Davyd Tengizovich Saldadze (born February 15, 1978) is an

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i wrestler of Georgian origin, he also wrestled for

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

and won the Silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 97kg in the

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for

. He was born in

Kutaisi Kutaisi ( ; ka, ქუთაისი ) is a city in the Imereti region of the Georgia (country), Republic of Georgia. One of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the List o ...

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and is the brother of

Georgiy Saldadze Georgiy Saldadze (born 21 March 1973) is a Ukrainian wrestler. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, a ...

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* * * * 1978 births Living people Martial artists from Kutaisi Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Uzbekistani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Olympic wrestlers for Uzbekistan Olympic medalists in wrestling Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Asian Games wrestlers for Uzbekistan Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists Ukrainian people of Georgian descent Uzbekistani people of Georgian descent Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub