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Russian Greco-Roman wrestler

Davit Chakvetadze
Chakvetadze at the 2015 European Games.
Personal information
Full nameDavit Gochaevich Chakvetadze
NationalityGeorgian → Russian
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32)
Kutaisi, Georgia
Home townMoscow, Russia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubMGFSO Moscow
Coached byEduard Zadikhanov
Levan Kezevadze
Gogi Koguashvili
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 85 kg
Individual World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Belgrade 87 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abadan 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tehran 85 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 85 kg
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Gochaevich and the family name is Chakvetadze.

Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze (Russian: Давит Гочаевич Чакветадзе, Georgian: დავით ჩაკვეტაძე; born 18 October 1992) is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He's the gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

In 2013, He moved to Russia by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili. At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal. 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. Davit won the European Nations' Cup (Moscow Lights) in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9–2 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

  1. "Davit Chakvetadze bio's". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. "Chakvetadze motherland's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

External links

Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman middleweight
  • 1908: 73 kg
  • 1912–1928: 75 kg
  • 1932–1960: 79 kg
  • 1964–1968: 87 kg
  • 1972–1996: 82 kg
  • 2000: 85 kg
  • 2004–2012: 84 kg
  • 2016: 85 kg
  • 2020–present: 87 kg


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