Vladimer Chanturia (born July 1, 1978) is a Georgian boxer who competed in the Heavyweight (91 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's boxing | ||
Representing  Georgia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Heavyweight |
Amateur highlights
edit- 1996 competed at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Havana, Cuba as a Light Heavyweight. Result was:
- Lost to Khodor Zaher RSC-3
- 2000 won the bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney as a Heavyweight. Results were:
- Defeated Mustafa Mahmoud Amrou (Egypt) RSCI-4
- Defeated Ruslan Chagaev (Uzbekistan) PTS (18-12)
- Lost to Sultan Ibragimov (Russia) PTS (4-19)
Pro career
editChanturia turned pro in 2006 and won his first nine bouts against countrymen but showed only limited power.
Mixed Martial Arts
editChanturia was defeated by Alistair Overeem in Fighting Network Rings, his only MMA bout.
External links
edit- Boxing record for Vladimir Chanturia from BoxRec (registration required)
- Professional MMA record for Vladimer Tchanturia from Sherdog
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimir Chanturia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Vladimir TCHANTOURIA at Olympics.com
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