Vladimer Khinchegashvili ( ka, ვლადიმერ ხინჩეგაშვილი; born April 18, 1991) is a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

n freestyle wrestler who competes in 55–61 kg categories. He won a silver medal at the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and a gold at the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. 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.
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Career

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Khinchegashvili beat Ibrahim Farag in the first round, before beating

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and Shinichi Yumoto. In the Olympic final, he lost to

Dzhamal Otarsultanov Dzhamal Sultanovich Otarsultanov (russian: Джамал Султанович Отарсултанов; born 14 April 1987 in Khasavyurtovsky District, Dagestan, Russia) is a male Chechen-Russian wrestler of Chechen heritage, who won the gold med ...

. 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

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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 Haji Aliyev ( az, Hacı Azər oğlu Əliyev; born 21 April 1991, in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR) is an Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 61 kg division in the 2014 European Wrestling Championships and won the gold medal ...

and

Vladimir Dubov Vladimir Dubov ( bg, Владимир Дубов) (born 20 February 1988) is a freestyle wrestler from Bulgaria. He competes in the 60 kg division and won the silver medal in the same division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships. H ...

before beating Rei Higuchi to win Olympic gold. In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the

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References

External links

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European Wrestling Council official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khinchegashvili, Vladimer Living people 1991 births People from Gori, Georgia Olympic wrestlers of Georgia (country) Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic gold medalists for Georgia (country) Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country) World Wrestling Championships medalists Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in wrestling European Games silver medalists for Georgia (country) European Wrestling Championships medalists World Wrestling Champions