Ioseb Ivanesh Chugoshvili ( ka, იოსებ ივანეს ჩუგოშვილი; born July 29, 1986 in Telavi,

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) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category. Chugoshvili represented

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at the

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, where he competed in the 120 kg class, an event which was dominated by defending Olympic champion Mijaín López of Cuba. He was eliminated in his first preliminary match against Estonia's

Heiki Nabi Heiki Nabi (born 6 June 1985) is an Estonian Olympic champion Greco-Roman wrestler. Nabi was born in Hilleste, Hiiumaa. At the 2006 World Wrestling Championships he won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman (96 kg) category and became ...

, with a technical score of 1–4 after two periods, and a classification score of 1–3. Because Nabi advanced further into the final match against López, Chugoshvili offered another shot for an Olympic bronze medal through the repechage bouts. He first defeated Poland's Łukasz Banak, but lost the bronze medal match to Sweden's Johan Euren, who stopped him with a par terre position in order to score a point each in two out of three periods.

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Belarusian male sport wrestlers 1986 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for Belarus Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Telavi Sportspeople from Minsk European Games bronze medalists for Belarus European Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) European Wrestling Championships medalists 20th-century Belarusian people 21st-century Belarusian people {{Georgia-wrestling-bio-stub