Irakli Chochua
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| Full name | Irakli Chochua | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tshevardani Tbilisi | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Villiam Kharazov | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irakli Chochua (Georgian: ირაკლი ჭოჭუა; born September 15, 1979, in Poti) is a retired amateur Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category.[1] He claimed a silver medal in the 54-kg division at the 2001 European Championships in
Chochua qualified for the Georgian wrestling squad in the men's 55 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a berth and placing fourth from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro.[2][3] He upset Turkish wrestler and two-time Olympian Ercan Yıldız with a striking 4–1 decision on his opening bout, and then overpowered Lithuania's Svajūnas Adomaitis to earn a coveted spot in the quarterfinals.[4] Fighting against Ukraine's Oleksiy Vakulenko in his knockout match, Chochua could not score two more points to push him off the mat with a score 12–14, before he faced a fifth-place battle with Cuba's Lázaro Rivas and then fell short from the ring by a technical superiority rule.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irakli Chochua". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ Abbott, Gary (13 July 2004). "Olympic Games preview at 55 kg/121 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman". USA Wrestling. The Mat. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "ქართული სპორტის ოლიმპიური პროფილი" [Georgian Olympic Profile] (in Georgian). Radio Tavisupleba. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Minderde iki yarı final" [On the mat, only two made the semifinals] (in Turkish). Hürriyet. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
External links
- Irakli Chochua at the International Wrestling Database
- Irakli Chochua at Olympedia
