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Vladimer Khinchegashvili (Georgian: ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2016 Olympics.[1] He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017.[2] In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.[3] Mayor of Gori Municipality since 2021.

Career

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili beat Ibrahim Farag in the first round, before beating Radoslav Velikov, Amit Kumar and Shinichi Yumoto. In the Olympic final, he lost to Dzhamal Otarsultanov.[4]

Following his medal at the 2012 Olympics, Khinchegashvili won silver at the 2014 World Championships.[5] Khinchegashvili followed this by winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships.[5] That year, he and Belarusian wrestler, Vladislav Andreev, were disqualified from the European Games, after their semifinal match descended into a brawl.[6]

2016 Summer Olympics

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili received a bye in the first round, before beating Nurislam Sanayev in the second round. He beat Haji Aliyev and Vladimir Dubov before beating Rei Higuchi to win Olympic gold.[4]

In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Vladimer Khinchegashvili". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Khinchegashvili, Vladimir (GEO) Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
  3. ^ Vladimer Khinchegashvili. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimer Khinchegashvili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Andrew. "UWW LIVE: Olympic Champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili". United World Wrestling. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Staff, S. I. (June 17, 2015). "Brawl costs wrestlers European Games medals". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

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