Iakobi Kajaia

Iakob Kajaia
Kajaia in 2021
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1993-09-28) 28 September 1993
Tsqaltubo, Georgia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (280 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Greco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Georgia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo130 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 Nur-Sultan130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Oslo130 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Warsaw130 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Bucharest130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kaspiysk130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Zagreb130 kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Minsk130 kg
Golden Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Baku120 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Paris120 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Baku120 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2017 Tbilisi130 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Dortmund130 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Kyiv130 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kyiv130 kg
European U23 Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Russe130 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 Pattaya96 kg
European Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Skopje120 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Zagreb96 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Sarajevo110 kg

Iakob Kajaia (Georgian: იაკობ ქაჯაია; born 28 September 1993) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler.[1]

Wrestling career

Iakobi Kajaia competed in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sergey Semenov.[2][3] He is a European bronze medallist (2018).

He lost his bronze medal match in the 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[4][5] He won one of the bronze medals in the 130 kg event at the 2023 European Wrestling Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia.

The Anti-Doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that Georgian wrestler Iakobi Kajaia committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and sanctioned him with two years of ineligibility, as well as the disqualification of all results obtained from 6 January 2024.[6][7]

Major results

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2014 World Championships Tashkent, Uzbekistan 10th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2015 European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 5th Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Las Vegas, United States 24th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2016 European Championships Riga, Latvia 9th Greco-Roman 130 kg
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th Greco-Roman 130 kg
2018 European Championships Kaspiysk, Russia 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2019 European Championships Bucharest, Romania 2nd Greco-Roman 130 kg
European Games Minsk, Belarus 1st[8] Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd Greco-Roman 130 kg
World Championships Oslo, Norway 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg
2023 European Championships Zagreb, Croatia 3rd Greco-Roman 130 kg

References

  1. ↑ "International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Iakobi Kajaia". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg - Standings". Rio 2016 Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Brennan, Eliott (13 September 2022). "Olympic medallist Kayaalp returns to champion status at World Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 World Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "The ITA acknowledges the CAS ADD decision sanctioning wrestler Iakobi Kajaia". ita.sport. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Olympic medalist Iakobi Kajaia banned for 2 years over missed doping tests". sportstar.thehindu.com. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "ATHLETES SANCTIONED FOR DOPING VIOLATIONS AT 2019 EUROPEAN GAMES, EYOF – The European Olympic Committees". Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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