Giorgi Edisherashvili

Giorgi Edisherashvili
გიორგი ედიშერაშვილი

Personal information
Nationality	Georgian-Azerbaijani
Born	17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) (age 36) Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Coached by	Firdovsi Umudov
Medal record Representing  Azerbaijan European Championships 2017 Novi Sad 57 kg 2018 Kaspiysk 57 kg Azerbaijan National Championships 2018 Baku - 57 kg 57 kg Representing  Georgia European Championships 2013 Tbilisi 55 kg

Giorgi Edisherashvili (Georgian: გიორგი ედიშერაშვილი; Azerbaijani: Georgi Edişeraşvili; born 17 March 1988) is a wrestler from Georgia who has wrestled for both: Georgia and Azerbaijan.^[1] Edisherashvili is a three-time European Wrestling Championships champion. In 2016, Edisherashvili was granted a sport citizenship of Azerbaijan, thus allowing him to compete and wrestle under Azerbaijan. He made his debut at the 2016 Yasar Dogu memorial tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey.^[2]

Wrestling career

Edisherashvili won his first European title in his hometown of Tbilisi, Georgia at the 2013 European Wrestling Championships^[3][4] whilst representing Georgia. Edisherashvili wrestled in the 55 kg weight category and defeated four-time European Wrestling Championships medalist and Belarusian-Yakut wrestler, Vladislav Andreev by winning both the second and third periods of the match in the final, to win the gold medal and capture first place.^[5][6]

In Edisherashvili's second European Championship, he represented Azerbaijan in the 57 kg category at Novi Sad 2017, in Serbia. In the first round, he faced Dzimchyk Rynchynau of Belarus by 10-0 tech fall, he then beat French wrestler Zoheir El-Quarraqe by 10-3 decision in the quarter-final, and in the semi-final he beat Russian Zaur Uguev by 5–1. In the final he faced Romania's Andrei Dukov by a 9–0 score, winning his second European title.^[7]

Edisherashvili wrestled and took first place at the "Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial" in Kyiv, Ukraine in February 2018. This result gained him entry to the 2018 European Wrestling Championships.

In April 2018, Edisherashvili wrestled for his third European title in Kaspiysk, Dagestan. In the first round, Edisherashvili defeated Bulgarian wrestler Mikyay Naim by 10-0 tech fall. He next faced Mihran Jaburyan of Armenia in the quarter-finals whom he defeated by another 10-0 tech fall. In the semi-finals Edisherashvili met with Belarusian wrestler Uladzislau Andreyeu and defeated him by 4-1 points. In the final, Edisherashvili met with former foe, Zaur Uguev and stunned the hometown favorite by a stunning lateral drop in the last 10 seconds^[8] - in a match he was losing 3–0,^[9] to winning it by a score of 4–3. Tedeev challenged the technique, and ultimately lost the challenge, thus giving an extra point to Edisherashvili making it 5-3 and giving him his third European title.^[10]

References

1. "Курбаналиев, Гаджимагомедов и Байцаев – чемпионы Европы!". Молодежь Дагестана (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-07-24.
2. "Чемпион Европы из Грузии перебрался в Азербайджан - Новости в мире, Официальный сайт Дагестанской борьбы". wrestdag.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
3. "Giorgi Edisherashvili Won Gold Medal at European Championship". World Sport. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
4. "Георгий Эдишерашвили чемпион Европы". Георгий Эдишерашвили чемпион Европы ~ Спортивная Борьба Грузии. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
5. "Giorgi Edisherashvili - European wrestling champion". GeorgianJournal. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
6. "Edisherashvili and Khinchegashvili –Medalists". geonoc.org.ge. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
7. "Stadnik Wins No.7, Michalik Marks Turning 37 with Triumph at European C'ships | United World Wrestling". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
8. Azerisport.com. "Гиорги Эдишерашвили: Главное для меня было бороться до конца". Retrieved 2018-07-24.
9. "Гаджи Алиев и Гиорги Эдишерашвили покорили Каспийск". Novosti.Az (in Russian). 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
10. "Russia Bounces Back To Win Trio of Golds After Azerbaijan Snags Pair | United World Wrestling". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 2018-07-24.