Miriani Giorgadze

Miriani Giorgadze (born March 15, 1976 in Terdschola , Georgian SSR ) is a former Georgian wrestler . He is a two-time Olympian and won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman heavyweight division at the 2005 European Championships .

Career

Miriani Giorgadse began wrestling in 1990, focusing on the Greco-Roman style. He was a member of the Dynamo Tbilisi sports club and was coached by Vasha Kraveschvili since the beginning of his career. At a height of 1.84 meters, he always started in the heaviest weight class (up to 2001 up to 130 kg, since 2002 up to 120 kg body weight). He is also well known in German wrestling circles, because from 2006 to 2011 he started in the German Bundesliga for AC Lichtenfels . Miriani Giorgadze studied law in Georgia.

Miriani Giorgadse's international career began back in 1992, when he became Junior World Champion (Cadets) in the weight class up to 95 kg in Istanbul at his first start at an international championship. In 1993 he won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Götzis / Austria in the weight class up to 115 kg and in 1995 he was runner-up in the Junior World Championship (Espoirs) in the weight class up to 100 kg.

In 1997 he was used for the first time in an international championship for men. He came in Kouvola / Finland in the heavyweight division after a defeat against Juha Ahokas, Finland, victories over Francesco Catalano, Italy and Sergei Fjodorow, Estonia and a defeat against Saban Donat, Turkey, on the 9th place. In the following years he participated with varying successes in the international championships. In 1998 he achieved an excellent result, because he just missed the medal ranks at the World Heavyweight Championship in Gaevle / Sweden with an excellent 4th place. On the way to this success he defeated such well-known wrestlers as Saban Donat , the multiple vice world champion Mihály Deák Bárdos , Hungary, the Olympic champion and multiple world champion Héctor Milián , Cuba and Sergei Mureiko from Bulgaria. The path to winning a medal was blocked by Yuri Evseitschik from Israel, who developed into a feared opponent for Miriani Girogadze.

In 2000 he qualified to participate in the Sydney Olympic Games. But he couldn't get by in Sydney. He lost there against Dimitri Debelka , Belarus and Eddy Bengtsson , Sweden, dropped out and only reached 20th place.

After mixed results in the years 2001 to 2003, he managed to qualify again for the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. In Athens he lost his first fight against Eddy Bengtsson, then he won over Georgi Zurzumia, Kazakhstan, and after another defeat against Xenofon Koutsioubas , Greece, he was eliminated and finished in 15th place,

In 2005 he achieved the greatest success of his career with the men. He won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Varna. He won this medal with victories over Heiki Nabi , Estonia and Vladimir Guralski, Israel, a defeat against Sergei Artjuchin , Belarus and a victory over Xenofon Koutsioubas. After a 15th place at the 2005 World Cup in Budapest, where he lost to Mindaugas Ezerskis , Lithuania, he ended his international wrestling career.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
1992	1.	Junior World Championships (Cadets) in Istanbul	up to 95 kg	before Georgi Andrejew, Bulgaria and Ayhan Suzan, Turkey
1993	3.	Junior European Championship (Juniors) in Götzis / Austria	up to 115 kg	behind Leonid Gubin, Ukraine and Andrei Seljankin, Russia
1994	10.	Junior European Championship (Espoirs)	up to 100 kg	Winner: Miklos Nemeth, Hungary, ahead of Vladimir Borman, Russia
1995	2.	Junior World Championships (Espoirs)	up to 100 kg	behind Fahri Güsel, Turkey in front of Ewgeni Lapinski, Belarus
1997	9.	EM in Kouvola / Finland	Heavy	after one defeat against Juha Ahokas, Finland, victories over Francesco Catalano, Italy and Sergei Fjodorow, Estonia and one defeat against Saban Donat, Turkey
1997	14th	World Cup in Wrocław	Heavy	after a victory over Gintaras Bukauskas, Lithuania and defeats against Piotr Kotok , Ukraine and Saban Donat
1997	3.	Vanta Painicup	Heavy	behind Georgi Saldadze, Ukraine and Brian Keck, USA
1998	8th.	EM in Minsk	Heavy	after a loss to Juha Ahokas, a victory over Gintaras Bukauskas, Lithuania and a loss to Dimitri Debelka, Belarus
1998	3.	Universities World Cup in Ankara	Heavy	behind Alexei Kolesnikow, Russia and Dimitri Debelka
1998	4th	World Cup in Gaevle / Sweden	Heavy	after a defeat against Anatoly Fedorenko , Belarus, victories over Schermuhammad Quisiew, Uzbekistan, Nikolas Sofianidis, Greece, Saban Donat, Miahly Deak Bardos, Hungary, Hector Milian, Cuba and Sergei Mureiko, Bulgaria and a defeat against Yuri Evseitschuk, Israel
2000	7th	Olympic qualification tournament in Faenza	Heavy	Winner: Dimitri Debelka ahead of Fatih Bakir , Turkey
2000	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Clermont-Ferrand	Heavy	behind Juri Ewseitschik and Eddy Bengtsson, Sweden
2000	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Tashkent	Heavy	behind Fatih Bakir and Eddy Bengtsson
2000	20th	OS in Sydney	Heavy	after losing to Dimitri Debelka and Eddy Bengtsson
2001	7th	EM in Istanbul	Heavy	Winner: Mihaly Deak Bardos ahead of Fatih Bakir and Sergei Mureiko
2003	15th	EM in Belgrade	Heavy	after a win over Marek Mikulski, Poland and a loss to Yuri Evseitschik
2003	23.	World Cup in Créteil	Heavy	after losing to Juha Ahokas and Mijaín López Núñez , Cuba
2003	3.	World Cup in Alma-Ata	Heavy	behind Georgi Zurzumia, Kazakhstan and Chassan Barojew , Russia
2004	3.	Olympic qualification tournament in Novi Sad	Heavy	behind Mijaín López Núñez and Yekta Yilmaz Gül, Turkey
2004	15th	OS in Athens	Heavy	after a loss to Eddy Bengtsson, a win over Georgi Zurzumia and a loss to Xenofon Koutsioubas, Greece
2005	3.	EM in Varna	Heavy	after victories over Heiki Nabi, Estonia and Vladimir Guralski, Israel, a defeat against Sergei Artjuchin, Belarus and a victory over Xenofon Loutsioubas
2005	15th	World Cup in Budapest	Heavy	after losing to Mindaugas Ezerskis, Lithuania

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Heavy weight, from 1997 to 2001 up to 130 kg, since 2002 up to 120 kg

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website