Vladimer Khinchegashvili
Vladimer Khinchegashvili (Georgian: ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2016 Olympics.[1] He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017.[2] In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.[3] Mayor of Gori Municipality since 2021.
Career
[edit]2012 Summer Olympics
[edit]At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili beat Ibrahim Farag in the first round, before beating Radoslav Velikov, Amit Kumar and Shinichi Yumoto. In the Olympic final, he lost to Dzhamal Otarsultanov.[4]
Following his medal at the 2012 Olympics, Khinchegashvili won silver at the 2014 World Championships.[5] Khinchegashvili followed this by winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships.[5] That year, he and Belarusian wrestler, Vladislav Andreev, were disqualified from the European Games, after their semifinal match descended into a brawl.[6]
2016 Summer Olympics
[edit]At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili received a bye in the first round, before beating Nurislam Sanayev in the second round. He beat Haji Aliyev and Vladimir Dubov before beating Rei Higuchi to win Olympic gold.[4]
In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vladimer Khinchegashvili". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ Khinchegashvili, Vladimir (GEO) Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
- ^ Vladimer Khinchegashvili. nbcolympics.com
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimer Khinchegashvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c Andrew. "UWW LIVE: Olympic Champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili". United World Wrestling. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Staff, S. I. (June 17, 2015). "Brawl costs wrestlers European Games medals". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Vladimer Khinchegashvili at Olympedia
- Vladimer Khinchegashvili at Olympics.com
- Vladimer Khinchegashvili at the International Wrestling Database
- European Wrestling Council official website
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Gori, Georgia
- Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country)
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Georgia (country)
- Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country)
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
- Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
- World Wrestling Championships medalists
- Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country)
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- World Wrestling Champions