Vladimer Khinchegashvili

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.[5] In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.[4]

Vladimer Khinchegashvili
Khinchegashvili at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1991-04-18) April 18, 1991
Gori, Georgia[1]
EducationGori State University
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
ClubDinamo Gori[1][3]
Coached byArkadi Khinchikashvili[1]
Revaz Kobakhidze (national)
Nugzar Skhireli (personal)[4][5]
Medal record
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 57 kg
2012 London55 kg
World Championships
2015 Las Vegas57 kg
2014 Tashkent57 kg
2017 Paris61 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk65 kg
European Championships
2014 Vantaa57 kg
2016 Riga61 kg
2017 Novi Sad61 kg
2011 Dortmund55 kg
2013 Tbilisi60 kg
2018 Kaspiysk65 kg
Updated on 24 March 2012.

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.[6]

Following his medal at the 2012 Olympics, Khinchegashvili won silver at the 2014 World Championships.[7] Khinchegashvili followed this by winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships.[7] That year, he and Belarussian wrestler, Vladislav Andreev, were disqualified from the European Games, after their semifinal match descended into a brawl.[8]

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.[6]

In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships.[7]

References
  1. "Athlete – Vladimer Khinchegashvili". Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
  2. Vladimer Khinchegashvili. rio2016.com
  3. Vladimer Khinchegashvili. sports-reference.com
  4. Vladimer Khinchegashvili. nbcolympics.com
  5. Khinchegashvili, Vladimir (GEO) Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. iat.uni-leipzig.de
  6. "Vladimer Khinchegashvili Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. Andrew. "UWW LIVE: Olympic Champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. Staff, S. I. "Brawl costs wrestlers European Games medals". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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