Shalva Gadabadze ( az, Şalva Qadabadze; born May 30, 1984, in
Tbilisi
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,
Georgian SSR
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) is an amateur Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's light heavyweight category.
He won two bronze medals at the
2009 European Wrestling Championships
The 2009 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event took place from 31 March to 5 April 2009.
Bids
Five countries showed interest in hosting the tournament, but only two were shortlisted: Vilnius (Lithuania) a ...
in
Vilnius, Lithuania
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, and at the
2011 European Wrestling Championships
The 2011 FILA European Wrestling Championships were held in Dortmund, Germany, from 29 March to 3 April 2011.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
External linksOfficial website
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Dortmund, Germany
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. He is a member of Atasport Wrestling Club in
Baku
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, and is coached and trained by Eldshin Dshafarov.
Gadabadze represented his current nation,
Azerbaijan
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, at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, where he competed in the
men's 84 kg class. He first defeated Tunisia's Haykel Achouri in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing the quarterfinal match to Hungary's
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, with a technical score of 2–5. Because his opponent advanced further into the final, Gadabadze was offered another shot at the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts. He was defeated by China's
Ma Sanyi in the first repechage round, with a score of 5–6.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, Gadabadze switched to a heavier class, competing in the
men's 96 kg. He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out to Russia's
Rustam Totrov, who was able to score three points in two straight periods. Because Totrov advanced further into the final, Gadabadze qualified for the repechage bout, where he was defeated by Sweden's
Jimmy Lidberg
Jimmy Lidberg (born 13 April 1982) is a retired Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler. He is an Olympic bronze medalist and won several World and European Championship medals as well.
Biography
Lidberg grew up in Farsta and on Södermalm in Stockholm a ...
, with a technical score of 1–2.
References
External links
Profile – International Wrestling Database
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Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
1984 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Summer World University Games medalists in wrestling
Universiade medalists for Georgia (country)
Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade