Davit Chakvetadze
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| Full name | Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Georgian → Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1992 Kutaisi, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | MGFSO Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Eduard Zadikhanov Levan Kezevadze Gogi Koguashvili | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze (Russian: Давит Гочаевич Чакветадзе, Georgian: დავით ჩაკვეტაძე; born 18 October 1992) is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] 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.[2] 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 9–2 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.[citation needed]
In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]
References
- ^ "Davit Chakvetadze bio's". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ^ "Chakvetadze motherland's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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