Wladimer Gegeschidze

Wladimer Gegeschidze ( Georgian ვლადიმერ გეგეშიძე ; born February 10, 1987 in Tbilisi ) is a Georgian wrestler . He became in 2013 Vice European Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in the middleweight division .

Career

Wladimer Gegeschidse started wrestling in 1997 as a teenager. He focuses on the Greco-Roman style. As a member of a wrestling club in Tbilisi , he has been trained by Otari Tateshvili since 1997. Wrestling is z. Currently also his job.

His career got off to a very successful start, because in 2002 in Odessa at his first start at an international championship in the weight class up to 85 kg he became vice-European junior champion (age group Cadets). 2003 won the Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov ahead of Ansor Totrow, Russia and in 2004 in Albena the Junior European Championship ahead of Todor Mihow, Bulgaria. At the Junior World Championships in 2005 in Vilnius, however, he could not build on these successes, because after a victory over Zoltán Fodor , Hungary he lost to Cenk İldem , Turkey, which he eliminated and only finished 12th.

From 2006 he had to start with the seniors. It then took a long time until he had fought his way up to the top national class in Georgia. It was not until 2010 that he was used at an international championship, the World Cup in Moscow. There he came in middleweight victories over Denis Forow , Armenia and Norikatsu Saikawa , Japan and then lost to Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez from Cuba and Alchazur Oschijew, Kazakhstan, which he came in 8th place.

Also in 2011 he competed in the World Championships. In Istanbul, however, he lost his first middleweight fight against Mélonin Noumonvi from France quite clearly. Since Noumonvi did not reach the final, he was eliminated and only came in 32nd place. At the 2011 European Championships in Belgrade he won over Melonin Noumonvi and Artur Omarow, Czech Republic, then lost to Christo Marinow, Bulgaria and Viktor Lörincz , Hungary, and finished in 7th place. In May 2012 he managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in London with a second place behind Christo Marinow at the last available opportunity, a tournament in Helsinki . In London he performed well and won against Hassan Saman Tahmasebi , Azerbaijan and Vasyl Ratschyba , Ukraine. Then he lost to Alan Chugajew from Russia and in the consolation round also against Daniel Gadschijew from Kazakhstan and with a 5th place just missed the medal ranks.

At the 2013 European Championships in his home town of Tbilisi, he finally managed to win a medal in an international championship among the seniors. He defeated Adrian Mocanu, Moldova, Christo Marinow and Artur Schahinjan from Armenia in the middleweight division in Tbilisi and only just lost in the final against Russian veteran Alexei Mishin (1: 2 rounds, 2: 4 points). He became vice European champion.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2002	2.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Odessa	up to 85 kg	behind Sadin Muhammed Bakir, Turkey and in front of Sergei Maneljan, Russia
2003	1.	Junior European Championship (Cadets) in Rostov	up to 85 kg	before Ansor Totrow, Russia and Alexander Maculevics, Latvia
2004	1.	Junior European Championship in Albena	medium	before Todor Mihow, Bulgaria and Edgar Gasparjan, Russia
2005	12.	Junior World Championships in Vilnius	medium	after a victory over Zoltan Fodor, Hungary and a defeat against Cenk Ildem, Turkey
2008	4th	World Cup in Szombathely	medium	behind Bradley Vering , USA, Taleb Nariman Nematpour , Iran and Saur Kabregow, Russia
2008	7th	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	medium	Winner: Schalwa Gadabadse , Azerbaijan ahead of Dawit Karchawa, Georgia
2010	5.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	medium	behind Alexei Mishin, Russia, Melonin Noumonvi, France, Nenad Žugaj , Croatia and Akaki Jochadze, Georgia
2010	1.	Golden Grand Prix in Tbilisi	medium	before Dawit Karchawa, Tigran Sahakjan, Armenia and Andrei Samochin, Kazakhstan
2010	12.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	medium	Winner: Taleb Nariman Nematpour ahead of Schalwa Gadabadse and Oleg Schokalew , Russia
2010	8th.	World Cup in Moscow	medium	after victories over Denis Forow, Armenia and Norikatsu Saikawa, Japan and defeats against Pablo Enrique Shorey Hernandez, Cuba and Alchazur Oschijew, Kazakhstan
2011	8th.	Spanish Grand Prix	medium	Winner: Artur Schahinjan, Armenia ahead of Damian Janikowski , Poland
2011	8th.	"Wladyslaw-Pytlasinski" Memorial in Radom	medium	Winner: Alan Chugajew ahead of Alexei Mishin , both Russia
2011	32.	World Cup in Istanbul	medium	after losing to Melonin Noumonvi
2011	3.	"Oleg Karavayev" Memorial in Minsk	medium	behind Evgeni Bogomolow and Asamat Bikbayev, both from Russia
2012	1.	"Dan Kolow & Nikola Petrow" Memorial in Sofia	medium	before Nikolai Gajriakow, Bulgaria, Saban Karatas, Turkey and Hrach Hovanisjan, Armenia
2012	7th	EM in Belgrade	medium	after victories over Melonin Noumonvi and Artur Omarow, Czech Republic and defeats against Christo Marinow, Bulgaria and Viktor Lörincz, Hungary
2012	5.	Olympic qualification tournament in Taiyuan / China	medium	behind Habibollah Jomeh Akhlagi, Iran, Nenad Zugaj, Melonin Noumonvi and Adrian Mocanu, Moldova
2012	2.	Olympic qualification tournament in Helsinki	medium	behind Christo Marinow, in front of Adrian Mocanu and Dean Van Zyl, South Africa
2012	3.	German Grand Prix in Dortmund	medium	behind Kristoffer Johansson, Sweden and Rami Hietaniemi , Finland
2012	5.	OS in London	medium	after victories over Hassan Saman Tahmasebi and Wassyl Ratschyba, Ukraine, and defeats against Alan Chugajew and Daniel Gadschijew, Kazakhstan
2012	11.	Presidents Cup of Kazakhstan in Astana	Semi-difficult	Winner: Nikita Melnikow, Russia ahead of Erulan Iskakow, Kazakhstan
2013	3.	Golden Grand Prix in Szombathely	medium	behind Peter Bacsi, Hungary and Rewasi Nadareishvili, Georgia
2013	2.	EM in Tbilisi	medium	after victories over Adrian Mocanu, Christo Marinow and Artur Schahinjan and a defeat against Alexei Mishin

Explanations

• all competitions in Greco-Roman style
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship
• Middle weight, weight class up to 84 kg, light heavy weight, up to 96 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal Der Ringer
• Foeldeak Wrestling Database website