Birth Name: | Guivi Sissaouri |
Nationality: | |
Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic |
Hometown: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Height: | 163 cm |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
Native Name: | გივი სისაური |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Weight Class: | 57–58 kg |
Event: | Freestyle |
Guivi "Gia" Sissaouri (Georgian: გივი სისაური|tr, born April 15, 1971) is a Georgian-Canadian former freestyle wrestler.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sissaouri began wrestling at age ten.[1] He would later become a citizen of Canada.
Sissaouri won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics[2] in the 57 kg class. He also won the gold at the 2001 World Championships at Sofia, Bulgaria in the 58 kg class, a silver at the 1995 World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia in the 57 kg class, a bronze at the 1998 World Championships at Tehran, Iran in the 58 kg class, and another bronze at the 1997 World Championships at Krasnoyarsk, Russia also in the 58 kg class. In the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Sissaouri would win the gold medal in his division.[3]
Sissaouri also appeared on season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter as Georges St-Pierre's wrestling coach.[4] He trains at the Montreal Wrestling Club.