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USA WRESTLING NATIONAL STAFF Nat'l Developmental Coach Ike Anderson Greco-Roman class Greco-Roman athlete, and an active Greco-Roman coach on the national and club level. Anderson was named USA Wr e s t l i n g Greco-Roman Development Coach in June 1998. He has been a world- 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. He won a silver medal at the 1991 Pan American Games, was a 1991 World Team Member and won three medals at the Greco- Roman World Cup. Anderson won three U.S. National Greco-Roman titles, and was a national runner-up four times. Anderson served as head Anderson placed sixth in the Assistant National Coach Momir Petkovic Greco-Roman training and recruitment of athletes for the U.S. Olympic Training Center resident ath- lete program. Petkovic was a 1976 Petkovic joined USA Wrestling as its Assistant N a t i o n a l Greco-Roman Coach in May, 2002. He assists in the Anatoly Petrosyan Greco-Roman Resident Coach P e t r o s y a n joined USA Wrestling as the Greco- R o m a n R e s i d e n t Coach coach of the 1995 Pan American Championships team in Cali, Colombia. He was an assistant coach on U.S. tour teams to Europe and Cuba. Anderson was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team coaching staff. He was a club coach with the New York Athletic Club and the Adirondack Wrestling Association. In addi- tion, he served assistant coach- ing stints at the State Univ. of New York at Albany and at Appalachian State Univ. He attended Appalachian Three-Style State Univ., where he was an NCAA Championships qualifi- er. He received degrees in Recreation and Physical Education. He attended Lower Richland High School in South Carolina, where he was a state champion in 1975. Anderson has one son, Tyler. Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling, com- peting for the former Yugoslavia. He also claimed three World silver medals (1978, 1979, 1981) and a World bronze medal (1977) during his career. Petkovic placed fourth in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif. He helped lead the U.S. to the team title at the 2007 World Championships. He has lived in the United States since 1986, when he moved here with his family. Petkovic served as a club coach for the New York Athletic Club for six years. He was a member of the 2000 U.S. Greco-Roman Olympic Team coaching staff, as well as the 2001 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team Coaching staff. The United States placed third at both competitions, among the best Greco-Roman team performances in U.S. history. He was able to assist at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Training Camp in Big Bear, Calif., and also helped prepare the 1991 U.S. Greco-Roman World Team. Petkovic and his wife have one son, Sasha and one daughter, Irona. 12 - 2012 USA Wrestling Media Guide been instrumental in building the program to its current level of success. The U.S. has won seven Olympic medals since the program was started Petrosyan has been an inter- 1994. He has in nationally respected Greco- Roman coach for 33 years. He grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan in the former Soviet Union, and competed in Greco-Roman through the age of 22. He was the Azerbaijan Greco-Roman champion. After his competi- tive career ended, Petrosyan attended the Physical Education University in Baku, where he received his degree in wrestling coaching. Petrosyan served as head coach with the Labor Reserve club. The Labor Reserve club won the title at the Soviet National Championships a number of times. He was pre- sented with the Honored Coach of Azerbaijan award. Among his athletes in Baku were three-time World cham- pion Alkervediev Majdatedine and World Champion Samvel Danelian. Moving to the United States in 1991, Petrosyan was Greco- Roman coach for the Sunkist Kids club prior to joining USA Wrestling. As the Greco- Roman Resident Coach, Petrosyan has tutored numer- ous national champions and World medalists, and helped turn the USOTC program into a world-class training site.