Soso Jabidze (Georgian: სოსო ჯაბიძე; born 14 August 1987 in Mayakovsky) is an amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competes in the men's heavyweight category.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in his division at the 2010 European Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]
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| Full name | Soso Jabidze | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1987 Mayakovsky, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Merab Tartshia[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jabidze represented Georgia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he competed in the men's 96 kg class. He received a bye for the preliminary round of sixteen match, before losing out to Albanian-born Bulgarian wrestler and world champion Elis Guri, with a three-set technical score (0–2, 1–0, 0–1), and a classification point score of 1–3.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Soso Jabidze". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soso Jabidze". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Jabidze won the only medal of Georgian Greco-Romans". Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Men's 96kg Greco-Roman Round of 16 Finals". London 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ "Bulgaria's wrestling champ Elis Guri advances, but not easily". Novinite. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
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