Eldari Luka Kurtanidze
Eldari Luka Kurtanidze ( Georgian ელდარ (ლუკა) კურტანიძე ; born April 16, 1972 in Kwemo Pschawi near Gulripschi , Abkhazia , Soviet Union ) is a Georgian wrestler . Between 1992 and 2006, Eldari won a total of 19 medals at international championships.
Life
He started wrestling in Tbilisi when he was nine . His first coach was Schota Kekabidze. From 1988 he was looked after by the Olympic champion and multiple North Ossetian world champion Leri Chabelowi . The coaches shaped the stocky, only 1.70 m tall but between 90 and 100 kg heavy and very powerful athlete into one of the best freestyle wrestlers in the world.
At the age of 20 Kurtanidze made his debut on the international wrestling mat at the Junior European Championships in Székesfehérvár / Hungary and won the middleweight title. After a transfer to the seniors, Kurtanidze immediately gained a foothold there and became vice European and vice world champion in the light heavyweight division in 1993.
At the European Championships in Istanbul he was defeated by the North Ossetian Jambulate Tedeev , who competed for Ukraine . At the World Championships in Edmonton , Kurtanidze originally finished third with a victory over Macharbek Chadarzew , a North Ossetian starting for Russia , but since the winner, Abbas Jadidi from Iran, was disqualified at the award ceremony for grossly unsportsmanlike conduct, he was promoted to silver medalist .
Kurtanidze suffered a setback in 1994 when he finished 6th at the European Championships in Rome and only 10th at the World Championships in Istanbul . Kurtanidze won the next medal at an international championship at the 1995 European championship in Friborg / Switzerland . He was only defeated here in the final against Macharbek Chadarzew. At the World Championships in Atlanta in the same year he did not get along well and only finished 8th.
In April 1996 Kurtanidze won his first senior title with victory at the European Light Heavyweight Championships in Budapest . He defeated the German Heiko Balz from Luckenwalde in the final battle. Winning the European Championship was a success that Eldari repeated in 1997 in Warsaw , 1998 in Bratislava , 2001 in Budapest and 2005 in Varna . Eldari became world champion in Tehran in 2002 and in New York in 2003 . Finally Eldari won bronze medals in the light heavyweight division at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000 .
Between 1992 and 2006 Kurtanidze won a total of 19 medals at international championships, including the 1992 European junior championship. During this time he defeated most of the world elite wrestlers in the freestyle light heavyweight division at least once. These included Kenan Şimşek ( Turkey ), Jozef Lohyňa ( CSSR ), Heiko Balz ( Germany ), Islam Bairanmuk ( Kazakhstan ), Giorgi Gogschelidse ( Russia ), Alireza Heidari ( Iran ), Vincent Aka ( France ), Ahmet Doğu (Turkey) and Krassimir Kochev ( Bulgaria ).
Kurtanidze is now the coach of the Georgian national freestyle wrestling team. He took part in the 2006 World Cup, where he defeated Ioannidis Papadopoulos from Greece in the heavyweight division , but had to retire early from the USA after a loss to Preston "Tolly" Thompsson .
In 2003 he was voted the best athlete in Georgia . In Germany he has been wrestling with KSV Witten 07 , 1. Luckenwalder SC and KSV Germania Aalen for several years in the German Bundesliga since 1999 .
In 2009 Eldari Luka Kurtanidze took part in the 1st World Beach Championships in Obzor , Bulgaria , which took place under the official aegis of the FILA. He came in the class over 85 kg body weight with victories over Chussein Mechmed, Bulgaria and Artilheiro Rodriguez, Brazil and a defeat against Dimitar Kumchev , Bulgaria, on the 2nd place.
Eldari Luka Kurtanidze has been President of the Georgian Wrestling Association since the end of 2012.
