Iossif Chuhashvili

Iossif Tschuhaschwili ( Belarusian Іосіф чугашвілі , Georgian იოსებ ივანეს ჩუგოშვილი / Iosseb Tschugoschwili; born June 27, 1986 in Telavi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Belarusian wrestler . He won a bronze heavyweight medal in the Greco-Roman style at the 2008 European Championships .

Career

Iossif Tschuhaschwili is of Georgian descent, but has started for Belarus since the beginning of his career. He has been wrestling since 1999, concentrating on the Greco-Roman style. He is a member of the army and starts for the Minsk Army Sports Club . His most famous coaches were or are Alexander Scheleg and Komandar Madschidow . At a height of 1.88 meters, he is fully in the heavyweight category, the weight class up to 120 kg body weight.

In the first few years he achieved outstanding results at the World Military Championships in Baku in 2006 , in Hyderabad in 2007 and in Split in 1008 , all of which were filled with strong wrestlers. In 2006 he was 3rd, in 2007 2nd and again in 2008 3rd, thus winning three medals. At the 2007 World Cup in Baku, he came to his first use in a regular World Cup. He won two fights there, but then lost to Mijaín López from Cuba and Juri Patrikejew from Armenia and finished in 7th place.

At the European Championships in Tampere in 2008 , he then succeeded in winning a bronze medal. He lost there again in his first fight against Juri Patrikejew, but then secured this bronze medal in the consolation round with victories over Rocco Daniele Ficara from Italy and Yannick Szczepaniak from France . In 2008 he was also the Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund at the start and reached there behind Mijaín López but before Alexander Anuchin from Russia to second place.

An excellent result achieved Iossif Tschuhaschwili then at the World Cup 2009 in Herning / Denmark . He won there over Masoud Hashemzadeh from Iran and Nurbek Ibragimow from Kyrgyzstan , then lost to Mijaín López, won over Rafael Barreno Martinez from Venezuela and was narrowly defeated in the battle for a bronze medal against the Turkish Rıza Kayaalp .

In the following years he was repeatedly used at world and European championships, but was never able to place himself in the front of the field. In 2012 he had another great success, because he qualified for the Olympic Games in London with a 2nd place behind Heiki Nabi from Estonia at the tournament in Taiyuan / China . In London he lost his first fight against Heiki Nabi from Estonia. Since this reached the final, he was able to continue in the consolation round, in which he first defeated Lukasz Banak from Poland, but then lost in the fight for an Olympic bronze medal against Johan Eurén from Sweden. Therefore he stayed in 5th place.

At the 2013 European Championships in Tbilisi, he came very close to a medal with a 5th place. He defeated there Mindaugs Mizgaitis, Lithuania, lost to the world champion Riza Kayaalp , Turkey, triumphed over Radomir Petkovic, a starting Azerbaijan Serbs lost the battle for the bronze medal against Guram Pherselidse from Georgia. At the World Championships in Budapest in September 2013, he first won over Hwang Jong-won, South Korea, but then lost somewhat surprisingly to Robert Smith from the United States and therefore only came in 12th.

