Giorgi Edisherashvili ( ka, გიორგი ედიშერაშვილი ; ; born 17 March 1988) is a wrestler from

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who has wrestled for both:

and

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. Edisherashvili is a three-time

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champion. In 2016, Edisherashvili was granted a sport citizenship of

, thus allowing him to compete and wrestle under

. He made his debut at the 2016 Yasar Dogu memorial tournament held in

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Wrestling career

Edisherashvili won his first European title in his hometown of

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at the

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whilst representing Georgia. Edisherashvili wrestled in the 55 kg weight category and defeated four-time

medalist and Belarusian-

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wrestler, Vladislav Andreev by winning both the second and third periods of the match in the final, to win the gold medal and capture first place. In Edisherashvili's second European Championship, he represented

in the 57 kg category at Novi Sad 2017, in

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. In the first round, he faced Dzimchyk Rynchynau of

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by 10-0 tech fall, he then beat French wrestler Zoheir El-Quarraqe by 10-3 decision in the quarter-final, and in the semi-final he beat

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Zaur Uguev by 5–1. In the final he faced Romania's Andrei Dukov by a 9–0 score, winning his second European title. Edisherashvili wrestled and took first place at the "Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial" in

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in February 2018. This result gained him entry to the

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. In April 2018, Edisherashvili wrestled for his third European title in

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. In the first round, Edisherashvili defeated Bulgarian wrestler Mikyay Naim by 10-0 tech fall. He next faced

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in the quarter-finals whom he defeated by another 10-0 tech fall. In the semi-finals Edisherashvili met with Belarusian wrestler Uladzislau Andreyeu and defeated him by 4-1 points. In the final, Edisherashvili met with former foe, Zaur Uguev and stunned the hometown favorite by a stunning lateral drop in the last 10 seconds - in a match he was losing 3–0, to winning it by a score of 4–3. Tedeev challenged the technique, and ultimately lost the challenge, thus giving an extra point to Edisherashvili making it 5-3 and giving him his third European title.

References

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