Hasseman Wins Gold

The wonderful research tool called the internet gave me more results on my cousin Brice. He won a gold medal this weekend in a wrestling tournament in Bulgaria. Brice is on the right...with the article below!



VARNA, Bulgaria – Bryce Hasseman (Iowa City, Iowa/New York AC) won a gold medal at 84 kg/185 lbs., one of three U.S. freestyle wrestlers to win a medal on the final day of the Dan Kolov International on Sunday.

Hasseman defeated U.S. teammate Eric Luedke (Iowa City, Iowa/Gator WC) in the gold-medal finals, 1-0, 3-3, 3-0.

It was the second straight week that Hasseman defeated Luedke in the finals of an international tournament. Hasseman won a 0-1, 1-0, 3-0 decision over Luedke in the finals of the Dave Schultz Memorial International in Colorado Springs, Colo. last weekend.

Both U.S. wrestlers won three matches to qualify for the finals. Hasseman stopped Serdar Boke of Turkey in the semifinals, 2-1, 2-2, while Luedke beat Adrian Recorean of Romania in the semifinals, 2-0, 2-1.

The other U.S. medalist was 2008 University World champion Tervel Dlagnev (Cedar Falls, Iowa/Sunkist Kids), who won a silver medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.