Dato Marsagishvili

Dawit "Dato" Marsagishvili ( Georgian დათო მარსაგიშვილი ; born March 30, 1991 in Kazbek ) is a Georgian wrestler . He won in the World Cup 2011 and the Olympic Games 2012 in London each a bronze medal and was 2012 and 2013 European champion in free style in the middleweight division .

Career

Dato Marsagishvili began wrestling in 1997 in Kazbek under the guidance of his father Levan Marsagishvili. He concentrated on the free style and developed into an excellent wrestler as a junior. In 2009 he was accepted into the Georgian national team of freestyle wrestlers and has been training with Dawid Churtsija in a wrestling center in Tbilisi since then . He is still a student and starts middleweight at a height of 1.86 meters.

He made his debut on the international wrestling mat at the European Junior Championships (Cadets) 2007 in Warsaw . He finished there in the weight class up to 76 kg behind the Turkish Ibrahim Bülükbasi and won a medal. After an 8th place at the Junior European Championship (Cadets) 2008 in Daugavpils in the weight class up to 85 kg, he won the silver medal again at the Junior European Championship 2009 in Tbilisi in the middleweight division . He was only defeated there in the final battle against the Russian Koloi Kortojew. In the same year he won a medal at the Junior World Championships in Ankara, the bronze one. Koloi Kortojew and Aslanbek Alborov from Azerbaijan landed in front of him.

Dato Marsagishvili suffered a setback in 2010. After quick defeats he only came 12th at the European Junior Championships in Samokow / Bulgaria and only 16th at the World Junior Championships in Budapest . In September 2010, he was used by the Georgian Wrestling Association at the Senior World Championships in Moscow . He won there in the middleweight division against István Verébb from Hungary , but was defeated in his next fight against the experienced Ibragim Aldatow from Ukraine , with which he was eliminated and finished in 8th place. In 2010, with a victory over Bega Tschelidze, he was also Georgia's senior champions for the first time.

Dato Marsagishvili was very successful in 2011. He won a medal at four international championships. In the junior division, he could not be beaten at the European Championships in Zrenjanin or at the World Championships in Bucharest and won both titles. He was also in excellent shape at the European Championships in Dortmund , defeating Dejan Bogdanow from Macedonia , Ibrahim Bülükbasi, Marco Riesen, Switzerland and Gheorghiță Ștefan from Romania and thus faced Ansor Urischew from Russia in the final . In a balanced fight he was defeated by 1: 2 rounds with 5: 7 technical points. He then wrestled just as convincingly at the World Cup in Istanbul . There he defeated Emzarios Bentinidis , Greece and Gheorghita Stefan, lost in the quarterfinals to Ibragim Aldatow (1: 2 rounds, 6: 9 points) and then won in the consolation round with victories over Amarhadschy Mahamedau , Belarus and Armands Zvirbulis , Latvia (2: 0 rounds, 10: 0 points) another World Championship bronze medal.

In March 2012 Dato Marsagishvili won his first title at an international senior championship. He became European champion in Belgrade . He defeated the former world champion Mikhail Ganew from Bulgaria in the final on points. At the Olympic Games in London he won a bronze medal with a victory over Orgodolyn Üitümen , Mongolia , a somewhat surprising defeat against Jaime Yusept Espinal from Puerto Rico and with wins in the consolation round over Andrew Adibo Dick , Nigeria and Soslan Gattsijew , Belarus.

In 2013 he repeated his title win from the European Championship 2012 in Tbilisi. He defeated Dominic Klaus Peter, Austria, Andrei Frant, Romania, Ansor Urischew and Musa Murtasalijew, Armenia, in the middleweight division. At the World Championships that year in Budapest, he was without a medal. He won there first over Nicolai Paslar, Bulgaria and Keith Gavin from the United States, but then lost to Ehsan Lashgari au Iran and was eliminated because Lashgari did not reach the final. That's why he only came in 10th place.

