Davit Chakvetadze

Davit Chakvetadze
Chakvetadze at the 2015 European Games.
Personal information
Full nameDavit Gochaevich Chakvetadze
NationalityGeorgian → Russian
Born (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 32)
Kutaisi, Georgia
Home townMoscow, Russia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia Russia
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubMGFSO Moscow
Coached byEduard Zadikhanov
Levan Kezevadze
Gogi Koguashvili
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing  Russia
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 name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, 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's the gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

In 2013, He moved to Russia by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili.[2] 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.[citation needed]

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. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. 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. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. 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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