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| Nationality |  Ukraine Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-02-03)3 February 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASV Mainz 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Waldemar Galwas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Davyd Bichinashvili (Georgian:დავით ბიჩინაშვილი; born 3 February 1975 inTbilisi,Georgian SSR,Soviet Union) is an amateur Georgian-born German freestyle wrestler, who played for the men's light heavyweight category.[1] He is a three-time Olympian, and a four-time medalist for his division at theEuropean Wrestling Championships (1997, 1998, 2001, and 2008).
Since he leftGeorgia in 1994, Bichinashvili had won a total of three medals (two silver and one bronze) for the men's light heavyweight division at theEuropean Wrestling Championships (1997 inWarsaw, Poland, 1998 inBratislava, Slovakia, and 2001 inBudapest, Hungary), representing his first adopted nationUkraine. Bichinashvili made his official debut for the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, where he placed second in the three-person preliminary pool of themen's 85 kg class, against Macedonia'sMogamed Ibragimov, and Japan's Tatsuo Kawai.
Shortly after the Olympics, Bichinashvili moved to his another adopted nationGermany, where he applied and obtained a dual citizenship in order to compete internationally for wrestling. At the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, Bichinashvili competed for themen's 84 kg class, as a member of the German wrestling team, after winning his division from the Olympic Qualification Tournament inSofia, Bulgaria.[2][3] He had exactly finished the same position as his previous Olympics in the preliminary pool round, against Cuba'sYoel Romero and Guam's Jeffrey Cobb, attaining a total score of 10 technical and 4 classification points.[4]
Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Bichinashvili qualified for his third time inmen's 84 kg class, as a 33-year-old, at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing, by placing seventh from the2007 World Wrestling Championships inBaku, Azerbaijan.[5] He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Georgia'sRevaz Mindorashvili, with a three-set technical score (1–4, 2–0, 3–1), and a classification score of 1–3.[6] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Bichinashvili took advantage of the repechage rounds by defeating Armenia'sHarutyun Yenokyan, after the pair had scored 4–3. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Russia'sGeorgy Ketoev, with a three-set technical score (0–3, 2–0, 2–2), and a classification point score of 1–3.[7][8]
