Talk:Wrestling at the 1990 Goodwill Games

USSR vs Turkey (individual match) - Elmadi Zhabrailov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 82 kg.
UPI ARCHIVES

JULY 29, 1990

= Chaos rules wrestling finals =

"Monday and the Soviets' Elmandi Jabrailov were both assessed three cautions and disqualified from their gold-medal match. That result condemned the American to a bronze and allowed the Soviet to wrestle again against Turkey's Sebhattin Ozturk for the gold medal, which he won." Tschin As (talk) 13:20, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Joe Melchiore
Joe Melchiore (born in 1966) is an American freestyle wrestler and wrestling coach.

Highlight achievements


 * 1990 US National Champion, 57 kilogram.

Joe Melchiore defeated the 1989 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship's winner Kendall Cross.


 * 1986 Big 8 Conference Champion, 48 kilogram.

Joe Melchiore defeated Perry Summit 10-9.


 * 1983 World Junior Champion, 56 kilogram.

1. Joe Melchiore (USA) 2. Aigumov Khadjimagomed (USSR) 3. Goh Young-Ho (Korea) 4. Akhmet Ak (Turkey) 5. Juergen Ketterer (West Germany)

2A00:1FA3:4230:E2CC:103E:7F6:C4F:5989 (talk) 12:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Joe Melchiore also competed at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships where he placed seventh (he won the Olympic champion and the two-time European champion Shaban Trstena of Yugoslavia by fall).