Iossif Tschuhaschwili is also multiple Belarusian champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2006	3.	Military World Cup in Baku	Heavy	behind Yekta Yilmaz Gül, Turkey and Lukasz Banak, Poland
2007	7th	World Cup in Baku	Heavy	after victories over Jasmin Breesam Mohammed, Iraq and Liu Deli, China and defeats against Mijaín López , Cuba and Juri Patrikejew , Armenia
2007	2.	Military World Cup in Hyderabad	Heavy	behind Alexander Anutschin , Russia , in front of Lukasz Banak and Xenofon Koutsioubas , Greece
2008	3.	EM in Tampere	Heavy	after a defeat against Juri Patrikejew and victories over Rocco Daniele Ficara, Italy and Yannick Szczepaniak, France
2008	2.	Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund	Heavy	behind Mijaín López, in front of Alexander Anutschin and Ricardo Melz, Germany
2008	3.	Military World Cup in Split	Heavy	behind Oleksandr Tschernetskyj , Ukraine and Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh, Iran
2009	2.	"Ivan Poddubny" Memorial in Ryazan	Heavy	behind Alexander Anutschin, in front of Artem Doronin, Russia and Xiao Geming, China
2009	15th	EM in Vilnius	Heavy	after a loss to Alexander Anuchin
2009	5.	World Cup in Herning / Denmark	Heavy	after victories over Masoud Hashemzadeh, Iran and Nurbek Ibragimow, Kyrgyzstan , a defeat against Mijaín López, a victory over Rafael Barreno Martinez, Venezuela and a defeat against Rıza Kayaalp , Turkey
2010	7th	EM in Baku	Heavy	Winner: Rıza Kayaalp ahead of Radomir Petkovic , Serbia
2010	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	Winner: Rıza Kayaalp ahead of Babak Hossein Ghorbani Goldasteh, Iran
2010	13.	World Cup in Moscow	Heavy	after defeating Mohammad Ghorbani Goldasteh, Iran and losing to Dremiel Byers , USA
2011	3.	World Cup in Minsk	Heavy	behind Rıza Kayaalp and Nurmachan Tinalijew , Kazakhstan
2011	8th.	EM in Dortmund	Heavy	after defeating Yannick Szczepaniak, defeating Chassan Barojew , Russia, defeating Constantin Ionut Scutariu, Romania and defeating Mihály Deák Bárdos , Hungary
2011	2.	Presidents Cup of Kazakhstan in Astana	Heavy	behind Nurmachan Tinalijew, in front of Mihaly Deak Bardos and Dawid Saldadze , Uzbekistan
2011	3.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinksi" cup in Radom	Heavy	behind Ismail Güzel, Turkey and Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh
2011	17th	World Cup in Istanbul	Heavy	after a win over Rocco Daniele Ficara and a loss to Bashir Babajanzadeh
2011	3.	"Oleg Karavayev" Memorial in Minsk	Heavy	behind Vasily Parschin and Alexander Anutschin, both Russia
2012	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Istanbul	Heavy	behind Nurmachan Tinaliev and Alexander Anutschin
2012	7th	EM in Belgrade	Heavy	Winner: Rıza Kayaalp by Chassan Barojew
2012	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia	Heavy	behind Yuri Patrikeev and Evgeni Orlov , Ukraine
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	Heavy	behind Heiki Nabi , Estonia , in front of Johan Eurén , Sweden
2012	3.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinksi" cup in Racibórz	Heavy	behind Chassan Barojew and Vladimir Berdzik, Belarus
2012	5.	OS in London	Heavy	after a loss to Heiki Nabi , Estonia, a win over Lukasz Banak , Poland and a loss to Johan Eurén , Sweden
2012	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	behind Yussup Nunajew, Hungary, in front of Igor Didik, Ukraine and Dániel Ligeti , Hungary
2012	4th	"Oleg Karavayev" Memorial in Minsk	Heavy	behind Kiril Grischenko, Belarus, Vasily Parschin, Russia and igor Didik
2013	2.	"Vehbi-Emre" Memorial in Istanbul	Heavy	behind Rıza Kayaalp and in front of Mahdi Nouri, Iran and Emin Öztürk, Turkey
2013	5.	EM in Tbilisi	Heavy	after a win over Mindaugas Mizgaitis, Lithuania, a loss to Rıza Kayaalp, a win over Radomir Petkovic, Azerbaijan and a loss to Guram Pherselidze
2013	9.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	Heavy	Winner: Johan Eurén ahead of Eduard Popp, Germany
2013	3.	"Wladislaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Warsaw	Heavy	behind Johan Eurén and Miloslaw Metodiew, Bulgaria
2013	12.	World Cup in Budapest	Heavy	after a victory over Hwang Jong-won- South Korea and a loss to Robert Smith, USA
2013	14th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	Heavy	Winner: Saba Shariati, Azerbaijan ahead of Iakob Kadschaia, Georgia

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 at FILA

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

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