2007 Nwe York Open Results

UNIÓN PANAMERICANA DE JUDO		UNIÃO PANAMERICANA DE JUDÔ
PANAMERICAN JUDO UNION		UNION PANAMERICAINE DE JUDO

155 competitors took to the mat on March 10, 2007 at the 24th Annual New York Open Judo Championship hosted by the New York Athletic Club in New York City The most competitive international Judo tournament in the Americas drew the finest teams and athletes from 27 countries to compete in New York City. Held each March, the New York Open Judo Championship is an elite B-level men's tournament sanctioned by the USAJudo (United States Judo, Inc.). A purse of $1,000 was awarded to the first place winners of each weight division.

"The New York Open Judo Championship is one of the best and toughest Judo competitions in this hemisphere, which brought together 155 athletes from 27 countries to compete for the honor of being a New York Open Champion," said Dr. Mel Appelbaum, Tournament Director.

For more information about the New York Open Judo Championship, please visit the New York Open Judo Web site at www.newyorkopenjudo.com

Lifetime Achievement Award: Radomir Kovecevic (Posthumously awarded to his family)

Outstanding player of the Tournament: Tsaagaanbaatar Hashbaatar (Mongolia)

60 Kg. (132 lbs)
1^st. WILLIAMS-MURRAY, Taraje – U.S.A.
2^nd. TALLEDO, Ronnie - Peru
3^rd. PESSOA, Sergio - Canada
3^rd. KRECIELEWSKI, Marek - Poland
5^th. DRESSY, Bastien - France
5^th. ZEITLER, Gerhard - Germany

66 Kg (145 lbs)
1^st. TSAGAANBAATAR, Hashbaatar - Mongolia
2^nd. HASHIMOTO, Kenny – U.S.A.
3^rd. LIGGETT, Jeremy – U.S.A.
3^rd. TAKATA, Taylor – U.S.A.
5^th. MEHMEDOVIC, Sasha - Canada
5^th. TORRA, Nate – U.S.A.

73 Kg. (161 lbs)
1^st. LETTNER, Toni - Germany
2^nd. ALAN, Leonardo - Brazil
3^rd. RESER, Ryan – U.S.A.
3^rd. KRECIELEWSKI, Tomasz - Poland
5^th. VALLEJO, Edwin - Columbia
5^th. JEFFERSON, Chuck – U.S.A.

81 Kg. (178 lbs)
1^st. COHEN, Aaron – U.S.A.
2^nd. St. LEGER, Harry – U.S.A.
3^rd. MINASASHVILI, Tariel - Georgia
3^rd. MRVALJEVIX, Srdjan - Montenegro
5^th. SCHELLS, Georg - Germany
5^th. BENARD, Nicolas - France

90 Kg. (198 lbs)
1^st. ZAHIROVIC, David - France
2^nd. HAWN, Rick – U.S.A.
3^rd. EDWARD, Robert - Canada
3^rd. ECHARTE, Ricardo - Spain
5^th. TWORZYDIO, Wiktor - Poland
5^th. JASKIEWICZ, Frederick - Canada

100 Kg. (220 lbs)
1^st. EDWARD, Scott - Canada
2^nd. VOLMAR, Adler – U.S.A.
3^rd. CAVALLI, Guillaume - Canada
3^rd. AQUIAR, Alex - Brazil
5^th. GASPARYAN, Artur - Armenia
5^th. BELLAMY, Micah – U.S.A.

+100 Kg. (HWY)
1^st. SCHLITTER- Joao Gabriel - Brazil
2^nd. HOFFMANN, Kirk – U.S.A.
3^rd. McCORMICK, Daniel – U.S.A.
3^rd. TURNER, Anthony – U.S.A.
5^th. POLOVYNKIN, Yuri - Ukraine
5^th. BRUTUS, Joel – U.S.A.