Zarbeg Ivanovich Beriashvili ( Georgian. ზარბეგ ბერიაშვიი , March 10, 1939 , Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , USSR ) - Soviet freestyle wrestler. Participant of the Olympic Games (1964, 1968), world champion (1969), multiple European champion (1966, 1967, 1970). Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1969).
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| Sports career | 1957-1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | George Rostiashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70-74 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born March 10, 1939 in Tbilisi . He started wrestling in 1957, in 1959 he became a master of sports of the USSR . For the first time I went to the USSR Championship in 1958. In 1962, he won the USSR Championship. Repeated his success in 1963-1966, 1969, was the silver medalist of the championships of the USSR 1967, 1968. He won the USSR Cup in 1970.
Multiple winner of the Tbilisi International Tournament (1962, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1972).
Won the Japanese Open Championship in 1968.
At the 1963 World Championships in Sofia, he won a silver medal in weight up to 70 kilograms.
He was included in the Olympic team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, fought in the weight category up to 70 kilograms. Drop out of the tournament took place as the accumulation of penalty points. Penalty points were not accrued for a clear victory, 1 penalty point was awarded for a victory by points for any ratio of votes, any loss by points was punished by 3 penalty points, a pure loss - 4 penalty points. In the fight, a draw could be fixed, then each of the wrestlers were awarded 2 penalty points. If a wrestler scored 6 or more penalty points, he was eliminated from the tournament. The title was disputed by 22 people.
Under the conditions of heavy draw, Beriashvili conceded to the future Olympic champion of Mexico City in one fight to the Turkish wrestler Makhmut Atalay . Won Bulgarian Bulgar Yenyu Valchev , who became Olympic champion, but scored 6 penalty points, took only 6th place.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Mahmut Atalay | Defeat | By points (3 penalty points) | ||
| 2 | Muhammad Bashir | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | ||
| 3 | Uday Chand | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | ||
| four | Enyu Valchev | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) |
After the Olympics, he performed at the 1965 World Championships in Manchester (3rd place) and the 1967 World Championships in Delhi (2nd place).
Won 2 European Championships: in Karlsruhe in 1966 and Istanbul in 1967 .
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City he came in the rank of one of the favorites in the weight category up to 70 kilograms. Drop out of the tournament took place as the accumulation of penalty points. Penalty points were not accrued for a clear victory, 0.5 penalty points were awarded for victory for a clear advantage, 1 penalty point for victory on points, 2 or 2.5 penalty points for a draw, 3 points for a defeat on points, 3 , 5 points, pure defeat - 4 points. If a wrestler scored 6 or more penalty points, he was eliminated from the tournament. The title was contested by 26 athletes.
Again, the lot turned out to be so difficult for Beriashvili that without losing a single fight and reducing 2 fights in a draw, he again scored 6 penalty points, did not make it to the final and took only 5 place. The Mongolian wrestler Danzandarjagiin Sarah, who lost to him, became the 3rd.
| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Base | Scrum time |
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| one | Wayne wells | Draw | 2 penalty points | ||
| 2 | Enyu Valchev | Draw | 2 penalty points | ||
| 3 | Ivao Horiuti | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) | ||
| four | Ion Enache | Victory | Touche (0 penalty points) | 2:10 | |
| five | Danzandarjaagin Sereether | Victory | By points (1 penalty point) |
Despite the failure at the Olympics did not leave the international carpet and achieved the highest success in his career, finally becoming the world champion in 1969 in Mar del Plata . In 1970 in Berlin for the third time won the European Championship .
He graduated from Tbilisi State University .
Awards
- Order "Badge of Honor" (05/30/1969)
Links
- Sports biography of Zarbeg Beriashvili
- Zarbeg Beriashvili - Olympic statistics on the website Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Zarbeg Beriashvili - profile on the International Wrestling Database (English)
- Federation Database "United World of Struggle"