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Giorgi Meshvildishvili
გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი
	Meshvildishvili, bronze medallist at 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National team	Azerbaijan
Born	13 May 1992 (age 32); Georgia
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
Country	Georgia (2012–2018); Azerbaijan (2023–present);
Sport	Amateur wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Zelimkhan Khuseynov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
European Championships
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Poland Open (Wacław Ziółkowski Memorial)
Grand Prix
Representing Georgia
European U23 Championships

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Giorgi Meshvildishvili (Azerbaijani: Giorgi Meşvildişvili, Georgian: გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი; born 13 May 1992) is a Georgian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 125 kilograms.^[1] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[2]

Wrestling career

George Meshvildishvili, representing Georgia, won the European Sumo Championship. In 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships, he won a silver medal at the European U23 Wrestling Championships in Poland, losing in the final to Muradin Kushkhov of Russia. In 2021, Meshvildishvili won the Azerbaijani Open Championship. He also won international tournaments in Kiev, Vladikavkaz, Poland, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The way of the athlete to the world and European championships in freestyle wrestling was often blocked by the leader of the Georgian team, two-time Olympic medalist Geno Petriashvili.^[3]

Meshvildishvili made his debut as a member of the Azerbaijani team in early February at a ranking tournament in Croatia. At this tournament in Zagreb, Meshvildishvili reached the final, where he was to fight with Amir Husein Abbas of Iran, but didn't appear on the mat because of an injury. As a result, Meshvildishvili suffered a technical defeat and settled for the silver medal.^[4]

In April 2023 he took part in the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb. Meshvildishvili defeated Gennady Chudinovich of Germany in qualification, but lost in the quarterfinals to Taha Akgul of Turkey. In the bronze medal he defeated Abraham Conyedo of Italy.^[5]^[6]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.^[7] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the Olympics.^[2]

References

^ "MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page". uww.org.
^ ^a ^b "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Сборная Азербайджана пополнилась грузинским тяжеловесом - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". www.wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
^ "Zagreb Open: Еще 3 азербайджанских борца завоевали медали". Информационное Агентство Репорт. 2 February 2023.
^ "Четвертая победа Алиева на ЕВРО, первое золото Рзазаде, Магомедов упускает победу". www.azerisport.com.
^ "Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу". www.azerisport.com.
^ "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

External links

Giorgi Meshvildishvili at United World Wrestling
Giorgi Meshvildishvili at the International Wrestling Database
Giorgi Meshvildishvili at Olympics.com
Giorgi Meshvildishvili at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Giorgi Meşvildişvili at Olympic.az (in Azerbaijani)

[1] "MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page". uww.org.

[wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024-2] "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[3] "Сборная Азербайджана пополнилась грузинским тяжеловесом - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". www.wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-04-23.

[4] "Zagreb Open: Еще 3 азербайджанских борца завоевали медали". Информационное Агентство Репорт. 2 February 2023.

[5] "Четвертая победа Алиева на ЕВРО, первое золото Рзазаде, Магомедов упускает победу". www.azerisport.com.

[6] "Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу". www.azerisport.com.

