Guivi Sissaouri

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| birth_name = Guivi Sissaouri

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 15, 1971}}

| birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

| hometown = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| height = 163 cm

| country = {{CAN}}

| sport = Wrestling

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| native_name = გივი სისაური

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| weight_class = 57–58 kg

| event = Freestyle

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's freestyle wrestling }}

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Guivi "Gia" Sissaouri ({{lang-ka|გივი სისაური|tr}}, born April 15, 1971) is a Georgian-Canadian former freestyle wrestler.

Biography

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sissaouri began wrestling at age ten.{{cite news |url=http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/TeamCanada/Wrestling/Sissaouri/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721122146/http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/TeamCanada/Wrestling/Sissaouri/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |title=Team Canada profile |publisher=CANOE |accessdate=20 May 2010}} He would later become a citizen of Canada.

Sissaouri won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/igali-prepared-to-defend-wrestling-world-title-1.287105 |title=Igali prepared to defend wrestling world title |date=November 20, 2001 |publisher=CBC.ca |access-date=May 20, 2010}} in the 57 kg class. He also won the gold at the 2001 World Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria in the 58 kg class, a silver at the 1995 World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia in the 57 kg class, a bronze at the 1998 World Championships at Tehran, Iran in the 58 kg class, and another bronze at the 1997 World Championships at Krasnoyarsk, Russia also in the 58 kg class. In the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Sissaouri would win the gold medal in his division.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/low/other_sports/wrestling/newsid_2172000/2172321.stm |title=Igali completes Canadian sweep |date=August 4, 2002 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=May 20, 2010}}

Sissaouri also appeared on season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter as Georges St-Pierre's wrestling coach.{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/20841/episode-no-3-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-12-team-gsp-vs-team-koscheck.mma |title=Episode No. 3 recap: "The Ultimate Fighter 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck" |publisher=mmajunkie.com |date=September 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002041254/http://mmajunkie.com/news/20841/episode-no-3-recap-the-ultimate-fighter-12-team-gsp-vs-team-koscheck.mma |archivedate=October 2, 2010 }}

He trains at the Montreal Wrestling Club.

References

{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/gia-sissaouri-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/gia-sissaouri-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Gia Sissaouri}}