Brestyan Wins Gold at the New York Open
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(New York City, N.Y.) – Radu Brestyan (Medway, Mass./Pedro’s Judo Center/73 kg), an Instructor at Pedro’s Judo Center in Wakefield, MA and member of the Pedro’s Judo Center Elite Team claimed the New York Open Judo title on Saturday at the New York Athletic Club. He was also awarded $1,000 in prize money for his Gold medal performance.
The New York Open is an annual elite men’s tournament that is classified as a USA Judo Senior C Level point event that draws most of the top Americans as well as an international field that includes Olympic and World Championship medalists.
Brestyan, a former Brown University wrestler, went undefeated throughout the day to advance to a final match against Samir Boucheraoua (FRA). The French player led throughout the match, but was disqualified for head diving.
“I went to counter his uchimata technique (inner thigh throw) and he went headfirst so they threw him out of the match,” Brestyan said.
Brestyan went 4-0 on the day en route to the 73kg title. He defeated Justin Imagawa (CAN) and Eduardo Novoa (CHI) with spectacular throws for Ippon victories (full points) in the first round and second round, respectively. In the semi-final, he threw Nick Delopolo (USA) with a kata garuma technique (fireman’s throw) for a full point setting up the final against the Frenchman.
With this victory, Brestyan solidified his position as the number 2 ranked athlete in the United States at 73kg and became the third member of Pedro’s Judo Center in history to win the NY Open event (Jimmy Pedro and Alex Ottiano of Pedro’s Judo also won the event in 2003 and 2004). Next-Up for Brestyan and other members of the Pedro’s Judo Center elite team is the Liberty bell Judo Classic to be held in Philadelphia, PA on the weekend of April 1-2, 2006.
New York Open Webcast
Visit www.livesportsvideo.com to check out the medal round action from this weekend’s New York Open. Featuring selected matches commentated by Olympians Brett Barron and Leo White and 1988 Olympic Coach Rusty Kanokogi, this on-demand Webcast is available now and includes all 21 medal matches, including the following American wins: Medal matches will be available for on-demand viewing at www.livesportsvideo.com beginning March 21.
Complete results are as follows:
Men’s 60 kg
1. Ronnie Talledo (PER/North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Juan Roman (PUR)
3. Vitaliy Vanyan (UKR)
3. Sergio Pessoa (CAN)
5. Jean-Pierre Durand (North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Jeremy Liggett (Glenville, N.Y./NYAC/Jason Morris Judo Center)
Men’s 66 kg
1. Taylor Takata (Harlingen, Texas/Harlingen USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Marek Krecielewski (POL)
3. Sasha Mehmedovic (CAN)
3. Jean-Pierre Choy (PER/North Lauderdale, Fla./North Miami USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Felipe Novoa (CHI/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
5. Michal Popiel (CAN)
Men’s 73 kg
1. Radu Brestyan (Medway, Mass./Pedro’s Judo Center)
2. Samir Boucheraoua (FRA)
3. Nick Delpopolo (Glenville, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Center)
3. Tomas Krecielewski (POL)
5. Yoel Razvozov (ISR)
5. Toni Lettner (GER)
Men’s 81 kg
1. Klemem Ferjan (SLO)
2. Illyan Chymchyuri (UKR)
3. Aaron Cohen (Buffalo Grove, Ill./NYAC/Cohen’s Judo Club)
3. Takehiro Mizuochi (JPN)
5. Alexandre Emond (CAN)
5. Avisar Sheinman (ISR)
Men’s 90 kg
1. Valentin Grekov (UKR)
2. Sylvain Potard (FRA)
3. Sylwester Gawel (POL)
3. Helge Molt (GER)
5. Robert Edward (CAN)
5. Radoslan Karwowdki (POL)
Men’s 100 kg
1. Primoz Ferjan (SLO)
2. Carlos Santiago (PUR)
3. Keith Morgan (CAN)
3. Sebastien Godin (CAN)
5. Nobunari Arakaki (JPN)
5. Carl Trotter (CAN)
Men’s +100 kg
1. Vitaly Polyanskyy (UKR)
2. Naoki Hashimoto (JPN)
3. Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
3. Matias Ceraj (SLO)
5. Perdivara Valeriu (ROM)
5. Joel Brutus (USA)
