Davit Chakvetadze

Davit Chakvetadze
	Chakvetadze at the 2015 European Games.
Personal information
Full name	Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze
Nationality	Georgian → Russian
Born	18 October 1992 (age 32); Kutaisi, Georgia
Home town	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	MGFSO Moscow
Coached by	Eduard Zadikhanov; Levan Kezevadze; Gogi Koguashvili
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
Individual World Cup
World Cup
European Games

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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^ "Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
^ "Chakvetadze motherland's". baku2015.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics". wrestrus.ru. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.