Gogi ( George ) Murmanovich Koguashvili (born April 26, 1969 [1] [2] in Kutaisi , USSR ) is a Soviet and Russian Greco-Roman style wrestler of Georgian origin. Five-time world champion and bronze medalist of the 1992 Olympics. Member of four Olympics. Now the head coach of the Russian Greco-Roman wrestling team [3] .
| Gogi Koguashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Gogi Murmanovich Koguashvili | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A country |  β  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialization | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 1987-2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | The first coach is A. Kokhianidze, then ZTR Mamiashvili Victor Gerazievich [1] . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 180 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and medals
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography
Born in Kutaisi. He started wrestling from the 2nd grade of the school when he was invited to the wrestling section by a children's coach Vitaly Alavidze [4] .
At 16, he won the championships of the USSR and Europe among young men. In 1987, he won a gold medal at the Junior European Championship in 1987 in the Polish city of Katowice in the weight up to 88 kg [5] , and also became the USSR champion among juniors.
In 1990 he moved from Kutaisi to Moscow, where Viktor Mamiashvili became his coach.
In 1991, he won the World Cup in Greece [6] . Subsequently, he twice participated in the World Cups: in 1992 (victory) [7] and 2003 (bronze) [8] .
He went to the Olympics in Barcelona for gold, but lost in the first fight with a score of 1: 2 to Turkish Hakki Basaru, whom he had previously won several times. Nevertheless, Koguashvili gathered for the remaining fights in the subgroup and managed to win them. But since the Turks did not lose a single fight, Koguashvili could only fight for bronze. In the battle for 3rd place, he defeated Swede Michael Lindberg and became the bronze medalist of the 1992 Olympics.
Five-time world champion, first won this title in 1993 in Stockholm. Four-time European champion.
Notes
- β 1 2 Biographical Encyclopedia
- β Official site of the Russian Wrestling Federation
- β Gogi Koguashvili: not even the most striking performance of the team showed that we are on the right track
- β Batashev A. Georgy Koguashvili: I am leaving the temple strong // Sport Express. - 1993. - No. 267 (November 13). - with. four.
- β European Championship. Greco-Roman Juniors. 1987-08-31 Katowice (POL)
- β World Cup. Greco-roman seniors
- β World Cup. Greco-roman seniors
- β World Cup Greco-Roman Seniors
Links
- Gogi Koguashvili - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Gogi Koguashvili - profile on the International Wrestling Database website
- Interview with Koguashvili