[european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024-7] "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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-'''Giorgi Meshvildishvili''' ({{lang-ka|გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი}}; born 13 May 1992) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]]-[[Azerbaijan]]i [[freestyle wrestler]] who currently competes at [[Wrestling weight classes#Men's freestyle wrestling|125 kilograms]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uww.org/athletes/meshvildishvili-giorgi|title=MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page|website=uww.org}}</ref> He won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg|men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref>
+'''Giorgi Meshvildishvili''' ({{langx|az|Giorgi Meşvildişvili}}, {{langx|ka|გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი}}; born 13 May 1992) is a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]]-[[Azerbaijan]]i [[freestyle wrestler]] who currently competes at [[Wrestling weight classes#Men's freestyle wrestling|125 kilograms]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/athletes/meshvildishvili-giorgi |title=MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page |website=uww.org}}</ref> He won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg|men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024">{{Cite web |title=Wrestling Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}</ref>
 ==Wrestling career==
-George Meshvildishvili, representing Georgia, won the [[European Sumo Championship]]. In [[2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships]], he won a silver medal at the [[European U23 Wrestling Championships]] in [[Poland]], losing in the final to [[Muradin Kushkhov]] of [[Russia]]. In 2021, Meshvildishvili won the [[Azerbaijani Open Championship]]. He also won international tournaments in Kiev, Vladikavkaz, Poland, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The way of the athlete to the world and European championships in freestyle wrestling was often blocked by the leader of the Georgian team, two-time Olympic medalist [[Geno Petriashvili]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestdag.ru/news/ru/v_mire/sbornaja_azerbajdzhana_popolnilas_gruzinskim_tjazhelovesom/|title=Сборная Азербайджана пополнилась грузинским тяжеловесом - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы|website=www.wrestdag.ru|access-date=2023-04-23|archive-date=2023-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126012024/https://www.wrestdag.ru/news/ru/v_mire/sbornaja_azerbajdzhana_popolnilas_gruzinskim_tjazhelovesom/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+George Meshvildishvili, representing Georgia, won the [[European Sumo Championship]]. In [[2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships]], he won a silver medal at the [[European U23 Wrestling Championships]] in [[Poland]], losing in the final to [[Muradin Kushkhov]] of [[Russia]]. In 2021, Meshvildishvili won the [[Azerbaijani Open Championship]]. He also won international tournaments in Kiev, Vladikavkaz, Poland, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The way of the athlete to the world and European championships in freestyle wrestling was often blocked by the leader of the Georgian team, two-time Olympic medalist [[Geno Petriashvili]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wrestdag.ru/news/ru/v_mire/sbornaja_azerbajdzhana_popolnilas_gruzinskim_tjazhelovesom/ |title=Сборная Азербайджана пополнилась грузинским тяжеловесом - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы |website=www.wrestdag.ru |access-date=2023-04-23 |archive-date=2023-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126012024/https://www.wrestdag.ru/news/ru/v_mire/sbornaja_azerbajdzhana_popolnilas_gruzinskim_tjazhelovesom/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
-Meshvildishvili made his debut as a member of the Azerbaijani team in early February at a ranking tournament in Croatia. At this tournament in Zagreb, Meshvildishvili reached the final, where he was to fight with Amir Husein Abbas of Iran, but didn't appear on the mat because of an injury. As a result, Meshvildishvili suffered a technical defeat and settled for the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/zagreb-open-eshe-3-azerbajdzhanskih-borca-zavoevali-medali/|title=Zagreb Open: Еще 3 азербайджанских борца завоевали медали|website=Информационное Агентство Репорт|date=2 February 2023 }}</ref>
+Meshvildishvili made his debut as a member of the Azerbaijani team in early February at a ranking tournament in Croatia. At this tournament in Zagreb, Meshvildishvili reached the final, where he was to fight with Amir Husein Abbas of Iran, but didn't appear on the mat because of an injury. As a result, Meshvildishvili suffered a technical defeat and settled for the silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://report.az/ru/individual-nye/zagreb-open-eshe-3-azerbajdzhanskih-borca-zavoevali-medali/ |title=Zagreb Open: Еще 3 азербайджанских борца завоевали медали |website=Информационное Агентство Репорт |date=2 February 2023}}</ref>
-In April 2023 he took part in the [[2023 European Wrestling Championships]] in Zagreb. Meshvildishvili defeated Gennady Chudinovich of Germany in qualification, but lost in the quarterfinals to Taha Akgul of Turkey. In the bronze medal he defeated Abraham Conyedo of Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20230418001004125.html|title=Четвертая победа Алиева на ЕВРО, первое золото Рзазаде, Магомедов упускает победу|website=www.azerisport.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20230419001956774.html|title=Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу|website=www.azerisport.com}}</ref>
+In April 2023 he took part in the [[2023 European Wrestling Championships]] in Zagreb. Meshvildishvili defeated Gennady Chudinovich of Germany in qualification, but lost in the quarterfinals to Taha Akgul of Turkey. In the bronze medal he defeated Abraham Conyedo of Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20230418001004125.html |title=Четвертая победа Алиева на ЕВРО, первое золото Рзазаде, Магомедов упускает победу |website=www.azerisport.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20230419001956774.html |title=Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу |website=www.azerisport.com}}</ref>
 He competed at the [[2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament]] in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France.<ref name="european_wrestling_olympic_qualification_tournament_results_book_2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164811/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-04/final-book-seniors_european_og_qualifier.pdf |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}</ref> He won one of the bronze medals in the [[Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 125 kg|men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the Olympics.<ref name="wrestling_results_book_summer_olympics_2024"/>
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 == External links ==
+* {{UWW|meshvildishvili-giorgi}}
-* {{sports links}}
+* {{IWD}}
+* {{Olympics.com|giorgi-meshvildishvili}}
+* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/giorgi-meshvildishvili_1947172 Giorgi Meshvildishvili] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
+* {{Olympic.az|giorgi-mesvildisvili|Giorgi Meşvildişvili}}
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