Davit Chakvetadze

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Davit Chakvetadze
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Personal information
Full nameDavit Gochaevich Chakvetadze
NationalityGeorgian → Russian
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 29)
Kutaisi, Georgia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportWrestling
Event(s)Greco-Roman
ClubMGFSO Moscow
Coached byEduard Zadikhanov
Levan Kezevadze
Gogi Koguashvili
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 85 kg
Individual World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Belgrade 87 kg
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Abadan 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tehran 85 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 85 kg
In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Gochaevich and the family name is Chakvetadze.

Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze (Russian: Давит Гочаевич Чакветадзе, Georgian: დავით ჩაკვეტაძე; born 18 October 1992) is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1] He moved to Russia in 2013 by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili.[2] Chakvetadze won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career[]

At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal.[3] He is silver medalist at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman and gold medalist at the 2015 European Games in the 85 kg category.[4] Davit won the European Nations' Cup (Moscow Lights) in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9–2 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[5] where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Davit Chakvetadze bio's". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Chakvetadze motherland's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics". wrestrus.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.


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