Diego Chkhikvadze
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| Native name | დიეგო ჩხიკვაძე | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 2001 Adjara, Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Amateur wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Greco-Roman wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diego Chkhikvadze (Georgian: დიეგო ჩხიკვაძე; born 28 March 2001) is a Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler. Competing in the 67 kg weight class, Chkhikvadze won the bronze medal at the 2026 European Wrestling Championships.[1][2]
Career
Chkhikvadze won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman 60 kg event at the 2019 European Juniors Wrestling Championships held in Pontevedra, Spain. The same year, he reached the bronze-medal match at the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championships and finished fifth.[3]
In 2021, he became European junior champion in the 63 kg event at the 2021 European Juniors Wrestling Championships. The same year, at the 2021 World Junior Wrestling Championships held in Ufa, Russia, he won the silver medal after losing in the final to Said Khusein Bakaev.[3][4]
At the 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Chkhikvadze won the gold medal in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg event. Later that year, he won the bronze medal in the same weight class at the 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Pontevedra, Spain.[3]
In 2023, he won his second European U23 title in the 67 kg event at the 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania. During the tournament, he defeated Shon Nadorgin 7–0 in the qualification round and Maksym Liu 9–0 by technical superiority in the quarter-finals, before beating Ashot Khachatryan in the semi-finals to reach the final.[3]
In 2024, Chkhikvadze won the bronze medal in the 67 kg event at the 2024 European U23 Wrestling Championships in Baku. The same year, he reached the final of the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania, where he lost to Kyrgyzstan's Razzak Beishekeev and won the silver medal.[3]
At the beginning of 2026, he reached the finals of two senior Ranking Series tournaments, winning silver medals at the Zagreb Open and the Muhamet Malo Tournament.[5] At the 2026 European Wrestling Championships held in Tirana, Albania, Chkhikvadze won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg event. He defeated Belarus's Hleb Makaranka 3–1 and Croatia's Dominik Etlinger 6–1 in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals. After losing 4–2 to Azerbaijan's Hasrat Jafarov in the semi-finals, Chkhikvadze defeated Sweden's Jan Öhlen 3–1 in the bronze-medal match to finish third.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Chkhikvadze Diego". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Diego Chkhikvadze - Athletes Results". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Chkhikvadze Diego". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Chkhikvadze, Diego". International Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on 30 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "European Wrestling Championships 2026 Greco-Roman preview". United World Wrestling. 16 April 2026. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "European Championships Day 2 Greco-Roman Results & Highlights". United World Wrestling. 22 April 2026. Archived from the original on 29 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "Four defending champs return to European Greco finals". United World Wrestling. 22 April 2026. Archived from the original on 28 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
External links
- Diego Chkhikvadze at United World Wrestling
- Diego Chkhikvadze at the International Wrestling Database
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