Guram Perselidze

Guram Perselidze (also: Guram Pherselidse , Georgian გურამ ფერსელიძე ; born October 16, 1985 in Chelwachauri ) is a Georgian wrestler . He starts in the heavyweight division in Greco-Roman style .

Career

Guram Perselidze starts in the Greco-Roman style. He is 1.90 meters tall and heavyweight (weight class up to 120 kg body weight). He has been practicing this sport since 2000 and is trained by Vaja Kravyashvili at the Georgian Wrestling Association's center in Tbilisi .

Perselidze has been used at international championships since 2008. The first start was at the European Championships in Tampere , where he finished 8th after beating Jani Kortesmäki, Finland and losing to Yannick Sczcepanski , France . Also in the following championships he could not place himself in the front field, although he managed to win again against good opponents. At his last start at an international championship, the 2012 European Championship in Belgrade , he came in 10th place.

Guram Perselidze, on the other hand, did very well in the qualifying tournaments for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . Already at the tournament in Taiyuan / China he took a good 5th place, which was not enough to be allowed to start in London. But he won this at the last qualifying tournament in Helsinki , where he finished 2nd behind Chassan Barojew , Russia . In London, Guram Perselidsde took 5th place. He won over Andres Ayub Valenzuela, Chile, then lost to the Olympic champion and multiple world champion Mijaín López from Kube, won over Abdelrahman AyubYehya El Tarabily, Egypt and had to narrowly defeat the reigning world champion Rıza Kayaalp from Turkey in the decisive battle for an Olympic bronze medal give.

In 2013 he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Tbilisi with victories over Heiki Nabi , Estonia, Marko Kocevic, Croatia, David Lengyel, Hungary, another defeat against Rıza Kayaalp and a victory over Josif Tschugoschwili , Belarus. He did not start at the 2013 World Cup in Budapest.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2004	8th.	Junior European Championship in Albena / Bulgaria	Semi-difficult	Winner: Alexei Metelkin, Russia ahead of Oleg Kryoko, Ukraine
2008	6th	World Cup in Szombathely	Heavy	Winner: Mihály Deák Bárdos , Hungary ahead of Dremiel Byers , USA
2008	8th.	EM in Tampere	Heavy	after defeating Jani Kortesmäki, Finland and losing to Yannick Sczcepanski , France
2008	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	behind Rıza Kayaalp , Turkey , ahead of Lukasz Banak, Poland and Attila Güzel, Turkey
2009	16.	EM in Vilnius	Heavy	after a loss to Rıza Kayaalp
2009	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	Winner: Masoud Hashemzadeh , Iran ahead of Dremiel Byers
2009	11.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Heavy	after a victory over Muradjan Tuichijew, Uzbekistan and a defeat against Nico Schmidt , Germany
2010	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi	Heavy	behind Amir Ali-Akbari , Iran and Otari Bolkadse, Georgia
2010	10.	World Cup in Moscow	Heavy	after victories over Milos Spasic, Serbia and Murat Ramonow, Kyrgyzstan and a loss to Dremiel Byers
2012	7th	Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow tournament in Sofia	Heavy	Winner: Iwan Iwanow, Bulgaria ahead of Lukasz Banak
2012	10.	EM in Belgrade	Heavy	Winner. Rıza Kayaalp in front of Chassan Barojew , Russia
2012	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	Heavy	behind Heiki Nabi , Estonia , Iossif Tschugaschwili , Belarus , Johan Eurén , Sweden and Alexander Anuchin, Russia
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	Heavy	behind Chassan Barojew, in front of Nemanja Pavlovic, Serbia and Iwan Iwanow
2012	7th	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Heavy	Winner: Heiki Nabi ahead of Artjom Nahar, Belarus
2012	5.	OS in London	Heavy	after defeating Andres Ayub Valenzuela, Chile, defeating Mijaín López, Cuba, defeating Abdelrahman YehyaEl Tarabily, Egypt and defeating Rıza Kayaalp, Turkey
2013	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	Heavy	behind Ewgeni Orlow, Ukraine, in front of Mihály Deák Bárdos , Hungary
2013	3.	EM in Tbilisi	Heavy	after victories over Heiki Nabi, Marko Kocevic, Ukraine and David Lengyel, Hungary, a defeat against Rıza Kayaalp and a victory over Josif Tschugoschwili, Belarus
2013	11.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	Winner: Saba Shariati, Azerbaijan ahead of Iakob Kadschaia, Georgia and Attila Güzrl, Turkey

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Heavyweight, weight class up to 120 kg body weight (until December 31, 2013, since January 1, 2014 a new weight class classification has been in effect by the FILA)

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

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