Besik Aslanasvili ( gr, Μπέζικ Ασλανασβίλι; born October 22, 1976, in

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) is a retired amateur Greek freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight category. Holding a dual citizenship to compete internationally, Aslanasvili has been selected to the nation's Olympic wrestling team when

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hosted the

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, and also picked up a gold medal in the 63-kg division at the

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. Throughout his sporting career, Aslanasvili trained full-time for Atlas Kallitheas Wrestling Club in

, under personal coach Michail Charachura. Aslanasvili qualified for the naturalized Greek squad in the men's lightweight class (60 kg), when

welcomed the world to the

. He filled up an entry by the International Federation of Association Wrestling and the

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, as Greece received an automatic berth for being the host nation. Amassed the home crowd inside

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, Aslanasvili opened the prelim pool with a shut out 5–2 victory over neighboring Albania's

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, before losing to Iran's Masoud Mostafa-Jokar by a rigid 3–2 decision. Placing second in the pool and eleventh in the final standings, Aslanasvili's performance was not enough to put him further into the medal rounds.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aslanasvili, Besik 1976 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Greece Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Emigrants from Georgia (country) to Greece Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi Greek male sport wrestlers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling