Heorhiy Vasylovych Tibilov (also ''Georgii Tibilov'', uk, Георгій Васильович Тібілов; born November 6, 1984, in Vladikavkaz,

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) is an amateur Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category. He won a silver medal for his division at the

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, losing out to Georgia's

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. Tibilov represented

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at the

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, where he competed for the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Russia's

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, with a three-set technical score (1–0, 0–1, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3. Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Tibilov offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Turkey's

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in the repechage round. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Azerbaijan's

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, who was able to score seven points in two straight periods, leaving Tibilov without a single point.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database
1984 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Vladikavkaz Sportspeople from Kharkiv Ukrainian male sport wrestlers 20th-century Ukrainian people 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub