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Geno Petriashvili (გენო პეტრიაშვილი; born 1 April 1994) is a Georgian heavyweight
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Biography

Geno Petriashvili was born in 1994 in
Gori, Georgia Gori ( ka, გორი ) is a city in eastern Georgia (country), Georgia, which serves as the mkhare, regional Capital (political), capital of Shida Kartli. It is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Mtkvari and the Liakhvi River, Liakh ...
. His father was a local businessowner Spartak Petriashvili. 19 August 2005, when Geno was 11, he was kidnapped by two perpetrators in the village of Nuli in the disputed Tskhinvali region of Georgia. During the investigation the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has accused the Russian peacekeeping force of covering for the criminals because the Georgian police force was not allowed to pursue the perpetrators. Geno was released from captivity by the police after 3 months, 25 November 2005. In 2010, he took part in the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, ) officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, were the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic Games-based event for young athletes. Held ...
in Singapore, which was held for the first time, and finished in fourth place there in the weight category up to 100 kg behind Ali Magomedabirov, Azerbaijan and
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, Cuba. In 2011, he won a bronze medal at the
2011 European Juniors Wrestling Championships The 2011 European Juniors Wrestling Championships was held in Zrenjanin, Serbia 21–26 June 2011. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External linksOff ...
in Zrenyanin behind Ihor Dzyatko of Belarus and Aslan Dzebishov of Azerbaijan. He then won his first international title in the 100 kg weight category at the 2011 European Cadets Wrestling Championships in Warsaw. He won there ahead of Ruslan Gadzhiyev from Azerbaijan. In the same age group, he then became vice world champion in Szombathely in August 2011. In the final he lost to Adam Coon from the USA. In 2012, Geno Petriashvili suffered a disappointment at the
2012 European Juniors Wrestling Championships The 2012 European Juniors Wrestling Championships was held in Zagreb, Croatia between June 19–24, 2012. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References External lin ...
in Zagreb, where he only finished 10th in the heavyweight category. In September 2012, however, he won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Pattaya behind Magomedgazhi Nurasulov of Russia and Muradin Khushchev of Ukraine. In December 2012, he caused a minor sensation at the Georgian Senior Championships, where he won the heavyweight title. On the way to this success he beat, among others, the multiple medallist at world championships Davit Modzmanashvili and in the final fight also the older and more experienced Giorgi Sakandelidze. In March 2013, he was therefore entered in
2013 European Wrestling Championships The 2013 European Wrestling Championships were held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 19 March to 24 March 2013. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle (*) Romanian original silver medallist ...
in Tbilisi. As the youngest participant in the heavyweight division, he did not disappoint at all there, but secured a bronze medal with victories over Boban Danov, Macedonia and Magomedgadji Nurasulov, a defeat against Alen Sasseyev, Ukraine and a victory over Nick Matuhin, Germany. Geno Petriashvili also won the same medal a few months later at the
2013 World Wrestling Championships The 2013 World Wrestling Championships was the 9th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from September 16 to 22 in Budapest, Hungary. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco- ...
in Budapest. There he defeated Hitender Beniwal, India and
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, Romania, then lost to
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, Russia and secured the bronze medal by defeating
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of China. In 2014 Geno Petriashvili became
2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships The 2014 European Juniors Wrestling Championships was held in Warsaw, Poland between June 17–22, 2014. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle References {{European ...
champion in Katowice. He defeated Yunus Emre Dede from Turkey in the final. He served a six-months suspension in 2014 after testing positive for the non-performance enhancing Preductal, which Petriashvili had been taking regularly since being kidnapped as a child. In June 2015 he took part in the
2015 European Games The 1st European Games (), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the Europe ...
in Baku. There he defeated Boban Danov from Macedonia and
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, Ukraine, in the heavyweight division, then lost to former world champion
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from Belarus, but secured a bronze medal with a victory over Levan Berianidze from Armenia. He also won the same medal at
2015 World Wrestling Championships The 2015 UWW World Wrestling Championships were the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from September 7 to 12 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley, United States. Medal table T ...
in Las Vegas in September 2015. There he defeated
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from Canada, Alen Zasyeyev from Ukraine and
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from Kyrgyzstan. In the semi-finals he lost to
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from Azerbaijan. He then defeated
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from Mongolia in the bronze medal match. In March 2016, Geno Petriashvili won his first senior international championship title at
2016 European Wrestling Championships The 2016 European Wrestling Championships were held in Riga, Latvia, from 8 March to 13 March 2016. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 434 wrestlers from 38 ...
in Riga, he defeated multiple world champion
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
from Turkey on points (8:8) in his first fight in the heavyweight category. He also defeated
Dániel Ligeti Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and ...
from Hungary, Alen Zasieiev and
Robert Baran Robert Baran (born 3 July 1992, in Jarocin) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He reached the quarter-finals in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg, men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finish ...
from Poland in the final fight, whom he even shouldered. He also represented the colours of Georgia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. There he came to victories over Dimitar Kumchev from Bulgaria and Alen Zasyeyev. He suffered a very narrow defeat against
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from Iran with the score tied at 4:4. Geno Petriashvili then won another bronze medal with victories over
Korey Jarvis Korey Jarvis (born October 4, 1986) is a Canadian wrestler who most notably won a gold medal in the 125 kg category in men's freestyle wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He has additionally, competed and won the Canadian National Wre ...
from Canada and
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from the United States. In August 2017, Geno Petriashvili became world champion for the first time in Paris at
2017 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 World Wrestling Championships were the 14th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held from August 21 to 27 in Paris, France. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Gr ...