International success
(all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight, back then up to 82 kg, 90 or 96 kg (from 1997) and between 96 kg and 120 kg body weight)
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1992 | 1. | Junior European Championship in Székesfehérvár / Hungary | medium | before Jeldar Assanow , Ukraine and Attila Nagy, Hungary |
| 1993 | 2. | EM in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | behind Jambulat Tedejew , Ukraine and in front of Kenan Şimşek , Turkey , Józef Niemic, Poland , Shamail Abdurachmanow, Belarus and Ingo Manz, Germany |
| 1993 | 1. | “Yasar Dogu” memorial in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | before Ahmet Doğu , Turkey and Ismail Bairamukow , Kyrgyzstan |
| 1993 | 2. | World Cup in Edmonton | Semi-difficult | behind Melvin Douglas , USA and in front of Macharbek Chadarzew , Russia , Arawat Sabejew , Germany , Abil Bairamukow, Kazakhstan and Dionne Alioune, Senegal |
| 1994 | 6th | EM in Rome | Semi-difficult | behind Soslan Frajew , Russia, Uladsimir Matjuschenka, Belarus, Jozef Lohyňa , Czech Republic , Robert Kostecki, Poland and Peter Bacsa, Hungary |
| 1994 | 10. | World Cup in Istanbul | Semi-difficult | Winner: Rasoul Khadem , Iran ahead of Macharbek Chadarzew and Melvin Douglas |
| 1994 | 4th | Goodwill games | Semi-difficult | behind Macharbek Chadarzew, Melvin Douglas and Soslan Frajew, Russia and in front of Uladsimir Matjuschenka, Belarus and Ingo Manz |
| 1995 | 2. | EM in Freiburg in Üechtland / Switzerland | Semi-difficult | behind Macharbek Chadarzew and in front of Sagid Murtasalijew , Ukraine, Jozef Lohyňa, Ricardas Paulinkonis, Latvia and Robert Kostecki |
| 1995 | 8th. | World Cup in Atlanta | Semi-difficult | Winner: Rasoul Khadem ahead of Macharbek Chadarzew and Melvin Douglas |
| 1996 | 1. | EM in Budapest | Semi-difficult | before Heiko Balz , Germany , Sagid Murtasalijew, Robert Kostecki, Kalojan Baew, Bulgaria and Macharbek Chadarzew |
| 1996 | bronze | OS in Atlanta | Semi-difficult | behind Rasoul Khadem and Macharbek Chadarzew and in front of Jozef Lohyňa, Jambulat Tedejew and Victor Kodei, Nigeria |
| 1997 | 1. | EM in Warsaw | Semi-difficult | before Marek Garmulewicz , Poland, Arawat Sabejew , Germany, Aslan Hagurow, Russia, Ahmet Doğu, Turkey and Dawud Magomedow, Azerbaijan |
| 1997 | 3. | World Cup in Krasnoyarsk | Semi-difficult | behind Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow , Russia and Ahmet Doğu and in front of Islam Bairanmukow, Sergej Prjadun , Ukraine and Juris Janovich, Latvia |
| 1998 | 1. | EM in Bratislava | Semi-difficult | before Marek Garmulewicz , Aftandil Xanthopoulos , Greece , Wadym Tassoew , Ukraine, Andrej Ermenko, Belarus and Heiko Balz |
| 1998 | 6th | World Cup in Tehran | Semi-difficult | behind Abbas Jadidi , Iran, Marek Garmulewicz , Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow, Wadym Tassoew and Melvin Douglas |
| 1999 | 3. | EM in Minsk | Semi-difficult | behind Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow and Wadym Tassoew and in front of Juris Janovich, Ahmet Doğu and Marin Lasarow, Bulgaria |
| 1999 | 6th | World Cup in Ankara | Semi-difficult | behind Sagid Murtasalijew, Alireza Heidari , Iran, Marek Garmulewicz , Aftandil Xanthopoulos and Kasif Sakiroğlu , Turkey |
| 2000 | 3. | Tournament in Kiev | Semi-difficult | behind Sjarhej Kowalewski , Belarus and Sergej Prjadun |
| 2000 | 9. | EM in Budapest | Semi-difficult | Winner: Sagid Murtasalijew ahead of Arawat Sabejew and Wadym Tassoew |
