Davit Chakvetadze

Davit Gochaevich Chakvetadze is a Georgian-born Russian Greco-Roman wrestler. He's the gold medalist of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 85 kg category.

Career

In 2013, he moved to Russia by the recommendation of Russian national Greco-Roman coach Gogi Koguashvili. At the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, in a match against Olympic Champion Aleksey Mishin, Davit won the gold medal. He is silver medalist at the 2015 FILA Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman and gold medalist at the 2015 European Games in the 85 kg category. Davit won the European Nations' Cup in 2015. Chakvetadze won 9–2 over World Champion Zhan Beleniuk at the Grand Prix Baku. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where in the final he again beat Ukrainian Zhan Beleniuk.
In 2020, he won the silver medal in the 87 kg event at the 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup held in Belgrade, Serbia.