Ramaz Zoidze
{{short description|Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler}}
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{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2021 Oslo | 67 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Bratislava|77 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition| World U23 Championship }}
{{Medal|Silver| 2018 Bucharest | 72 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championship }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2019 Novi Sad | 72 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2018 Istanbul | 72 kg }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2017 Szombathely | 71 kg }}
{{Medal|Bronze| 2016 Russe | 71 kg }}
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Ramaz Zoidze ({{lang-ka|რამაზ ზოიძე}}, born 13 February 1996) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway.{{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}} He also represented Georgia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
In 2018, Zoidze won the gold medal in the men's 72 kg event at the European U23 Wrestling Championship held in Istanbul, Turkey.{{Cite web|title=2018 European U23 Wrestling Championship|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/results_06_istanbul.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140722/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/results_06_istanbul.pdf|archive-date=12 June 2018|access-date=9 August 2020|website=United World Wrestling}} In the same year, he won the silver medal in his event at the 2018 World U23 Wrestling Championship held in Bucharest, Romania.
In 2019, he was eliminated in his first match in the 72{{nbsp}}kg event at the European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|title=2019 European Wrestling Championships Results|website=United World Wrestling|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412162932/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/opt-final-book_european_bucharest_2019.pdf|archive-date=12 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}
In March 2021, Zoidze qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=20 March 2021|title=Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105686/grecoroman-wrestling-places-tokyo-2020|access-date=20 March 2021}}{{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}} At the Olympics, he lost his bronze medal match in the 67{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web|title=Wrestling Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}
Zoidze competed in the 67{{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}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Male sport wrestlers from Georgia (country)
Category:Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Wrestlers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Georgia (country)
Category:21st-century sportsmen from Georgia (country)
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