Davit Chakvetadze


Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He moved to Russia in 2013 by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili. Chakvetadze won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal. He is silver medalist at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman and gold medalist at the 2015 European Games in the 85 kg category. Davit won the European Nations' Cup in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9-0 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.