Justin Lester

Justin Harry Lester (born 30 September 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He won one bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in lightweight in the world championships in 2006 and 2007.

Career

Justin Lester Harry began as a teenager in 1992 with the rings. Based in Marquette, Michigan and Akron, Ohio, starting for the Gator Wrestling Club athlete operated here during his high school days in free style. In this style, it was founded in 1999 in Łódź and Junior World Champion ( Cadets = age group up to 16 years ) in the weight class up to 54 kg body weight. The 1.70 meter tall wrestler turned then with the help of coach Ivan Ivanov and Steve Fraser successfully to the Greco-Roman style around.

In this style, he finished at the Junior World Championship 2003 in Istanbul at lightweight the 5th Place and defeated it also Christian Fetzer from Germany. In 2005, Justin Harry Lester for the first time American champion lightweight and also won at the U.S. World Cup elimination before Marvin Ford at the World Championships 2005 in Budapest he lost at lightweight like his first fight against Eduard scratch from Germany, which he retired and finished only 24th place.

In 2006 he was able to qualify again for participating in the World Championships in Guangzhou / China. There, he won the lightweight over the vice-champion of 2005 Kim Min - chul of South Korea, then lost to Kanatbek Begaliew from Kyrgyzstan, but fought his way with victories over Gurbinder Singh, India, Nikolai Gergow, Bulgaria and Şeref Eroğlu, Turkey, nor a World Cup bronze medal.

2007 succeeded Justin Lester Harry 's victory at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, where at lightweight before Angelo Mota Brea, Dom it. Rep., Carlos Ramos, Venezuela and Alain Milián, Cuba, won. At the 2007 World Championships in Baku, he managed again to win a world championship bronze medal in defeat with five victories. Among the defeated him wrestlers were with Şeref Eroğlu, Ionel Puşcaşu, Romania and Tamás Lőrincz, Hungary, three wrestlers of absolute world class.

In 2008, Justin Harry Lester took at the U.S. Olympic excretion behind Jacob Deitchler Faruk Sahin and only the 3rd place and could not therefore qualify for participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing.

In 2009, he won the U.S. Masters welterweight title against Jake Fischer and Cheney Haight and won at the World Cup elimination before Jess Hargrave and Jake Fisher. But with the World Championships in Herning / Denmark was defeated in the welterweight division against Mark Overgaard Madsen from Denmark and Rafik Gusseinov from Azerbaijan and therefore only landed on the 20th Place.

In 2010, Justin Lester Harry played no major championships or tournaments. But he plans to continue with the support of the U.S. Army again to go with championships at the start.

International success

National success

Notes

  • Junior World Championships 1999 in free style, all other contests in Greco-Roman wrestling
  • OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Cup
  • Trials = Elimination Tournament
  • Light weight to 66 kg welterweight to 74 kg body weight

Swell

  • Journal The Ringer
  • Database of the Institute for Applied Training Science at the University of Leipzig
  • Website of the U.S. Ringer Association
Marquette (Michigan) Joe Warren (fighter) Italy Colorado Springs, Colorado 2005 World Wrestling Championships 2006 World Wrestling Championships Antalya Armen Vardanyan 2007 World Wrestling Championships Finland 2009 World Wrestling Championships
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