SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011 12 - 4pm, Finals 7pm
Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV


Photo: Chuck Green

• Byamba, undefeated, wins gold for the 5th year in a row!
• Sylwia, women's World Champion, also goes undefeated for gold!
• Lightweight Bilegee, medals in the openweight, toppling giants, again!
• Foreigners win all 7 gold medals, except for one in men's middleweight, won by Kena Heffernan of Hawaii!

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Prior to winning his three World Champion titles, Byamba spent five years in pro sumo, and was on pace to rapidly advance to the highest division, before he left to compete overseas. This was Byamba's 5th consecutive US Sumo Open, and he has now achieved gold medals for all 5 years in a row!
Byamba's sumo success >>

Byambajav Ulambayar (6'1", 358 lbs) Mongolia
Men's Heavyweight Gold, Openweight Gold

Sylwia is the current openweight World Sumo Champion, winning in front of her home crowd last year in Warsaw, at the 2010 World Sumo Championships. She went undefeated at the US Sumo Open, in both divisions, defeating opponents from several countries!

Sylwia Krzemien (5'8", 297 lbs) Poland
Women's Heavyweight Gold, Openweight Gold

11th Annual Top Athletes

	Boldsukh Adyakhuu Mongolia 5'5"     181 lbs Lightweight Gold		Erdenebileg Alagdaa Mongolia 6'0"     181 lbs Lightweight Silver, Openweight Bonze
	Trent Sabo US - Idaho 5'8"     183 lbs Lightweight Bonze		Kena Heffernan US - Hawaii 6'0"     250 lbs Middleweight Gold
	Wojciech Poczta Poland 6'0"     252 lbs Middleweight Silver		Robert Daniel US - Tennessee 5'11"     249 lbs Middleweight Bronze
	Siosifa Isamau Tonga 6'1"     269 lbs Heavyweight Silver		Foteh Muktorov Tajikistan 6'0"     309 lbs Heavyweight Bronze
	Chagnaadorj Tumurkhuyag Mongolia 6'0"     237 lbs Openweight Silver		Munguntuva Bantuu Monglia 5'2"     155 lbs Middleweight Gold, Openweight Bronze
	Natasha Ikejiri US - California 5'4"     169 lbs Middleweight Silver		Sharran Alexander UK 6'0"     421 lbs Heavyweight Silver, Openweight Silver
	Taunia Arave US - Idaho 5'6"     357 lbs Heavyweight Bronze

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2011 US SUMO OPEN OVerVIEW

A strong field of athletes with nine (9) nationalities competed in the US Sumo Open's Las Vegas debut. Citizens from Brazil, Canada, Iran, Mongolia, Poland, Tajikistan, Tonga, the United Kingdom, and the USA all fought hard...... read more >>

2011 MEN'S RESULTS

LIGHTWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Boldsukh Adyahhuu (Mongolia)
2nd Erdenebileg Alagdaa (Mongolia)
3rd Trent Sabo (USA)

MIDDLEWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Kena Heffernan (USA)
2nd Wojciech Poczta (Poland)
3rd Robert Daniel (USA)

HEAVYWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Byambajav Ulambayar (Mongolia)
2nd Siosifa Isamau (Tonga)
3rd Foteh Muktorov (Tajikistan)

OPENWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Byambajav Ulambayar (Mongolia)
2nd Chagnaadorj Tumurkhuyag (Mongolia)
3rd Erdenebileg Alagdaa (Mongolia)

2011 WOMEN's results

MIDDLEWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Munguntuva Bantuu (Mongolia)
2nd Natasha Ikejiri (USA)

HEAVYWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Syiwia Krzemien (Poland)
2nd Sharran Alexander (UK)
3rd Taunia Arave (USA)

OPENWEIGHT DETAILS >>
1st Syiwia Krzemien (Poland)
2nd Sharran Alexander (UK)
3rd Munguntuva Bantuu (Mongolia)