Guivi Sissaouri

Guivi "Giga" Sissaouri ( Georgian გივი სისაური , Givi Sissauri * 15. April 1971 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian - Canadian wrestler in freestyle. He moved to Canada from the Georgian SSR in 1991 and later accepted its citizenship.

Sissaouri competes for the Wrestling Club Montreal and is trained by Victor Zilberman .

successes

(Abbreviations: FS = Freestyle / OS = Summer Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, PS = Pan American Games, PM = Pan American Championships, CG = Commonwealth Games)

• 1995, 2nd place , World Championships in Atlanta , FS, up to 57 kg, behind Terry Brands , USA and in front of Harun Doğan , Turkey
• 1996, silver medal , OS in Atlanta, FS, up to 57 kg, behind Kendall Cross , USA
• 1997, 3rd place , World Championships in Krasnoyarsk , FS up to 58 kg, behind Mohammad Talaee , Iran and Ramil Islamow , Uzbekistan
• 1998, 3rd place , World Championships in Tehran , FS, up to 58 kg, behind Alireza Dabir , Iran and Harun Doğan
• 1999, 1st place , PS in Winnipeg , FS, up to 58 kg, ahead of Eric Guerrero , USA and Yoendri Albear Ferrer , Cuba
• 1999, 18th place , World Championships in Ankara , FS, up to 58 kg, after a defeat against Yoendri Albear Ferrer and a victory over Aurel Cimpoeru , Romania
• 2000, 3rd place , PA in Cali , Colombia , FS, up to 58 kg, behind Yandro Quintana , Cuba and Eric Guerrero
• 2001, 1st place , World Championships in Sofia , FS, up to 58 kg, ahead of Ojuunbilegiin Pürewbaatar , Mongolia and David Pogosjan , Georgia
• 2002, 1st place , CG in Manchester , FS, up to 60 kg, ahead of Shokinder Tomar , India and Tebe Dorgu , Nigeria
• 2003, 2nd place , PS in Santo Domingo , FS, up to 60 kg, behind Yandro Quintana and in front of Eric Guerrero
• 2003, 12th place , World Championships in New York City , FS, up to 60 kg, after defeats against Martin Liddle , New Zealand and David Pogosjan
• 2004, 6th place , OS in Athens , FS, up to 60 kg, after victories over Murad Umachanow , Russia and Tevfik Odabasi , Turkey and two defeats against Vasyl Fedoryschyn , Ukraine and David Pogosjan
• 2005, 8th place , World Championships in Budapest , FS, up to 60 kg, after victories over Hassan Madani , Egypt and Yong Chol Ri , North Korea and a defeat against Morad Mohammadi , Iran
• 2008, 1st place , PM in Colorado Springs , FS, up to 60 kg, in front of Guillermo Torres , Mexico and Luis Portillo , El Salvador

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article about Guivi Sissaouri in Sun Media (English)

Web links

• Profile of Guivi Sissaouri at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Guivi Sissaouri in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )