Lasha Gobadze (Georgian: ლაშა გობაძე , born 10 January 1994) is a Georgian sport wrestler who competes in the men's Greco Roman category and a current world champion in the men's 82kg Greco Roman event.[1] He claimed gold medal in the men's 82 kg event during the 2019 World Wrestling Championships.[2][3] In March 2021, he qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5] He competed in the 87 kg event.[6]

Lasha Gobadze
Gobadze at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway
Personal information
NationalityGeorgian
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
Khulo, Georgia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryGeorgia
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing  Georgia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Sultan 82 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Las Vegas 80 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oslo 87 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bucharest 82 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb 87 kg
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bydgoszcz 80 kg

He competed in the 87 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "International Wrestling Database - Lasha Gobadze". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ^ "World Championships". unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ Morgan, Liam (20 March 2021). "Russia and Georgia earn two Tokyo 2020 Greco-Roman quotas at Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  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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