Vladimer Gamkrelidze

Vladimer Gamkrelidze
Personal information
Native name
ვლადიმერ გამყრელიძე
Born (2001-06-11) 11 June 2001
Ambrolauri, Georgia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Georgia
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class
79 kg
Event
Freestyle
Achievements and titles
World finals
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2023)
Regional finals
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2022) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2025)
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Belgrade79 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 Budapest79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Bratislava79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Tirana86 kg
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament
Bronze medal – third place2021 Plovdiv74 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2023 Bishkek79 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Budapest79 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Zagreb86 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Rome79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Zagreb79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Zagreb79 kg
World U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Pontevedra79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Tirana79 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Bucharest79 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Skopje74 kg
European Cadets Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 Sarajevo54 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Skopje60 kg

Vladimer Gamkrelidze (born 11 June 2001) is a Georgian freestyle wrestler. He won the silver medal in the men's 79 kg event at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.[1][2]

Career

Gamkrelidze won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, by defeating Armenian Arman Avagyan 9–7 in the third place match in the 79 kg freestyle category.[3]

On 18 September 2023, Gamkrelidze won a silver medal in the 79 kg weight category at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. In the final, in a very hard-fought match, he lost 1:4 to Russian wrestler Akhmed Usmanov.[4]

Gamkrelidze competed at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan hoping to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[5] He was eliminated in his third match and he did not qualify for the Olympics.[5] A month later, Gamkrelidze earned a quota place for Georgia for the Olympics at the 2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.[6] He lost his semifinal match to Magomed Ramazanov, but wrestled back and beat Vasyl Mykhailov to qualify for the Olympics.[6] He competed in the men's freestyle 86 kg event at the Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Gamkrelidze Vladimeri | Georgia wrestler".
  2. ↑ "International Wrestling Database".
  3. ↑ "European Championships". United World Wrestling.
  4. ↑ "79kg Bracket". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  6. 1 2 "2024 World Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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