Zurab Datunashvili
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Born | Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet Union | 18 June 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Style | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | National Club of Georgia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Viliam Charazov[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zurab Datunashvili (Georgian: ზურაბ დათუნაშვილი; Serbian: Зураб Датунашвили/Zurab Datunašvili; born 18 June 1991) is a Serbian Greco-Roman wrestler, who wrestles in the men's middleweight category.[1][2]
Career[]
He won a silver medal in the same weight division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships, coincidentally in his home city Tbilisi, losing out to defending Olympic champion Roman Vlasov of Russia.[3]
Datunashvili represented Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 74 kg class. He defeated South Korea's Kim Jin-Hyeok, and United States' Ben Provisor in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Azerbaijan's Emin Ahmadov, with a three-set technical score (3–0, 0–3, 0–4), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4][5]
In World Wrestling Championships 2014 for bronze medal in the 75 kg he lost to Elvin Mursaliyev of Azerbaijan (1—1).
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was knocked out in the first round by Doszhan Kartikov.[6] In November 2016, Datunashvili was disqualified from the 2016 European Cup of Nations after engaging in a mid-match fist fight with his Russian opponent, Imil Sharafetdinov, who was also disqualified. The fist fight descended into a brawl after the two wrestlers' coaches, as well as several fans, joined the melee. "The guys just failed to cope with their emotions, but they swiftly calmed themselves down and were shaking hands several minutes afterward," Gogi Koguashvili, the head coach of the Russian national wrestling team, later remarked.[7]
In 2018, Datunashvili accused the Georgian Wrestling Federation of favoritism and corruption. On 11 January 2019, he was assaulted by Gega Gegeshidze, the president of the Georgian Wrestling Federation, following a match with Robert Kobliashvili which Datunashvili lost by referee's decision. The incident was captured on video. "I don't want him [Gegeshidze] to be arrested, I want him to resign," Datunashvili later told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. "He's not man enough to speak the truth, but I feel that truth will prevail. Everyone saw that he hit me with a blunt metal object of some kind." On 20 January, the Georgian Police announced they were opening an investigation into the incident.[8]
In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.[9] In 2021, he won a bronze medal in Tokyo, at the Olympic games for the Serbian national team.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Zurabi Datunashvili". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zurabi Datunashvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Gegeshidze Won Silver Medal". World Sport Georgia. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
Zurab Datunashvili
- ^ "Men's 74kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
Zurabi Datunashvili
- ^ d'Amato, Gary (5 August 2012). "Provisor eliminated, but not discouraged". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
Zurabi Datunashvili
- ^ "Zurabi Datunashvili Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Bakh, Maria (21 November 2016). "Russian and Georgian Wrestlers Disqualified in 2016 European Cup of Nations". CBW. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Maglakelidze, Oto (22 January 2019). "Georgian Wrestler Hopes Federation President Down For The Count After Clash". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
External links[]
- Zurabi Datunashvili – International Wrestling Database at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 March 2016)
- Zurabi Datunashvili – NBC 2012 Olympics website at archive.today (archived 11 April 2013)
- Zurabi Datunashvili at United World Wrestling
- Zurabi Datunashvili at the International Olympic Committee
- Zurabi Datunashvili at Olympics.com
- NATIONAL WRESTLING FEDERATION OF GEORGIA
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Serbian people of Georgian descent
- Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
- Serbian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers of Georgia (country)
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Georgia (country)
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- European champions for Serbia
- Naturalized citizens of Serbia
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Serbia
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Georgia (country) sport wrestler stubs
- Serbian martial arts biography stubs
- European sport wrestler stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs