Zurabi Iakobishvili

{{short description|Georgian freestyle wrestler}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Zurabi Iakobishvili
ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი

| image = Zurabi Iakobishvili (cropped).JPG

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| caption = Zurabi Iakobishvili at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway

| nationality =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|2|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kvareli, Georgia{{cite web |title=Zurabi Iakobishvili |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ia/zurabi-iakobishvili-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112941/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ia/zurabi-iakobishvili-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=July 7, 2019}}

| country = {{GEO}}

| sport = Wrestling

| weight_class = 70 kg

| event = Freestyle

| club =

| coach = Givi Metreveli; since 2000 - David Otiashvili, since 2009

| coaching = Grace Bullen

| worlds = {{World1}} (2017)

| regionals = {{Eur1}} (2022)

| height = 173 cm

| weight =

| headercolor = Gold

| native_name = ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი

| birth_name = Zurabi Iakobishvili

| show-medals = yes

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

{{MedalCountry | {{GEO}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Paris|65 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Budapest|70 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2021 Oslo|70 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Belgrade|70 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Budapest | 70 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2017 Novi Sad|65 kg}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Kaspiysk|70 kg}}

{{MedalCompetition|European U23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Walbrzych|65 kg}}

}}

Zurabi Iakobishvili ({{lang-ka|ზურაბ იაკობიშვილი}}; born February 4, 1992) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler and wrestling coach. He is a World Championships gold and three-time bronze medallist, and European Championships gold and two-time bronze medallist. Iakobishvili won the gold medal in the freestyle 65 kg event at the 2017 World Championships and the freestyle 70 kg event at the 2022 European Championships.{{Cite web |last=Olanowski |first=Eric |date=2018-07-05 |title=Iakobishvili Steals Gold From Olympic Champ Ramonov, Georgia Grabs Freestyle Team Title |url=https://uww.org/article/iakobishvili-steals-gold-olympic-champ-ramonov-georgia-grabs-freestyle-team-title |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=United World Wrestling |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Kozak |first=Jon |date=2022-03-31 |title=2022 European Championships Recap - Men's Freestyle |url=https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/7648819-2022-european-championships-recap-mens-freestyle |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=FloWrestling |language=en}} He is currently the head coach of the Norwegian female national wrestling team.{{Cite web |last=Strand |first=Erling |date=2024-10-09 |title=Zura Iakobishvili ansatt som landslagstrener for det norske kvinnelandslaget |url=https://bryting.no/2024/10/09/zura-iakobishvili-ansatt-som-landslagstrener-for-det-norske-kvinnelandslaget/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Norges Bryteforbund |language=nb-NO}}{{Cite web |last=Corneliussen |first=Arve |last2=Haugen |first2=Espen Myklebust |date=2024-10-09 |title=Gir bort stor sum: - Kan ikke ta imot slike penger nå |url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/gir-bort-stor-sum-kan-ikke-ta-imot-slike-penger-na/17070779/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=TV 2 |language=nb-NO}}

Iakobishvili won bronze medals in the freestyle 70 kg event at the World Championships in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and the freestyle 65 kg event and freestyle 70kg event at the 2017 and 2018 European Championships respectively.{{Cite news |last=Houston |first=Michael |date=5 October 2021 |title=Double Olympic champion Sadulaev wins gold on fourth day of Wrestling World Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1113863/wrestling-world-championships-day-4 |access-date=6 October 2021 |work=InsideTheGames.biz}}{{Cite news |date=5 October 2021 |title=Snyder wins World silver, USA places second as a team as men's freestyle wraps up in Senior Worlds in Norway |url=https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/October/05/Mens-freestyle-final-wrap |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005210450/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2021/October/05/Mens-freestyle-final-wrap |archive-date=October 5, 2021 |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=Team USA}} He's also a European U23 Championships silver medallist. Iakobishvili competed in the men's freestyle 65 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, where he reached the quarterfinals and placed tenth.{{cite web |title=Zurabi Iakobishvili |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/zurabi-iakobishvili |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922190558/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/zurabi-iakobishvili |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |website=Rio 2016}}{{cite web |title=Men's Freestyle 65 kg - Standings |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-65-kg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922184532/https://www.rio2016.com/en/wrestling-standings-wr-mens-freestyle-65-kg |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |access-date=October 1, 2016 |website=Rio 2016}}