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| Full name | Davit Modzmanashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Georgian Uzbekistani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1986-11-09) 9 November 1986 (age 38) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Freestyle wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alim Khikmatov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Davit Modzmanashvili (Georgian: დავით მოძმანაშვილი) (born 13 July 1986) is a heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Georgia who since 2017 competes for Uzbekistan.
Career
He placed third at the 2011 World Championships.
After winning a European title in 2008, Modzmanashvili tested positive for a banned substance. He was stripped of his gold medal and received a two-year suspension.
Doping violation
Modzmanashvili initially won on a silver medal for Georgia at the 2012 Olympics. However, in January 2019, he tested positive for a prohibited substance of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone after stored samples from the 2012 Olympics were re-analysed. He was subsequently stripped of his Olympic silver medal and banned for 6 years.
References
- Davit Modzmanashvili. sports-reference.com
- ^ Davit Modzmanashvili Archived 21 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. asiangames2018.id
- "Davit Modzmanashvili Profile London Olympics 2012". www.london2012.com. 7 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- "Azerbaijan takes 2 wrestling wins; Taymazov golden again". Fox News. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- "London Olympics: Treble for Artur Taymazov as Azerbaijan double up". Times of India. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
- "Iran's Ghasemi new gold medalist of 2012 Olympics". Tehran Times. 11 November 2020.
External links
- Davit Modzmanashvili at the International Wrestling Database
- Davit Modzmanashvili at Olympics.com
- Davit Modzmanashvili at Olympedia
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
- Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country)
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan
- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
- Sportspeople from Georgia (country) in doping cases
- Uzbekistani people of Georgian descent
- Asian Wrestling Championships medalists
- Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi