Vladimer Khinchegashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a
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n freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the
2012 Olympics
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and a gold at the
2016 Olympics
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. He also won a world title in 2015 and European titles in 2014, 2016 and 2017.Khinchegashvili, Vladimir (GEO) . iat.uni-leipzig.de In 2015, he was selected as Male Georgian Athlete of the Year by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. nbcolympics.com
Career
2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili beat
Ibrahim Farag
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in the first round, before beating
Radoslav Velikov
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,
Amit Kumar
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and
Shinichi Yumoto
(born 4 December 1984 in Wakayama) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the round of 16. He competed in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. He compe ...
. In the Olympic final, he lost to
Dzhamal Otarsultanov
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.
Following his medal at the 2012 Olympics, Khinchegashvili won silver at the 2014 World Championships. Khinchegashvili followed this by winning the gold medal at the 2015 World Championships. That year, he and Belarusian wrestler, Vladislav Andreev, were disqualified from the
European Games
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, after their semifinal match descended into a brawl.
2016 Summer Olympics
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili received a bye in the first round, before beating Nurislam Sanayev in the second round. He beat
Haji Aliyev
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and
Vladimir Dubov
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before beating
Rei Higuchi
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In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the
World Championships
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