| 2000 | bronze | OS in Sydney | Semi-difficult | behind Sagid Murtasalijew and Islam Bairamukow and in front of Marek Garmulewicz, Aftandil Xanthopoulos and Alireza Heidari |
| 2001 | 1. | EM in Budapest | Semi-difficult | before Giorgi Gogschelidze , Russia, Aljaksandr Shamarau , Belarus, Krassimir Kochev , Bulgaria, Zoltán Farkas , Hungary and Wadym Tassoew |
| 2001 | 5. | World Cup in Sofia | Semi-difficult | behind Giorgi Gogschelidze, Krassimir Kotschew , Wadym Tassoew and Zoltán Farkas and in front of Georgi Torchinawa, Netherlands |
| 2002 | 2. | EM in Baku | Semi-difficult | behind Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow and in front of Fatih Çakıroğlu , Turkey, Wadym Tassoew, Johannes Roussow, Great Britain and Zoltán Farkas |
| 2002 | 1. | World Cup in Tehran | Semi-difficult | before Alireza Heidari, Wadym Tassoew, Aftandil Xanthopoulos, Aljaksandr Schamarau and Giorgi Gogschelidze |
| 2003 | 5. | EM in Riga | Semi-difficult | behind Chadschimurad Gazalow , Russia, Fatih Çakıroğlu, Wadym Tassoew and Radovan Valach, Austria and in front of Aljaksandr Schamarau |
| 2003 | 1. | World Cup in New York | Semi-difficult | before Alireza Heidari, Krassimir Kotchew, Tawschintur Enchtuja, Mongolia, Daniel Cormier , USA and Nico Jacobs, Namibia |
| 2003 | 5. | FILA Absolute Championships in Moscow | Semi-difficult | behind Fatih Çakıroğlu, Daniel Cormier and Krassimir Kotschew |
| 2004 | 8th. | OS in Athens | Semi-difficult | Winner: Chadschimurad Gazalow ahead of Magomed Ibragimov , Uzbekistan , Alireza Heidari and Daniel Cormier |
| 2005 | 1. | EM in Varna | Semi-difficult | before Vincent Aka Akesse , France , Chadschimurad Gazalow, Fatih Çakıroğlu, Wassilij Tesmenezki, Ukraine and Sjarhej Pernikau, Belarus |
| 2005 | 2. | WM | Semi-difficult | behind Chadschimurad Gazalow and in front of Aleksei Krupnjakow , Kyrgyzstan, Wassilij Tesmenetzki, Koo Tae-Hyun, Korea and Sjarhej Pernikau |
| 2006 | 3. | EM in Moscow | Heavy | together with Rareș Daniel Chintojan , Romania behind Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow and Iwan Istschenko , Ukraine and in front of Ali Reza Kaya , Turkey and Boschidar Bojadschiew , Bulgaria |
| 2006 | 3. | Golden Grand Prix tournament in Baku | Heavy | together with Aleksi Modebadse , Georgia behind Artur Taymazov , Uzbekistan and Marid Mutalimow , Kazakhstan and in front of Preston Thompsson, USA and K. Durgayev, Azerbaijan |
| 2006 | 10. | World Cup in Guangzhou / China | Heavy | Winner: Artur Taymazov ahead of Kuramagomed Kuramagomedow, Ruslan Basiyev , Armenia and Fardin Masoumi Valadi , Iran |
| 2009 | 2. | 1st World Beach Championships in Obzor , Bulgaria | Kl. Over 85 kg body weight | with victories over Chussein Mechmed, Bulgaria a. Artilheiro Rodriguez, Brazil a . a loss to Dimitar Kumchev , Bulgaria |
swell
- International Wrestling Database of the University of Leipzig
- Trade journal "Der Ringer", numbers: 05/93, 09/93, 04/94, 09/94, 06/95, 10/95, 04/96, 09/96, 05/97, 09/97, 05 / 06/98, 10/98, 05/06/99, 10/99, 09/04
Web links
- Profile of Eldari Kurtanidze at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Eldari Kurtanidze in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kurtanidze, Eldari Luka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kurtanidze, Luka; კურტანიძე ელდარ (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kwemo Pschawi near Gulripschi , Abkhazia , Soviet Union |