David Bedinadze Explained

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David Bedinadze
Birth Date:5 February 1985
Birth Place:Batumi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:600NaN0
Sport:Wrestling
Event:Greco-Roman
Club:Dynamo Tbilisi
Coach:Vaza Gravishvili
Show-Medals:yes

David Bedinadze (Georgian: დავით ბედინაძე; born February 5, 1985, in Batumi) is an amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's lightweight category.[1] He won a silver medal at the 2006 World Wrestling Championships in Guangzhou, China, and eventually defeated Japan's Makoto Sasamoto for the gold in his division at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] [3] He also added a bronze medal to his collection from the 2005 European Wrestling Championships in Varna, Bulgaria.[4] Bedinadze is a member of the wrestling team for Dynamo Tbilisi, and is coached and trained by Vaza Gravishvili.

Bedinadze represented Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he competed for the men's 60 kg class. He lost the qualifying round match to Bulgarian wrestler and two-time Olympic champion Armen Nazaryan, with a three-set technical score (1–1, 4–1, 5–0), and a classification point score of 1–3.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. David Bedinadze. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120745/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/davit-bedinadze-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 12 January 2013.
  2. News: Abbott. Gary. Warren vs. Bedinadze is the new "Bout of the Week" on USA Wrestling Audio/Video website. USA Wrestling. The Mat. 13 October 2006. 12 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819215506/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=15289. 19 August 2012. dead.
  3. News: Sasamoto earns silver at worlds. Japan Times Online. 19 September 2007. 12 January 2013.
  4. News: European Championship: Greco-Roman seniors 2005-04-12 Varna (BUL) – 60.0 kg. International Wrestling Database. 12 January 2013.
  5. Web site: Men's Greco-Roman 60kg (132 lbs) Qualification Official. NBC Olympics. 12 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821101930/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DWRM160516/index.html. 21 August 2012.
  6. News: Upsets all around as Greco-Roman begins. NBC Olympics. 11 August 2008. 12 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821212717/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/wrestling/news/newsid=198850.html#upsets+around+greco+roman+begins. 21 August 2012. dead.