| Murazi Mchedlidze Муразі Мчедлідзе | |
| Full Name: | Muraz Guramovych Mchedlidze |
| Birth Date: | 1994 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Weight: | 97kg (214lb) |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Sport: | Sport wrestling |
| Event: | Freestyle |
Muraz Guramovych Mchedlidze (Мураз Гурамович Мчедлідзе; born 21 June 1994) is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms.
On 6 July 2013, in Skopje, having lost to Ali Bonceoğlu in the final, Mchedlidze won the silver medal of the European Junior Championships.[1] In August 2013, he took part in the World Junior Championships in Sofia, but did not bring home a medal.[2] In mid-November 2013, he won the Solidarity International Junior Tournament in Dnipropetrovsk.[3] On 17 June 2014, in Katowice, Poland, having defeated Russian Zaynulla Kurbanov in the final, he won the gold medal at the European Junior Championship.[4]
In early April 2015, at the Ukrainian Championships in Kharkiv, Mchedlidze reached the final, where he lost to Pavlo Oleynyk, becoming the silver medalist.[5] In early April 2016, in Ruse, Bulgaria, he took part in the European U23 Championship, where he lost to Zainulla Kurbanov from Russia, leaving without a medal.[6] On 23 September 2016, in Kemerovo, he won the bronze medal at the Shakhtarskaya Slava international tournament.[7] On 1 October 2016, in Yakutsk, having lost in the final to Russian Yuri Belonovsky, he won the silver medal at the Dmitry Korkin Memorial International Tournament.[8] In mid-November 2016, in Bucharest, as part of the Ukrainian national team, Mchedlidze won the bronze medal at the European Nations Cup.[9] [10] In early March 2017, in Kyiv, Mchedlidze won a bronze medal at an international tournament.[11] On 28 March 2017, in Szombathely, Hungary, he finished in third place at the European U23 Championships.[12] On 3 May 2017, Mchedlidze took part in the European Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, where he lost to Anzor Boltukaev from Russia in the round of 16.[13] Since his opponent reached the final, he took part in one of the repechage matches, in the which he was defeated by Aliaksandr Hushtyn from Belarus.[14] On 16 September 2017, in Minsk, he won the bronze medal at the Alexander Medved Prize Grand Prix.[15] On 26 November 2017, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he won a bronze medal in the podium at the World U23 Wrestling Championships.[16]
In early July 2024, it was announced that Mchedlidze would take part in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[17]
Mchedlidze is the son of Guram Mchedlidze, a native of Abkhazia, a Ukrainian and Georgian freestyle wrestler, bronze medalist of the 2000 European Championship and participant of the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the Georgian national team.[18] His younger brother, Davyd, was mainly involved in football and switched to freestyle wrestling.[19]