Amiran Totikashvili

Amiran Totikashvili ( Georgian ამირან ტოტიკაშვილი ; born July 21, 1969 in Martqopi , Niederkartlien , Georgian SSR ) is a former Soviet judoka . He won an Olympic bronze medal, a world title and two European titles.

Athletic career

The 1.60 m tall athlete competed in international championships in the super light weight category up to 60 kg. Of his four victories at world cup tournaments, however, he achieved three in the half-light weight, the weight class up to 65 kg.

In 1987 Totikashvili took second place at international junior tournaments in Leningrad and Plovdiv. In May 1988 he won the final at the European Championships in Pamplona against the French Patrick Roux . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 he was defeated in his first fight by the future Olympic champion Kim Jae-yup from South Korea. After three wins in the Hope Round, he reached the battle for bronze, which he won against Patrick Roux. At the end of 1988, Totikashvili won the student world championships that were held in Tbilisi.

In May 1989 he won the European Championship final in Helsinki against Peter Sedivak from Czechoslovakia. At the World Championships held in Belgrade in 1989 he reached the final with five victories against the Japanese Tadanori Koshino and won the gold medal in this final. In 1990 at the European Championships in Frankfurt am Main he was defeated early on by the British Nigel Donohue , after two victories in the round of hope, Totikashvili also won the battle for bronze against the German Richard Trautmann . Two and a half months later, Totikashvili won the Goodwill Games in Seattle. After 1990 he did not win any medals at international championships. In 1996 he took second place twice in world cup tournaments, competing for Georgia in the half light weight.

In 1988 and 1989 Amiran Totikashvili was the Soviet super lightweight champion. After his active career he became a judo trainer, in 2009 and 2010 he was the head trainer of the Georgian judo national team.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV.Soul 1988 - Atlanta 1996 . Sportverlag Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .

Web links

• Amiran Totikashvili at JudoInside.com
• Amiran Totikashvili in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• World championships in super light weight on sport-komplett.de
• European championships in super lightweight on sport-komplett.de

Footnotes

1. ↑ All results, unless otherwise stated, follow the presentation in the results database of judoinside.com; sport-komplett.de shows the same results.
2. ↑ Volker Kluge: Die Chronik IV , p. 105
3. ↑ Amiran Totikashvili in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )