Giorgi Meshvildishvili
Giorgi Meshvildishvili (, ka, გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი; born 13 May 1992) is a Georgian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 125 kilograms. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Wrestling career Meshvildishvili, representing Georgia, won the European Sumo Championship. In 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships, he won a silver medal at the European U23 Wrestling Championships in Poland, losing in the final to Muradin Kushkhov of Russia. In 2021, Meshvildishvili won the Azerbaijani Open Championship. He also won international tournaments in Kyiv, Vladikavkaz, Poland, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The way of the athlete to the world and European championships in freestyle wrestling was often blocked by the leader of the Georgian team, two-time Olympic medalist Geno Petriashvili. Meshvildishvili made his debut as a member of the Azerbaijani team in early ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia covers an area of . It has a Demographics of Georgia (country), population of 3.7 million, of which over a third live in the capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city, Tbilisi. Ethnic Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation. Georgia has been inhabited since prehistory, hosting the world's earliest known sites of winemaking, gold mining, and textiles. The Classical antiquity, classical era saw the emergence of several kingdoms, such as Colchis and Kingdom of Iberia, Iberia, that formed the nucleus of the modern Georgian state. In the early fourth centu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2023 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
The 60th Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 2 and 5 March 2023. This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This tournament was held in honor of Dan Kolov who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria and European and World Champion Nikola Petroff. Event videos The event will air freely on the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation LivYoutubechannel. Competition schedule All times are (UTC+2) Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 384 wrestlers from 42 countries: # (6) # (1) # (7) # (7) # (2) # (9) # (60) # (1) # (1) # (1) # (1) # (1) # (4) # (9) # (4) # (1) # (14) # (12) # (5) # (5) # (15) # (3) # (47) # (20) # (4) # (6) # (1) # (2) # (5) # (7) # (2) # (6) # (17) # (1) # (14) # (3) # (10) # (4) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 5 to 7 April 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Qualification summary Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 April 65 kg 7 April 74 kg 7 April 86 kg 7 April 97 kg 7 April 125 kg 7 April Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 5 April 67 kg 5 April 77 kg 5 April 87 kg 5 April 97 kg 5 April 130 kg 5 April Women's freestyle 50 kg 6 April 53 kg 6 April 57 kg 6 April 62 kg 6 April 68 kg 6 April 76 kg 6 April Controversies Italian wrestler Frank Chamizo stated that he was offered a $300,000 bribe to lose to Azerbaijani wrestler Turan Bayramov, which Chamizo refused. Several of Chamizo's takedowns were not counted by the referee, and the match was tied 8-8 into the final seconds when Chamizo scored a takedown and earned two points. However, the referee overturned the points after Bayramov's coach ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Geno Petriashvili
Geno Petriashvili (გენო პეტრიაშვილი; born 1 April 1994) is a Georgian heavyweight Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. He is European champion in 2016 and 2020 and world champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a silver medal 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and gold medal 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.Petriashvili, Geno (GEO) . iat.uni-leipzig.de . nbcolympics.comGeno Petriashvili [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships
The 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships was the first edition of European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from March 24 to 29 in Walbrzych, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai .... Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External links {{European U23 Wrestling Championship 2015 in European sport European Wrestling U23 Championships Sports competitions in Poland European U23 Wrestling Championships ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. Paris was the host city, with events (mainly Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics, football) held in 16 additional cities in metropolitan France, including the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, sailing centre in the second-largest city of France, Marseille, on the Mediterranean Sea, as well as one subsite for Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics, surfing in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris and Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wrestling Weight Classes
In most styles of wrestling, opponents are matched based on weight class. Olympic and international weight classes In international competition, men's freestyle wrestling, men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and female Scholastic wrestling, wrestling utilize the following weight classes as of 2018: Men's freestyle wrestling * 57 kg (125 lbs) * 61 kg (134 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 65 kg (143 lbs) * 70 kg (154 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 74 kg (163 lbs) * 79 kg (174 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 86 kg (190 lbs) * 92 kg (203 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 97 kg (214 lbs) * 125 kg (276 lbs) Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling * 55 kg (121 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 60 kg (132 lbs) * 63 kg (139 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 67 kg (148 lbs) * 72 kg (159 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 77 kg (170 lbs) * 82 kg (181 lbs) (non-Olympic class) * 87  ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freestyle Wrestler
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic wrestling, scholastic and collegiate wrestling. U.S. collegiate women's wrestling is conducted under freestyle rules. Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its origins in Catch wrestling, catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin the opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Unlike Greco-Roman, freestyle and collegiate wrestling allow the use of the wrestler's or the opponent's legs in offense and defense. According to wrestling's world governing body, the United World Wrestling (UWW), freestyle wrestling is one of the six main forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced around the globe today. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015 European U23 Wrestling Championship
The 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships was the first edition of European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from March 24 to 29 in Walbrzych, Poland. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External links {{European U23 Wrestling Championship 2015 in European sport 2015 in sport wrestling, European Wrestling U23 Championships Sports competitions in Poland European U23 Wrestling Championships ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |