Georgy Ketoyev (; born 19 November 1985 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by the Red Army) in 1921 to its independence in 1991. Cotermin ...

) is a Russian-born

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

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 U ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

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, beaten by

Revaz Mindorashvili Revaz Mindorashvili ( ka, რევაზ მინდორაშვილი, born July 1, 1976) is a Georgian wrestler, who has won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Gam ...

of Georgia whom Ketoev had previously beaten. The Russian took the gold medal at the World Championship in Baku (2007) in the 84 kg category, by defeating Jousop Abdusalomov of Tajikistan. It was Ketoev's first time as a world teamer. He won the spot on the Russian team over past World Champions

Sazhid Sazhidov Sazhid Khalilrakhmanovich Sazhidov (; born 6 February 1980) is a Russian Olympic wrestler who represented his country at the world-level from 2003 to 2006. He won the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the final match 2003 FILA Wrest ...

and

Adam Saitiev Adam Hamidovich Saitiev, also spelled Saytiev, (, born December 12, 1977) is a Russian wrestler, who won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics at 85 kg. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Adam also won the Wrestling Worl ...

. Ketoev won the Junior World Championship in 2005 and had only one finish below first in world-level competition, which was a second-place finish in 2005 at the World Cup. Ketoev took the silver medal at the European Championship in Vilnius (2009) in the 96 kg weight class, losing to Khetag Gazyumov from Azerbaijan in the finals.

References

The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

External links

* Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wrestlers for Russia Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi 1985 births Living people Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists Russian male sport wrestlers 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Olympic-medalist-stub