Dato Marsagishvili ( ka, დათო მარსაგიშვილი; born March 30, 1991) is a male wrestler from

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, born in

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, despite losing the quarterfinals against Jaime Espinal of

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, he was offered another shot in the repechage rounds, winning against Nigeria's Andrew Dick via walkout and defeating

Soslan Gattsiev Soslan Magometovich Gattsiev ( uz, Сослан Магометович Гатциев; born September 27, 1985 in Andijan, Uzbekistan) is an amateur Belarusian freestyle wrestler of Uzbek origin, who competes in the men's light heavyweight catego ...

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, thus winning the bronze medal at the

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in the men's 84 kg category. Dato Marsagishvili retired from Olympic wrestling in 2021 and stopped competing for a spot in the Tokyo Olympics.

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* Living people 1991 births Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country) Olympic bronze medalists for Georgia (country) Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Wrestling Championships medalists European Wrestling Championships medalists {{Georgia-Olympic-medalist-stub People from Mtskheta-Mtianeti