. He defeated
Anzor Khizriev Anzor Ruslanovich Khizriev (; born 31 October 1990 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent, who competes in the 125 kg weight category. Senior European Games gold medalist 2019, he came in 5th at the 2018 World Champ ...
of Russia,
Korey Jarvis Korey Jarvis (born October 4, 1986) is a Canadian wrestler who most notably won a gold medal in the 125 kg category in men's freestyle wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He has additionally, competed and won the Canadian National Wre ...
, Levan Berianidze of Armenia and Olympic champion
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
of Turkey on the way to this success. While he defeated his first three opponents all early, his victory over
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
was close but deserved with 10:8 points. Three months later, Geno Petriashvili also became
2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships The 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships were the inaugural edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events, and was held from November 21 to 26 in Bydgoszcz, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a co ...
in Bydgoszcz. He defeated all his opponents early. They were Taiki Yamamoto from Japan, Hu Zhangxiang from China, Danilo Kartawii from Ukraine and Magomedamin Dibirov from Russia.
2018 European Wrestling Championships The 69th UWW European Wrestling Championships was held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, between 30 April and 6 May 2018. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations ...
in Kaspijsk Geno Petriashvili met
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
again in the final fight. He lost this fight narrowly with 1:2 and therefore only came in 2nd place at this European Championship. However, at
2018 World Wrestling Championships The 2018 World Wrestling Championships were the 15th edition of World Wrestling Championships of combined events and were held from 20 to 28 October in Budapest, Hungary. Russia claimed 10 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals, its best ...
in Budapest in October 2018, he repeated his title win of the previous year. He won over
Dániel Ligeti Dániel Ligeti (born July 31, 1989) is an amateur Hungarian freestyle wrestler, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. He won the bronze medal for his division at the 2011 European Wrestling Championships in Dortmund, Germany, and ...
, Hungary,
Anzor Khizriev Anzor Ruslanovich Khizriev (; born 31 October 1990 in Chechnya) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent, who competes in the 125 kg weight category. Senior European Games gold medalist 2019, he came in 5th at the 2018 World Champ ...
, Russia,
Parviz Hadi Parviz Hadi Basmenj (; born 16 November 1987 in Basmenj, East Azerbaijan, Iran), is an Iranian wrestler. He became Pahlevan of Iran in the 2014/2015 competition. Major achievements * World Championships – 2018 * Asian Games – 2014, 2018 ...
, Iran and in the final over
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from China, whom he beat safely with 6:0 techn. points. His main rival
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
had already failed in the quarter-finals against Parviz Hadi.
2018 European Wrestling Championships The 69th UWW European Wrestling Championships was held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia, between 30 April and 6 May 2018. Medal table Team ranking Medal overview Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations ...
in Bucharest Geno Petriashvili reached the final with three wins against
Taha Akgül Taha Akgül (born 22 November 1990 in Sivas) is an Olympic, World, European champion, and retired Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 125 kg division. He is a 3 time world (2014, 2015, 2022) and 11 time European (2012-2015, 2017-201 ...
, against whom, however, he had no chance on that day and lost clearly with 0:7. At
2019 World Wrestling Championships The 2019 World Wrestling Championships were held in Astana, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from 14 September to 22 September 2019. The tournament served as qualification for the Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, the top six wres ...
in Nur-Sultan Geno Petriashvili faced Taha Akgül again in the final. At first it looked as if he would lose to Taha Akgül again, as he did at the European Championships in Bucharest, because he was down 0:4 points at half-time. But then he managed to equalise 4:4 before Taha Akgül took the lead again with 6:4 points shortly before the end. With an energetic performance Geno Petriashvili managed to equalise 6:6 and therefore won on the basis of the last score. At
2020 European Wrestling Championships The 2020 European Wrestling Championships was held in Rome, Italy between 10 and 16 February 2020. Medal table Team ranking Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Participating nations 498 competitor ...
in Rome, Geno Petriashvili became European Champion for the second time after 2016. On the way to this success he defeated four wrestlers, in the final the Pole
Robert Baran Robert Baran (born 3 July 1992, in Jarocin) is a Polish freestyle wrestler. He reached the quarter-finals in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg, men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finish ...
. Geno Petriashvili 2016 Olympic Games in Tokyo, a member of the freestyle wrestling team, won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He lost 10-8 American
Gable Steveson Minnesota Golden Gophers Gable Dan Steveson (born May 31, 2000) is an American wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medalist, and was also a three-time age-group world champion. I ...
in the last seconds. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 125kg event at the
2022 World Wrestling Championships The 2022 World Wrestling Championships was the 17th edition of the World Wrestling Championships of combined events and was held between 10 and 18 September 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia. The UWW Bureau approved the candidature of Belgrade, Serbia as ...
held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2023, He won the silver medal at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, losing 9-4 to Taha Akgül in the men's freestyle 125kg final match. He won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 125kg event at the
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. P ...
in Paris, France.


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