Aleksi "Alex" Modebadze ( ka, ალექსი მოდებაძე; born February 21, 1978) is a retired amateur Georgian freestyle wrestler who competed in the men's super heavyweight category. He represented his nation
Georgia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and later claimed three career medals at the European Championships. Modebadze also trained for Shevardeni Wrestling Club in
Tbilisi
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under his personal coach Zaza Turmanidze.
Modebadze made his official debut at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in
Sydney
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, where he competed in the
men's super heavyweight division (130 kg). He eclipsed Greece's Efstathios Topalidis on his opening bout with a striking effort, but could not pin Iranian wrestler and 1999 world champion
Abbas Jadidi
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into the ring without collecting a single point. Finishing second in the prelim pool and tenth in the overall rankings, Modebadze fell short to earn a spot for the quarterfinals.
At the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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, Modebadze qualified for his second Georgian squad in the
men's 120 kg class by receiving a berth and achieving a top eight finish from the
2003 World Wrestling Championships
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Medal table
Team ranking
Medal su ...
in
New York City, New York
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,
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. Modebadze managed to score a single triumph over Hungary's
Ottó Aubéli with a five-point advantage, but he was thrown powerfully by Russian wrestler and 1997 world champion
Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov
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in overtime to end his Olympic campaign with a second-place effort in the prelim pool and fourteenth in the overall rankings.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country)
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sport wrestlers from Tbilisi
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