Ioseb Chugoshvili

{{short description|Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler}}

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| fullname = Ioseb Ivanesh Chugoshvili

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| residence = Minsk, Belarus

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|7|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Telavi, Georgia

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| weight = {{convert|120|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Wrestling

| event = Greco-Roman

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| club = Army Wrestling Club Minsk

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| coach = Komandar Madzhidov

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{{MedalSport | Men's Greco-Roman wrestling}}

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{{MedalCompetition | European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Baku|130 kg}}

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{{MedalBronze|2016 Riga|130 kg}}

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Ioseb Ivanesh Chugoshvili ({{lang-ka|იოსებ ივანეს ჩუგოშვილი}}; born July 29, 1986, in Telavi, Georgia) is an amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin, who competes in the men's super heavyweight category.{{cite web|title=Ioseb Chugoshvili|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chugoshvili-ioseb-1039493/|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=10 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405203127/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chugoshvili-ioseb-1039493/|archivedate=5 April 2013}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Ioseb Chugoshvili|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/iosif-chugoshvili-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/iosif-chugoshvili-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 10 December 2012}} Chugoshvili represented Belarus at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the 120 kg class, an event which was dominated by defending Olympic champion Mijaín López of Cuba. He was eliminated in his first preliminary match against Estonia's Heiki Nabi, with a technical score of 1–4 after two periods, and a classification score of 1–3.{{cite web|title=Men's 120kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Finals|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-120kg/match=wrm199406/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=10 December 2012|archive-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030132939/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-120kg/match=wrm199406/index.html|url-status=dead}} Because Nabi advanced further into the final match against López, Chugoshvili offered another shot for an Olympic bronze medal through the repechage bouts. He first defeated Poland's Łukasz Banak, but lost the bronze medal match to Sweden's Johan Euren, who stopped him with a par terre position in order to score a point each in two out of three periods.{{cite news|last=Abbott|first=Gary|title=Lopez, Noroozi and Khugaev add Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling golds in London|url=http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2012/olympics/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=25410|work=USA Wrestling|publisher=The Mat|date=5 August 2012|accessdate=9 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816033737/http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2012/olympics/main.php?page=showarticle&ArticleID=25410|archive-date=16 August 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Men's 120kg Greco-Roman Bronze Medal|url=http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-120kg/match=wrm199252/index.html|publisher=London 2012|accessdate=10 December 2012|archive-date=30 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030133107/http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/event/men-greco-roman-120kg/match=wrm199252/index.html|url-status=dead}}