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Zurabi Iakobishvili

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Zurabi Iakobishvili
ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი
Zurabi Iakobishvili at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
Native nameზურაბ იაკობიშვილი
Birth nameZurabi Iakobishvili
Born (1992-02-04) 4 February 1992 (age 32)
Kvareli, Georgia[1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportWrestling
Weight class70 kg
EventFreestyle
Coached byGivi Metreveli; since 2000 - David Otiashvili, since 2009
Now coachingGrace Bullen
Achievements and titles
World finalsGold (2017)
Regional finalsGold (2022)
Medal record
Men's freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Paris 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oslo 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 70 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest 70 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Novi Sad 65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kaspiysk 70 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Walbrzych 65 kg

Zurabi Iakobishvili (Georgian: ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი; born February 4, 1992) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He is a World Championships gold and three-time bronze medallist, and European Championships gold and two-time bronze medallist. Iakobishvili won the gold medal in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 World Championships and the freestyle 70 kg event at the 2022 European Championships.[2][3]

Iakobishvili won bronze medals in the freestyle 70 kg event at the World Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and the freestyle 65 kg event and freestyle 70kg event at the 2017 and 2018 European Championships respectively.[4][5][6][7] At junior level, he's a European U23 Championships silver medallist. Iakobishvili competed in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, where he reached the quarterfinals and placed tenth.[8][9]

Career

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Iakobishvili competed at his first senior European Championships at the 2016 Championships in Riga, where he placed fifth in the freestyle 65 kg event. He represented Georgia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and competed in the men's freestyle 65 kg event, where he reached the quarterfinals and placed tenth.[8][9] Iakobishvili placed third in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 European Championships in Novi Sad and won the gold medal in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 World Championships in Paris.[10][11]

Iakobishvili switched to the 70 kg weight class for the 2018 European Championships in Kaspiysk, where he won a bronze medal.[12] That same year, he won the gold medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the Tbilisi Grand Prix and Poland Open.[2] He placed third in the freestyle 70 kg event at the 2018 World Championships in Budapest.[13] In 2019, he placed 13th at the European Championships in Bucharest and fifth at the World Championships in Nur-Sultan in the freestyle 70 kg.

In 2021, Iakobishvili won a bronze medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the World Championships in Oslo.[4][5] The following year, he won the gold medal in the freestyle 70 kg event at the European Championships in Budapest, and a bronze medal at the World Championships in Belgrade and the Yasar Dogu Tournament in Istanbul.[3][6][7][14]

In 2022, Iakobishvili began coaching Norwegian freestyle wrestler Grace Bullen and coached her to a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships.[15] Bullen won a silver medal at the 2023 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. Iakobishvili coached Bullen to a gold medal at the 2024 European Championships and a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Zurabi Iakobishvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Olanowski, Eric (2018-07-05). "Iakobishvili Steals Gold From Olympic Champ Ramonov, Georgia Grabs Freestyle Team Title". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ a b Kozak, Jon (2022-03-31). "2022 European Championships Recap - Men's Freestyle". FloWrestling. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ a b Houston, Michael (5 October 2021). "Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Snyder wins World silver, USA places second as a team as men's freestyle wraps up in Senior Worlds in Norway". Team USA. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b Shefferd, Neil (16 September 2022). "Olympic champions help US claim double freestyle gold at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Zurabi Iakobishvili". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Men's Freestyle 65 kg - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  10. ^ "European Championships 2017 wrestling results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  11. ^ "2017 World Wrestling Championships Results". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  12. ^ "Senior European Championships 2018 Results" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Senior World Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  14. ^ "2022 Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  15. ^ Strøm, Ole Kristian; Christiansen, Synne Sofie (2024-08-09). "Grace Bullen misser OL-finalen i smerter" [Grace Bullen miss the Olympics final in pain]. VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  16. ^ Siwach, Vinay (2024-02-17). "Bullen brims with confidence after third European gold". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  17. ^ Berthelsen, Even; Bryne, Lars; Tollaksen, Marius Skåtevik; Hagen, Mathias (2024-08-12). "Grace Bullen er usikker på om hun satser mot nytt OL" [Grace Bullen unsure if she will go for another Olympics]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-09.
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