Davit Chakvetadze

Davit Chakvetadze
Personal information
Full name Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze
Nationality Russian
Georgian
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992
Kutaisi, Georgia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Club MGFSO Moscow
Coached by Eduard Zadikhanov
Levan Kezevadze
Gogi Koguashvili
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro85 kg
World Cup
2017 Abadan85 kg
2015 Tehran85 kg
European Games
2015 Baku85 kg

Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze (Russian: Давит Гочаевич Чакветадзе, Georgian: დავით ჩაკვეტაძე; born 18 October 1992) is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He moved to Russia in 2013 by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili.[2] Chakvetadze won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal.[3] He is silver medalist at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman and gold medalist at the 2015 European Games in the 85 kg category.[4] Davit won the European Nations' Cup (Moscow Lights) in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9-0 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.

References

  1. ↑ "Davit Chakvetadze bio's". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chakvetadze motherland's". baku2015.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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