Giorgi Meshvildishvili

Giorgi Meshvildishvili
გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი
Meshvildishvili, bronze medallist at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Personal information
National team Azerbaijan
Born (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992
Tbilisi, Georgia
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
Country
SportAmateur wrestling
Event
Freestyle
Coached byZelimkhan Khuseynov
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Azerbaijan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris125 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 Zagreb125 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Bratislava125 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Tirana125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Zagreb125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Bucharest125 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal – third place2025 Riyadh125 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Gold medal – first place2023 Sofia125 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2025 Warsaw125 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Zagreb125 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Warsaw125 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Baku125 kg
Representing  Georgia
Golden Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Paris125 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Yakutsk125 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Vanadzor125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Vanadzor120 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Vanadzor125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Tbilisi97 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Warsaw125 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kiev125 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Walbrzych92 kg

Giorgi Meshvildishvili (Azerbaijani: Giorgi Meşvildişvili, Georgian: გიორგი მეშვილდიშვილი; born 13 May 1992) is a Georgian-Azerbaijani freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 125 kilograms.[1] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2][3]

Wrestling career

Meshvildishvili, representing Georgia, won the European Sumo Championship. In 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships, he won a silver medal at the European U23 Wrestling Championships in Poland, losing in the final to Muradin Kushkhov of Russia. In 2021, Meshvildishvili won the Azerbaijani Open Championship. He also won international tournaments in Kyiv, Vladikavkaz, Poland, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The way of the athlete to the world and European championships in freestyle wrestling was often blocked by the leader of the Georgian team, two-time Olympic medalist Geno Petriashvili.[4]

Meshvildishvili made his debut as a member of the Azerbaijani team in early February at a ranking tournament in Croatia. At this tournament in Zagreb, Meshvildishvili reached the final, where he was to fight with Amir Husein Abbas of Iran, but didn't appear on the mat because of an injury. As a result, Meshvildishvili suffered a technical defeat and settled for the silver medal.[5]

In April 2023 he took part in the 2023 European Wrestling Championships in Zagreb. Meshvildishvili defeated Gennady Chudinovich of Germany in qualification, but lost in the quarterfinals to Taha Akgul of Turkey. In the bronze medal he defeated Abraham Conyedo of Italy.[6][7]

He competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan and he earned a quota place for Azerbaijan for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[8] He won one of the bronze medals in the men's freestyle 125 kg event at the Olympics.[3]

As of April 1, 2026, with a score of 460 points, holds second place in the ranking of Azerbaijani athletes according to the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[9]

On April 25, 2026, at the European Wrestling Championship in Tirana, he defeated Turkish athlete Hakan Büyükçıngıl with a score of 3:1 and advanced to the final, where he overcame Vladislav Baytsaev (Hungary) and won the gold medal.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi profile page". uww.org.
  2. ↑ "MESHVILDISHVILI Giorgi". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Сборная Азербайджана пополнилась грузинским тяжеловесом - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". wrestdag.ru. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Zagreb Open: Еще 3 азербайджанских борца завоевали медали". Информационное Агентство Репорт. 2 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Четвертая победа Алиева на ЕВРО, первое золото Рзазаде, Магомедов упускает победу". azerisport.com.
  7. ↑ "Нурмагомедов добыл серебро ЕВРО, двое взяли бронзу". azerisport.com.
  8. ↑ "2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Guliyev, Tabriz (2026-04-02). "Wrestler Hasrat Jafarov tops Azerbaijani athletes ranking for April 2026". Report.az. Retrieved 2026-04-02.
  10. ↑ Гулиев, Тебриз (2026-04-26). "Азербайджанские борцы завоевали на чемпионате Европы 13 медалей". Report.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-04-27.
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