Davit Chakvetadze Explained

Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze (ru|Давит Гочаевич Чакветадзе, Georgian: დავით ჩაკვეტაძე; born 18 October 1992) is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler.^[1] He's the gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

In 2013, He moved to Russia by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili.^[2] At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal.^[3] He is silver medalist at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman and gold medalist at the 2015 European Games in the 85 kg category.^[4] Davit won the European Nations' Cup (Moscow Lights) in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9–2 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics,^[5] where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.

In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Davit Chakvetadze bio's. wrestrus.ru. 14 June 2015. 17 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150617102151/http://www.wrestrus.ru/users/9837. dead.
2. Web site: Georgian wrestler arrived in Russia. wrestrus.ru. 12 March 2015. 13 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313133556/http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/chempionat_rossii_po_greko_rimskoj_bor_be_2015/gogi_koguashvili_sergej_semenov_budet_gotovit_sja_k_evropejskim_igram_a_biljal_mahov_k_chempionatu_mira. dead.
3. Web site: Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships 2015. wrestrus.ru. 11 March 2015. 29 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150529003500/http://www.wrestrus.ru/turnirs/184. dead.
4. Web site: Chakvetadze motherland's. baku2015.com. 14 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191733/http://www.baku2015.com/athletes/athlete=chakvetadze-davit-1052395/index.html?intcmp=athletes-hub. 23 September 2015. usurped.
5. Web site: Russian Wrestling Team at the Olympics. wrestrus.ru. 12 August 2016. 17 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817205654/http://www.wrestrus.ru/news/Novosti_turnirov/olimpiada_2016/rio_2016_itogovij_sostav_sbornoj_rossii_po_bor_be. dead.
6. Web site: 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212337/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/2020-iwc-belgrade-final-book.pdf. 18 December 2020. 18 December 2020. United World Wrestling.