Giorgi Meshvildishvili
{{short description|Georgian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler}}
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გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი
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{{MedalCompetition |Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|125 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Bratislava|125 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Zagreb|125 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Bucharest|125 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Sofia|125 kg}}
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{{MedalSilver|2023 Zagreb|125 kg}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Warsaw|125 kg}}
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{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Walbrzych|92 kg}}
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Giorgi Meshvildishvili ({{langx|az|Giorgi Meşvildişvili}}, {{lang-ka|გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი}}; born 13 May 1992) is a Georgian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 125 kilograms.{{Cite web |url=https://uww.org/athletes/meshvildishvili-giorgi |title=MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page |website=uww.org}} He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.{{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}}
Wrestling career
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 Kyiv, 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.{{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/ }}
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.{{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}}
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.{{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}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.azerisport.com/wrestling/20230419001956774.html |title=Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу |website=www.azerisport.com}}
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.{{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}} He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125{{nbsp}}kg event at the Olympics.
References
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External links
- {{UWW|meshvildishvili-giorgi}}
- {{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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Category:Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
Category:Azerbaijani male sport wrestlers
Category:European Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Azerbaijan
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan