Guram Pherselidze (Georgian: გურამ ფერსელიძე; born October 16, 1985, in Khelvachauri, Adjara) is an amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's super heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the same weight division at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi.
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| Nationality |  Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1985 Khelvachauri, Adjara, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Vaja Kravjashvili[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pherselidze represented Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 120 kg class. He defeated Chile's Andrés Ayub in the preliminary round of sixteen, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Cuban wrestler and defending Olympic champion Mijaín López, who was able to score four points in two straight periods, leaving Pherselidze without a single point.[3] Because his opponent advanced further into the final match, Pherselidze offered another shot for the bronze medal by defeating Egypt's Abdelrahman El-Trabely in the repechage rounds. He progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Turkey's Rıza Kayaalp, with a technical score of 0–2, and a classification point score of 0–3.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Guram Pherselidze". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guram Pherselidze". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 120kg Greco-Roman Quarterfinals". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 120kg Greco-Roman Bronze Medal". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Kayaalp ends Turkey's drought". Hürriyet Daily News. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
External links
edit- Guram Pherselidze at the International Wrestling Database
- Guram Pherselidze at Olympics.com
- Guram Pherselidze at Olympedia
- Guram Pherselidze at the NBC 2012 Olympics website at archive.today (archived 11 April 2013)
