2
WIN Aha Ester Laube (Estonia), tech fall 10-0
WIN Phoebe Cocker (Sweden), tech fall 12-1
WIN Anita Przybl (Poland), 8-0

54 kg - Ava Guilmette (Wyoming Seminary), gold medal
WIN Kaja Braseth Rindal (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Majia Lehto (Finland), pin 0:29
WIN Sara Servedio (Italy), pin 1:30
WIN Mailine Serdot (France), pin 0:27
WIN Karol Tamson (Estonia), tech fall 10-0
WIN Miranda Kapanadze (Georgia), tech fall 10-0

58 kg - Victoria Carbonaro (Apex), gold medal
WIN Sihana Omar (France), tech fall 10-0
WIN Leah Acar (Sweden), pin 1:38
LOSS Nini Tsitsvidze (Georgia), 4-4
WIN Savannah Arroyo (USA), tech fall 10-0
WIN Greta Usinovic (Lithuania), tech fall 10-0
WIN Zuzanna Horbik (Poland), 8-4

58 kg - Savannah Arroyo (Wyoming Seminary), 9th place
WIN Marusia Haidamanchuk (Ukraine), 10-2
LOSS Reelika Hermann (Estonia), pin 0:47
WIN Iben Tippie Lekhal (Norway), pin 3:12
LOSS Victoria Carbonaro (USA), tech fall 10-0

62 kg - Ella Poalillo (Apex), 4th place
WIN Sara Malkieweicz (Poland), pin 3:18
WIN Ance Norbute (Latvia), 13-4
WIN Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece), 2-2
LOSS Isabella Miller (USA), 2-2
LOSS Fanni Pentinmaki (Finland), 8-1

62 kg – Isabella Miller (Golden Eagles), silver medal
WIN Ance Norbute (Latvia), pin 0:55
WIN Kirke Ojasoo (Estonia), pin 0:13
WIN Ella Paolillo (USA), 2-2
WIN Vasiliki Karavanou (Greece), tech fall 13-2
LOSS Mikaela Vesterholm (Finland), 2-2

66 kg - Greta Gabuzovas (Lumpkin County), silver medal
WIN Aamu Rintamaki (Finland), 7-5
WIN Darja Velicko (Latvia), pin 0:46
WIN Nora Garbuzovas (USA), pin 3:23
WIN Greta Tverskyte (Lithuania), inj. dft
LOSS Anna Godelashvili (Georgia), 10-2

66 kg - Nora Garbuzovas (Lumpkin County), bronze medal
WIN Greta Yverskyte (Lithuania), 8-5
WIN Yulia Abramsson (Finland), tech fall 10-0
LOSS Greta Garbuzovas (USA), pin 3:23
WIN Milja Juuso (Sweden), 11-4

66 kg - Eve Skrocki (Golden Eagles WC), 5th place
WIN Alikija Kulberg (Estonia), pin 0:09
LOSS Anna Godelashvili (Georgia), tech fall 11-1
LOSS Milja Juuso (Sweden), pin 1:17
WIN Greta Tverskyte (Lithuania), inj, dft

U15 Team Standings 2008-2009
1. Wyoming Seminary (USA) 12
2. Team Skane (SWE) 12
3. Apex + Top Team (USA) 9
4. Lumpkin County (USA) 9
5. Golden Eagles WC (USA) 7
Husaria Fight Team (POL) 7

U17 Team Standings 2006-2007
1. Wyoming Seminary (USA) 20
2. SAIK (SWE) 13
3. Team Norway WW (NOR) 13
4. Font-Romeu (FRA) 10
5. Siauliu Sporto G. (LIT) 10

U20 Team Standings 2003-2006
1. France National Team WW U20 (FRA) 29
2. Team Switzerland (SUI) 18
3. Wyoming Seminary (USA) 17
4. Team Norway WW (NOR) 12
5. Siauliu Sporto G. (LIT) 12
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