At the 2014 European Championship in Vantaa / Finland, Dato Marsagishvili started in the weight class up to 85 kg. There he defeated Dominic Klaus Peter and Ville Heino from Finland, and lost to Abdulraschid Sadulajew from Russia in the third round . Since this reached the final, he was able to continue in the consolation round, in which he initially defeated Sebastian Jezierszankski from Poland, but lost to István Veréb from Hungary in the fight for an EM bronze medal . He reached the 5th place.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Warsaw	up to 76 kg	behind Ibrahim Bülükbasi , Turkey , in front of Petar Sagorow, Bulgaria and Wladislaw Baizajew , Russia
2008	8th.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Daugavpils	up to 85 kg	Winner: Aschat Magomedow, Russia ahead of Aslanbek Alborov , Azerbaijan
2009	2.	Junior European Championship in Tbilisi	medium	behind Koloi Kortojew , Russia, before Lyuben Ilijew , Bulgaria and Roman Bakirow, Azerbaijan
2009	3.	Junior World Championships in Ankara	medium	behind Koloi Kortojew and Aslanbek Alborov, together with Muharrem Ersahin, Turkey
2010	12.	Junior European Championship in Samokow / Bulgaria	medium	Winner: Koloi Kortojew ahead of Ibrahim Bülükbasi and Christoph Pscherer, Germany
2010	16.	Junior World Championships in Budapest	medium	after losing to Ilya Xamikojew, Azerbaijan
2010	8th.	World Cup in Moscow	medium	after a win over István Veréb, Hungary and a loss against Ibragim Aldatow , Ukraine
2011	2.	EM in Dortmund	medium	after victories over Dejan Bogdanow, Macedonia , Ibrahim Bülükbasi, Marco Riesen, Switzerland and Gheorghiță Ștefan , Romania and a defeat against Ansor Urischew , Russia
2011	1.	Junior European Championship in Zrenjanin	medium	in front of Vahe Tamrasjan, Armenia , Albert Sipinow, Russia and Zbigniew Baranowski, Poland
2011	1.	Junior World Championships in Bucharest	medium	after victories over Faisal Attayee, New Zealand , Michael Bodnar, Slovakia , Subchonjon Toschpulatow, Uzbekistan, Timofei Xenidis, Greece and Georgi Rubajew, Russia
2011	3.	World Cup in Istanbul	medium	after victories over Emzarios Bentinidis , Greece and Gheorghita Stefan, a defeat against Ibragim Aldatow and victories over Amarhadschy Mahamedau , Belarus and Armands Zvirbulis , Latvia
2011	5.	Intern. Tournament ("Moscow Lights") in Moscow	Semi-difficult	behind Aslanbek Aliyev, Russia, Magomed Musajew, Kyrgyzstan , Hadschi Amidschanow, Azerbaijan and Miroslaw Geschew , Bulgaria
2012	1.	Ukrainian Grand Prix in Kiev	medium	in front of Akhmed Magomedow, Russia, David Bichinaschwili , Germany , Ilja Chamikojew, Azerbaijan and Ibragim Aldatow , Ukraine
2012	1.	EM in Belgrade	medium	after victories over Dejan Bogdanow, Macedonia, Boris Andonow, Spain , Gheorghiță Ștefan , Romania, Serdar Böke , Turkey and Michail Ganew , Bulgaria
2012	3.	World Cup in Baku	medium	behind Sharif Sharifow and Magomed Ibragimow, Russia, in front of Amarhadschy Mahamedau, Belarus and Atsushi Matsumoto, Japan
2012	bronze	OS in London	medium	after a victory over Orgodolyn Üitümen , Mongolia, a defeat against Jaime Yusept Espinal, Puerto Rico and victories over Andrew Adibo Dick, Nigeria and Soslan Gattsijew, Belarus
2013	1.	"Yasar Dogu" memorial in Ankara	medium	before Hakki Ceylan, Serdar Böke and Ibrahim Bölükbasi all Turkey
2013	1.	EM in Tbilisi	medium	after victories over Dominic Klaus Peter, Austria, Andrei Frant, Romania, Ansor Urischew and Musa Murtasalijew , Armenia
2013	2.	"Stepan Sargisjan" Memorial in Vanadzor / Armenia	medium	behind Clayton Foster, USA, in front of Raschid Kurbanow, Uzbekistan and Chris Perry, USA
2013	10.	World Cup in Budapest	medium	after victories over Nicolai Paslar , Bulgaria and Keith Gavin, USA and a defeat against Ehsan Lashgari, Iran
2013	1.	Intern. DA Kunayev tournament in Taras / Kazakhstan	medium	before Islam Asisow and Aslan Kachidze, both Kazakhstan and Tamerlan Tagsiev, Canada
2013	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	medium	behind Gamsat Osmanow, Serbaidzhan and Soslan Kzojew , Russia
2014	5.	EM in Vantaa / Finland	up to 85 kg	after victories over Dominic Klaus Peter and Ville Heino, Finland, a defeat against Abdulraschid Sadulajew, Russia, a victory over Sebastian Jezierzankski, Poland and a defeat against István Veréb

Georgian Championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Results
2011	1.	medium
2012	1.	medium	before Nodar Egadze, Otar Urotadze and Levan Gogrichiani

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Medium weight, weight class up to 84 kg, semi-heavy, up to 96 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013); Since January 1, 2014, a new weight classification has been in effect by the world wrestler association FILA

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Fight of Dato Marsagishvili (blue) against Ansor Urischew at the European Championship 2011
• Profile of Dato Marsagishvili at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Website "WWW.geowrestling.com"