Nikoloz Kakhelashvili

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Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (born 14 November 1995) is a Georgian-born Italian Greco-Roman wrestler. He is a two-time medalist at the European Wrestling Championships.

Career

Kakhelashvili represented Georgia in several competitions before switching to Italy in 2018.

Kakhelashvili competed in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary without winning a medal.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|title=2018 World Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414123246/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/2018-world-championships_final-book.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2020|access-date=14 April 2020}} He was eliminated in his first match by Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia. In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|title=2020 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412124934/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/eucs-rome-final-book_1.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1090467/armenia-golds-european-wrestling-champs|title=Armenia claim two Greco-Roman titles on day three of European Wrestling Championships|date=12 February 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|access-date=12 February 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Ghazanchyan|first=Siranush|url=https://en.armradio.am/2020/02/13/armenias-artur-aleksanyan-clinches-gold-at-european-championship/|title=Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan clinches gold at European Championship|date=13 February 2020|work=Public Radio of Armenia|access-date=31 March 2020}} In the final, he lost against Artur Aleksanyan.

In March 2021, Kakhelashvili competed at the European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2021|access-date=24 March 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} He won his first two matches but then lost his match in the semi-finals against Arvi Savolainen of Finland. In April 2021, Kakhelashvili won one of the bronze medals in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=25 April 2021|title=Double world champion Evloev clinches Russian sweep at European Wrestling Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107106/wrestling|access-date=25 April 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 European Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425200427/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_senior_european_championships.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2021|access-date=25 April 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In May 2021, he also failed to qualify for the Olympics at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite news|last=Shefferd|first=Neil|date=8 May 2021|title=Armenia and Romania book multiple Tokyo 2020 places at UWW World Olympic Games qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1107558/uww-greco-roman-qualifying|access-date=8 May 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509161754/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/world_og_qualifier_final_book.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2021|access-date=9 May 2021|website=United World Wrestling}} In October 2021, Kakhelashvili lost his bronze medal match in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=9 October 2021|title=Olympic medallist Saravi one of two Iranian winners on penultimate day at UWW World Championships in Oslo|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1114016/saravi-uww-world-championships-wrestling|access-date=9 October 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 World Wrestling Championships Results Book|url=https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016114828/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/results_10_oslo.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2021|access-date=16 October 2021|website=United World Wrestling}}

In 2022, Kakhelashvili competed in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary where he was eliminated in his first match. A few months later, he won the silver medal in his event at the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 held in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625194934/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-06/final-book-matteo_pellicone.pdf?VersionId=qzK3za9J0rNgcVjK8V3USdzHshFpyOIW |archive-date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}} He lost his bronze medal match in the 97{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.{{Cite web |title=2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918183512/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-09/final-book-2022-senior-world-championships_compressed.pdf?VersionId=zoTz_Ra8zK5EkVhfrZuDG5THXf4.3ik. |archive-date=18 September 2022 |access-date=18 September 2022 |website=United World Wrestling}}

Kakhelashvili competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify 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 was eliminated in his second match and he did not qualify for the Olympics. Kakhelashvili also competed at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey without qualifying for the Olympics.{{Cite web |title=2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book |url=https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514204605/https://cdn.uww.org/2024-05/results_05_istanbul_qt.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=United World Wrestling}}