Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
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]
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1908: 73 kg
1912–1928: 75 kg
1932–1960: 79 kg
1964–1968: 87 kg
1972–1996: 82 kg
2000: 85 kg
2004–2012: 84 kg
2016: 85 kg
2020–present: 87 kg