David Khakhaleishvili Explained

Country:Georgia
Weight Class:+95 kg, Open
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:1991
Worlds Year2:1993
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:1993
Regionals Weight:Men's Open
Regionals Year2:1993
Regionals Weight2:Men's +95 kg
Regionals Year3:1996
Regionals Weight3:Men's +95 kg
Olympics Rank:1
Olympics Year:1992
Olympics Weight:Men's +95 kg
Updated:5 June 2023

David Rostomovich Khakhaleishvili (Georgian: დავით როსტომის ძე ხახალეიშვილი; 28 February 1971 – 11 January 2021) was a heavyweight Georgian judoka, mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Kutaisi.

Career

Khakhaleishvili was expected to defend his heavyweight Olympic title at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, U.S. in a highly anticipated match against the reigning world champion, David Douillet, but Khakhaleishvili and his coach went to the wrong location for weigh-ins and Khakhaleishvili was disqualified from the competition for failing to make weight.[1]

Mixed martial-arts record

|-|Loss|align=center|1–2|Yoshihiro Nakao|TKO (submission to punches)|K-1: Premium 2003 Dynamite!!||align=center|2|align=center|1:13|Nagoya, Japan||-|Loss|align=center|1–1|Yoshihisa Yamamoto||RINGS: Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round||||Japan|Battle Dimensions Tournament 1996 Opening Round.|-| Win| align=center|1–0| Herman Renting| | RINGS: Budokan Hall 1995| | | | Tokyo, Japan|

Notes and References

  1. Rhoden, William C. "Defending Judo Champ in Wrong Place at Wrong Time" (July 21, 1996). The New York Times. Retrieved on April 19, 2011