Shalva Gadabadze ( az, Şalva Qadabadze; born May 30, 1984, in

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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

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, and at the

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. He is a member of Atasport Wrestling Club in

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, and is coached and trained by Eldshin Dshafarov. Gadabadze represented his current nation,

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, at the

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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

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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

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, with a technical score of 1–2.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gadabadze, Shalva 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